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Lending standards on mortgages and corporate loans loosening in Australia, UBS says
10th Feb 14, 3:56pm
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By Gareth Vaughan
Mortgage and big corporate loan lending standards have loosened "materially" in Australia over the past six months, according to UBS, with a more buoyant housing market and competition among lenders the key reasons cited for this.
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