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Budget reforms not yet law, but lender servicing has already changed

A long row of identical two-storey terrace houses with iron balconies running to the vanishing point down a quiet street in low sun.

The Budget measures are still proposals. The lenders have already moved. For established investment properties purchased after 12 May 2026, most have taken negative gearing out of the servicing calculation altogether, while new builds keep it. Inside: the six policy positions now visible across the panel, and how ten properties across twelve facilities became one structure with $2m released.