Regulatory Alerts2022-05-17
Housing Review Stage Two: Final Policy Position on Residential Property Investment Loan Asset Class Treatment
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has finalized a policy requiring all locally incorporated banks to classify residential property investment loans in a separate asset class from owner-occupier mortgages under capital adequacy frameworks BS2A and BS2B. Adopting a non-owner-occupier definition, the regulator mandates this segregation to align with Basel II guidelines and address the distinct systemic risk and arrears profiles of investor lending. Banks will implement the new classification over a twelve-month transition period, enabling targeted macroprudential interventions while deferring unrelated capital requirement amendments to a later stage.
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