The head of Australia's largest agricultural lender, National Australia Bank's Khan Horne, says the rural property market is running hotter than ever before because of strong fundamentals and low interest rates but, with a royal commission
into banking, he is calling on tighter
qualifications for anyone
lending to farmers to avoid failures and receiverships that have tainted the sector.
The relationship - based nature of private
lending, facilitated by a local North Bay mortgage broker, offers advantages such as easier
qualification criteria that can take
into the specific situation of a homeowner, which also offers a shorter approval process.