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26 Oct 2022
Westpac Group to offer the Australian Government’s Home Guarantee Scheme

The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) is pleased to announce that Westpac Group has been appointed to the panel of residential mortgage lenders offering the Australian Government’s Home Guarantee Scheme (HGS).

26 Oct 2022
NHFIC Annual Report 2021–22 released

The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) released its Annual Report for 2021-22.

You can view all NHFIC's reports and publications here.

04 Oct 2022
New data insights on how supply and demand factors are affecting building cost inflation

Today the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) released data insights on the influences driving the recent construction cost inflation.

28 Sep 2022
10,000 places available from Saturday under the Regional First Home Buyer Guarantee

From Saturday 1 October 2022, 10,000 new places will be available under the Australian Government’s Home Guarantee Scheme (HGS), helping thousands more Australians living in regional areas to enter the housing market sooner.

20 Sep 2022
Statement on Government announcement on expansion of the NHIF

NHFIC notes an outcome from the Jobs and Skills Summit is the Government’s commitment to widening the remit of the National Housing Infrastructure Facility (NHIF) by unlocking up to $575 million to invest in social and affordable housing. NHFIC welcomes the Government’s additional support for NHFIC to deliver social and affordable housing.

12 Aug 2022
New detailed first homebuyer data insights – collaboration with CBA and NAB

Today the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) released a first homebuyer data insights collaboration with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and the National Australia Bank (NAB).

25 Jul 2022
NHFIC commences Major Bank Lender RFP to expand lender panel for the Home Guarantee Scheme

The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) today commenced a request for proposal (RFP) process providing the opportunity for 1-2 more major banks (ANZ, Westpac) to join its major bank lender panel for the Home Guarantee Scheme (Scheme or HGS).

01 Jul 2022
Australian Government Home Guarantee Scheme:  40,000 new places released on 1 July 

From 1 July, 40,000 new places under the Federal Government’s Home Guarantee Scheme (HGS) will become available to help Australians to buy their own home. 

07 Jun 2022
Five more lenders to offer Australian Government Home Guarantee Scheme from 1 July 2022

From 1 July 2022, five more lenders will offer the Australian Government's Home Guarantee Scheme (currently known as the First Home Loan Deposit Scheme) that helps more eligible Australians buy a home. The lenders are Credit Union SA, Illawarra Credit Union, IMB Ltd (trading as IMB Bank), Newcastle Permanent Building Society and Unity Bank Limited.