Number of home loan approvals up 1.5% in December; value of loan commitments up 4.4%; total value of approvals hits new cycle high; value of owner-occupier loan approvals up 5.3%, investor approvals up 2.4%; “growing risk” lending resurgence continues in first half of 2022. After the RBA reduced its cash rate target in a series of cuts beginning in mid-2019 the number and value of approvals began to noticeably increase,...