AU Australia property term

Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI)

Australia-wide

Plain-English definition

Insurance that protects the lender when it approves a higher-risk or high-LVR home loan.

Why this matters to a foreign buyer

It protects the lender, not the borrower, and may be unavailable or expensive for foreign-income loans.

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