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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