Home loan news and advice

All the latest home loan news and top tips to help you manage your home loan.

Why switch home loans in 2024

Why 2024 is the year to switch home loans

For many Australians, repaying a home loan is one of the most expensive yet important things they do. For first-home buyers, a mortgage invests in their future and housing security. For investors, it’s a nest egg and income stream.

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10 expert tips for buying your first home in 2024

Whether you’re at the stage of working out how much you can afford or you’re ready to compare home loans, it never hurts to have some expert tips at your disposal – especially if you’re unsure about how to buy your first home.

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Online lender boom: Aussies ditch banks for better rates

Online lender boom: Aussies ditch banks for better rates

Online lenders are back with a roar, taking on the banks with competitive low rates and responding to consumer demand for faster, more efficient approval and funding processes for home loans, personal loans and even business loans.

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Challenger banks wage battle on big 4 for refinancers

Challenger banks wage battle on Big 4 for refinancers

If you’re one of the millions of mortgage holders who has built up substantial equity in your home,  you may not know it, but there is a battle taking place right now for your home loan. With home loan interest rates steadily increasing some challenger banks and lenders have been tweaking their home loans and are offering borrowers with low loan-to-value ratios (LVRs) lower interest rates, loyalty bonuses and even cashback in a bid to woo them away from the Big 4, where the current average^^ owner-occupier variable home loan rate sits at 7.29%.So, if you’ve been feeling the pinch of higher repayments lately and you’re likely to qualify for refinancing, take a closer look at what these loans have on offer to see how they stack up...

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