Interest in low rate home loans is surging in the wake of the Reserve Bank’s cash rate cuts, as Aussie borrowers hit comparison sites in search of cheaper mortgage deals. The New Daily reports that tens of thousands of Australians have taken up the Treasurer’s advice to “shop around and get the best possible deal”.
Despite their love for brunch on a Sunday - and getting the perfect picture of it - millenials are more focused on home ownership than ever.
St. George Bank’s recent Spring-time Housing Survey has revealed that 56% of Aussie first-home buyers know exactly what they want in a new home, with 72% feeling confident to lock in a new home in the current low-interest-rate environment.
This morning, online lender ME Bank announced it would be cutting fixed home loan rates across many of its owner occupier and investor options by as much as 60 basis points, coming into effect today.
More and more Aussie property investors aren’t settling for the big banks when shopping around for a mortgage, new research has revealed.
It’s been one week since the RBA cut official interest rates, and we’ve received word of most major lenders’ plans. Now that the dust has settled a little, let’s take a look at some more big names, including ING and Bendigo Bank, that have announced cuts.
Online lenders UBank, Athena, Homestar and FreedomLend are on top of the rate cut nice list this month, moving with lightning speed to announce they are passing through the Reserve Bank's October rate cut in full.
The Commonwealth Bank became the first of Australia’s big four banks to respond to Tuesday’s RBA rate cut after making an announcement last night that it would cut 0.13% off variable home loan interest rates for its owner occupier borrowers.
UBank home loan customers were treated to some good news last night. Not too long after the RBA cut official interest rates by 0.25%, the online bank announced it will be doing the same across its range of variable rate home loans.
It’s official - Australia’s big four banks have now weighed in on the October RBA decision by announcing their respective cuts to variable home loan rate offers.