Australia’s best investment loans of 2019
Has the Spring property season inspired you to add a new investment property under your belt? Or perhaps you’re looking to refinance your current investment home loan to a better deal?
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RBA rate cut: Is your lender naughty or nice?
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.
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0.13% drop: CommBank fails to pass on large portion of RBA rate cut to home loan customers
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.
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UBank doesn’t hold back, passes on the full 0.25% cut to home loan customers
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.
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Big bank RBA watch: How do ANZ, CommBank, NAB and Westpac home loan rates compare after cuts?
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.
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Stop the big bank home loan rip off: Here’s how
The RBA has cut rates for the third time this year and once again the big banks are failing to pass the full cut through to mortgage holders. What's more, the big 4 banks’ rate cut tactics have seen them pocket a $4.7 billion windfall since 2016, research by Mozo reveals.
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Big banks have pocketed an extra $4.7 billion by not passing on full cuts
The RBA has shaved another 0.25% off the cash rate - the third time this year it’s done so - and all attention has turned to home loan lenders to see how they’ll respond. Among the big four banks, CommBank and NAB have already announced cuts of 0.13% and 0.15%, respectively.
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First home buyers opt for apartments to get a foot on the property ladder
It’s spring property season and if you are one of the many Aussies trying to get a foothold on the property ladder, then right now you might be scrutinising your finances and weighing up your options. Of course, in the current housing market you might not be able to bag your dream house straightaway, especially if you’re a Sydney-sider or a Melbournian.
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Homestar keeps the streak going, cuts home loan rates by 0.25%
If we had to pick a home loan provider MVP, Homestar would be a pretty strong contender. Not too long after the RBA cut official interest rates by 0.25%, the online lender announced it would be cutting home loan rates in kind — the third time this year it’s passed on the full cut.
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Online lenders drive down rates, steal borrowers from banks
Competition in the home loans market is heating up again as a growing wave of online lenders cut rates below 3.00%, forcing the big banks to fight back or risk losing borrowers to cheaper lenders.
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