Following this year's three RBA rate cuts, we’ve seen plenty of lenders scrambling to reduce home loan rates, and loans.com.au is the latest to jump on the bandwagon. Today, the online lender made cuts of 0.20% across its range of fixed rate home loans, effective immediately.
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Just when you thought home loan rates wouldn’t drop any further after three RBA cuts this year, Teachers Mutual Bank rises to the challenge. The mutual bank is launching a special 1-year introductory rate of 2.80% (3.29% comparison rate*) for its Classic Home Loan.
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Westpac is now opening its doors to property investors with smaller deposits. In the latest move to loosen its credit policy, the big bank has increased its loan-to-value ratio (LVR) cap for interest-only investment loans from 80% to 90%.
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Forget fixed rate home loans with rates above 3%, the new competitive rate you should know about starts with the number 2.
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Just a few short weeks after the Reserve Bank of Australia cut the official cash rate by 0.25%, new research gathered by Mozo has revealed that a huge 70% of Aussies no longer trust the big four banks.
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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”.
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Despite their love for brunch on a Sunday - and getting the perfect picture of it - millenials are more focused on home ownership than ever.
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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.
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It’s one simple word, but for the hundreds of thousands of homeowners with mortgages across Australia it could make a huge difference to their wallets: refinancing.
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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.
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