Home loan resources

Home loan features guides

The A-Z of home loan terms and jargon at your fingertips. If there is a home loan type or product feature worth knowing about you’ll find a detailed guide on it here. No matter whether you’re buying your first home or your tenth investment property, the more informed you are, the better your chance of getting the best deal.

Guarantor home loans: What are they and how can I apply?

Guarantor home loans: What are they and how can I apply?

With property prices around Australia skyrocketing and the cost of living going up too, saving up a deposit for a home seems to be getting harder by the day.

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Home loan features in a nutshell

Home loan features in a nutshell

As anyone who’s spent time shopping for a home loan understands, there’s more to a home loan than the headline rate. In this guide, we’ll run you through some of the features you should look out for to make sure your mortgage works for you.

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Home loan terms explained

Home loan terms explained

Taking out a home loan to purchase a property can be exciting, but what can often dampen your enthusiasm is all the complicated home loan jargon that gets thrown around in the process.

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Lenders mortgage insurance explained: what is LMI, and how could it help you buy property?

Lenders mortgage insurance explained: what is LMI, and how could it help you buy property?

If you are one of the many first home buyers out there struggling to save up that ideal 20% housing deposit, you might be happy to hear there are ways to buy with deposits at low as 5%.

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Line of credit home loans

Line of credit home loans

Have you built up some equity in your home through extra repayments or your property has appreciated in value? Then you could be eligible for a line of credit loan that allows you to draw on a portion of that amount to fund things like an upcoming renovation or new family car.

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What is a loan-to-value-ratio (LVR)?

What is a loan-to-value-ratio (LVR)?

When you're talking about home loans, a loan-to-value ratio (LVR) is an important term to remember.

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Low doc home loans - a guide for the self employed

Low doc home loans - a guide for the self employed

If you're a freelancer, self-employed worker, small business owner or contract worker, getting a standard home loan can be difficult when you don’t have proof of salary documents like payslips or group certificates. This is where a low doc home loan comes in.

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What is an offset account, and how can it save you money?

What is an offset account, and how can it save you money?

One of the more popular home loan features is an offset account. This useful tool help lower the amount of home loan interest you pay over the life of your mortgage.

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Package home loans

What is a package home loan?

Taking out a home loan can be a pretty clear cut deal focused solely on securing financing to help you purchase property. But if you want to sort out a few other financial needs with the same institution, you might consider a packaged home loan.Many lenders present packages as a way for customers to save money across the life of their mortgage, alongside other financial products. An interest rate discount is on the table, along with more cost-saving features than a ‘no frills’ home loan, in exchange for you signing up to a bundle deal of the institution’s other products like credit cards, insurance or savings accounts. It sounds pretty swish, but it’s super important to consider all the loan costs, the additional features and discounted interest rate and size it up against other home loan types. Then compare this to the overall cost of holding the extra financial products separately or with other institutions. It may be convenient to have everything in one package, but it’s not automatically the most affordable option, even with the discounted interest rate.Once you’ve done your mathematical due diligence, then you can check out the packaged home loan options below.

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Home loan repayments: principal and interest vs. interest-only

Home loan repayments: principal and interest vs. interest-only

When paying off your home loan, you’ll be able to choose between two mortgage repayment options: principal and interest (P&I), or interest-only (IO).

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