The First Home Super Saver scheme enables first home buyers to withdraw some of their extra superannuation contributions to use as some or all of [...]
Are you looking for Australia’s lowest rate home loan? There is no better way to ensure you are getting a good home loan deal than [...]
Owner occupiers are driving the mortgage market and first home buyers are back at open houses and auctions in droves. New home loan sales were [...]
When you’re comparing investment property loans it’s a slightly different process to looking for an owner–occupier loan. You need to think about the following factors. [...]
ING DIRECT became Australia’s first ‘direct bank’ in 1999 when Dutch parent ING Group launched an Australian subsidiary, headquartered in Sydney (pictured). A direct bank [...]
Credit Union Australia (CUA) is Australia’s biggest credit union and started life way back in 1946, as the result of a merger of several smaller [...]
HSBC Australia is a foreign owned subsidiary bank of HSBC Holdings, a British bank operating in 65 countries around the world. HSBC is the 7th [...]
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has kept interest rates on hold for the month of December at a historic low of 0.75 per cent. [...]
The federal government’s first home deposit scheme kicks off on 1 January 2020 and house prices are low but rising. First home buyers are reportedly [...]
The lowest variable home loan comparison rate now listed on InfoChoice is 2.71 per cent per annum from Reduce Home Loans. FreedomLend has an owner-occupied [...]
Will banks and lenders negotiate a better rate if I ask? The simple answer to this question is you probably can negotiate your way to [...]
How do variable rate home loans work? Variable mortgages can be ideal for borrowers looking for low–rate home loans, because they typically have lower rates [...]
There are now more than one hundred variable rate home loans for owner occupiers listed on InfoChoice with comparison rates under 3.5 per cent pa. [...]
Spring is the time for buying and improving Auction clearance rates indicate most capital city and many regional markets are turning around. Investors need to [...]
The household expenditure measure (H.E.M.) is used by lenders to assess your loan application. When you’re applying for a mortgage, lenders don’t just look at [...]
When you’re looking at a property to buy, you need to be sure you are aware of the condition of the place. It might look [...]
You have an account with at least one of the Big Four banks – ANZ, CommBank, Westpac or NAB or another bank or credit union [...]
What is a guarantor home loan and how does it work? Quite simply, a guarantor home loan is one that has a portion of the [...]
Looking for an investment home loan is quite different to looking for an owner–occupier home loan. Here’s what you need to look at when you’re [...]
When you’re looking for a home loan deal, you’ll probably think first of approaching one of the Big Four Aussie banks – NAB, ANZ, Westpac [...]
Australia’s Big Four banks – Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, ANZ (Australia and New Zealand Bank) and NAB (National Australia Bank) dominate our economy and are most [...]
For many of the hopeful, wannabe homeowners in Australia, it’s not keeping up with home loan news and finding the right property that stumps them, [...]
When you’re planning to buy your first property you spend hours on real estate sites, sighing over the video tours and ads about easy home [...]