Bendigo Bank, Adelaide Bank, Newcastle Permanent among latest lenders to announce cuts

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Bendigo Bank, Newcastle Permanent and Adelaide Bank are now offering interest rates as low as 2.99%.

It’s been over two months since the Reserve Bank lowered the official cash rate to a historically low 1.00% but the rate cuts keep coming.

If you’ve been holding out for the right home loan, here are some of the latest cuts to interest rates for owner-occupiers.

Looking for a low variable rate home loan? The table below displays owner-occupier products which may represent the best of the big four banks, best of the top 10 customer-owned banks and the best of the larger non-banks.

Bendigo Bank rate cuts

Bendigo Bank announced it will be reducing rates by up to 20 basis points on fixed-rate loans for owner-occupiers and investors.

Rate cuts for owner-occupiers:

• Two-year basic fixed rates for borrowers paying principal and interest (P&I) have been cut to 2.99 p.a. (3.51% p.a. comparison rate*)
• Three-year basic fixed rates for borrowers paying principal and interest (P&I) have been cut to 3.19 p.a. (3.53% p.a. comparison rate*)

Rate cuts for investors:

• Two-year basic fixed for borrowers making P&I repayments have been reduced to 3.39% p.a. (3.95% p.a comparison rate*)
• Three-year basic fixed for borrowers making P&I repayments have been reduced to 3.59% p.a. (3.96% p.a comparison rate*)

Newcastle Permanent rate cuts

Premium Plus Package customers can enjoy low rates of 2.99% p.a. (comparison rates differ, see below).

• Two-year fixed rates for borrowers making interest-only (IO) repayments for a loan size of over $5k have been cut to 2.99% p.a. (4.14% p.a. comparison rate*)
• Three-year fixed rates for borrowers making interest-only (IO) repayments for a loan size of over $5k have been cut to 2.99% p.a. (4.06% p.a. comparison rate*)
• Two-year fixed rates for borrowers making P&I repayments for a loan size of over $5k have been cut to 2.99% p.a. (4.16% p.a. comparison rate*)
• Three-year fixed rates for borrowers making P&I repayments for a loan size of over $5k have been cut to 2.99% p.a. (4.08% p.a. comparison rate*)

Adelaide Bank rate cuts

Adelaide Bank has cut rates by up to 60 basis points on fixed home loans for its SmartSaver and SmartFix products.

SmartSaver cuts:

• One-year fixed home loans for borrowers making P&I repayments have been reduced to 2.99% p.a. (3.30% p.a. comparison rate*)
• Two-year fixed home loans for borrowers making P&I repayments have been reduced to 2.99% p.a. (3.28% p.a. comparison rate*)
• Three-year fixed home loans for borrowers making P&I repayments have been reduced to 2.99% p.a. (3.44% p.a. comparison rate*)
• Four-year fixed home loans for borrowers making P&I repayments have been reduced to 2.99% p.a. (3.42% p.a. comparison rate*)
• Five-year fixed home loans for borrowers making P&I repayments have been reduced to 2.99% p.a. (3.40% p.a. comparison rate*)

SmartFix cuts:

• One-year fixed home loans for borrowers making P&I repayments have been reduced to 2.99% p.a. (3.49% p.a. comparison rate*)
• Two-year fixed home loans for borrowers making P&I repayments have been reduced to 2.99% p.a. (3.46% p.a. comparison rate*)
• Three-year fixed home loans for borrowers making P&I repayments have been reduced to 2.99% p.a. (3.44% p.a. comparison rate*)
• Four-year fixed home loans for borrowers making P&I repayments have been reduced to 2.99% p.a. (3.42% p.a. comparison rate*)
• Five-year fixed home loans for borrowers making P&I repayments have been reduced to 2.99% p.a. (3.40% p.a. comparison rate*)

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Disclaimers

The entire market was not considered in selecting the above products. Rather, a cut-down portion of the market has been considered which includes retail products from at least the big four banks, the top 10 customer-owned institutions and Australia’s larger non-banks:

• The big four banks are: ANZ, CBA, NAB and Westpac
• The top 10 customer-owned Institutions are the ten largest mutual banks, credit unions and building societies in Australia, ranked by assets under management in November 2019. They are (in descending order): Credit Union Australia, Newcastle Permanent, Heritage Bank, Peoples’ Choice Credit Union, Teachers Mutual Bank, Greater Bank, IMB Bank, Beyond Bank, Bank Australia and P&N Bank.
• The larger non-bank lenders are those who (in 2019) has more than $9 billion in Australian funded loans and advances. These groups are: Resimac, Pepper, Liberty and Firstmac.

Some providers' products may not be available in all states. To be considered, the product and rate must be clearly published on the product provider's web site.

In the interests of full disclosure, Savings.com.au and loans.com.au are part of the Firstmac Group. To read about how Savings.com.au manages potential conflicts of interest, along with how we get paid, please click through onto the web site links.

*The Comparison rate is based on a $150,000 loan over 25 years. Warning: this comparison rate is true only for this example and may not include all fees and charges. Different terms, fees or other loan amounts might result in a different comparison rate.

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