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Non-bank lender Well Home Loans is shaking up the mortgage market, cutting its fixed home loan rates to the lowest rate yet – at 2.74%.
The online lender has cut rates on its Well Balanced mortgage for owner-occupiers.
The two-year fixed rate has been slashed to 2.74% p.a. (comparison rate 2.96% p.a.) while the three-year fixed rate has also been reduced to 2.74% p.a. (comparison rate 2.94% p.a.).
Those could be the lowest fixed home loan rates in the country, beating Greater Bank’s fixed rate of 2.79% p.a. (at the time of writing).
Buying a home or looking to refinance? The table below features home loans with some of the lowest interest rates on the market for owner occupiers.
Smart Booster Home Loan
Product Features
- Discount variable for 1 year <=80% LVR
- No ongoing fees
- Unlimited redraw facility
Monthly repayments: $1,476
Advertised
Rate (p.a.)
1.99%
Comparison
Rate (p.a.)
2.47%
Product Features
- Discount variable for 1 year
- No ongoing fees
- Unlimited redraw facility
Base criteria of: a $400,000 loan amount, variable, principal and interest (P&I) owner-occupied home loans with an LVR (loan-to-value) ratio of at least 80%. If products listed have an LVR <80%, they will be clearly identified in the product name along with the specific LVR. Monthly repayments were calculated based on the selected products’ advertised rates, applied to a $400,000 loan with a 30-year loan term.
Despite the Reserve Bank opting to keep the cash rate steady at its most recent meeting, that hasn’t stopped lenders from cutting their home loan rates.
With more RBA rate cuts expected to come, these are likely not the last cuts to home loan interest rates we can expect to see.
ME Bank home loan rate cuts
ME Bank has hopped on board the bandwagon, trimming rates on its fixed and variable home loans for investors and owner-occupiers, effective from today.
The discounts are only available for new customers and the $395 package fee still applies.
The bank’s Flexible Home Loan with Member Package will now have a variable rate of 3.29% p.a. (comparison rate 3.73% p.a.) which the lender has said is its “most competitive advertised variable rate ever”.
That rate is only on offer for owner-occupiers paying principal and interest with an LVR of 80% or lower and a loan amount of $700k or more.
Owner-occupiers borrowing $400k making principal and interest repayments with an LVR between 80% and 90% can enjoy a variable rate of 3.57% p.a. (comparison rate 4.00% p.a.).
Fixed-rate borrowers haven’t been left out either. New customers can score three-year fixed rates from 3.48% p.a. across its investment loans (comparison rates differ).
Investors making principal and interest repayments with an LVR of 90% or below can enjoy a fixed rate of 3.48% p.a. (comparison rate 4.25% p.a.).
If you’re an investor making interest-only repayments with an LVR of 80% or under, a fixed rate of 3.69% p.a. will now apply to your loan (comparison rate 4.18% p.a.).
Heritage Bank home loan rate cuts
Heritage Bank has joined in on the action, cutting rates on its fixed home loans for owner-occupiers by up to 0.30%, effective from today for new customers only.
The bank’s Home Advantage loan will now have a fixed rate of up to 3.49% p.a. (comparison rates differ).
The two-year fixed rate has been cut to 3.09% p.a. (comparison rate 3.72% p.a.) while the three-year fixed rate has been cut to a competitive 2.99% p.a. (comparison rate 3.67% p.a.). The five-year fixed rate has been trimmed to 3.49% p.a. (comparison rate 3.81% p.a.).
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 2020. 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 2020) has more than $9 billion in Australian funded loans and advances. These groups are: Resimac, Pepper, Liberty and Firstmac.
- If you click on a product link and you are referred to a Product or Service Provider’s web page, it is highly likely that a commercial relationship exists between that Product or Service Provider and Savings.com.au
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, Performance Drive 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.
*Comparison rate is based on a loan of $150,000 over a term of 25 years. Please note the comparison rate only applies to the examples given. Different loan amounts and terms will result in different comparison rates. Costs such as redraw fees and costs savings, such as fee waivers, are not included in the comparison rate but may influence the cost of the loan.
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