Reduce is offering the full 0.25% drop The RBA announced a 0.25% interest rate cut to the cash rate today to an all-time low, and Reduce is following the decision with the maximum 0.25% rate cut, providing its customers with rates as low as 3.19% Variable. We are acting quickly and applying the rate drop immediately, […]
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May
May
Most mortgage terms run for a maximum of 30 years. While convenient to stick with standard repayments over the full term, there are some easy things you can do to pay your loan off quicker and be mortgage-free. Here are 5 tips any home owner can use to shave years off their mortgage. 1. Shop […]
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May
May
Australia is experiencing one of the steepest housing downturns since the 2007 global financial crisis, where property prices fell by as much as 5%. Yet after peaking in October 2017, house prices have dropped once more, with a 6.1% reduction in value across the country’s major capital cities. While this market dip isn’t exactly welcome news […]
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Apr
Apr
How will the proposed 2019 Budgets affect home owners and investors? Last week, Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten released their proposed budgets following the national election on May 18 2019. Many topics including infrastructure, employment and health services were addressed, which covered the news headlines. Housing affordability plans and assistance schemes were given mention by […]
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Mar
Mar
This year Mozo compared 436 home loans across 85 bank and non-bank lenders to recognise the best value loans in the market for 2019. The awards were announced on March 21. Reduce Home Loans came out amongst the top, awarded Experts Choice Award across 5 Owner Occupied categories: Find out more about how Mozo […]
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Mar
Mar
Yesterday (March 20, 2019) Canstar announced their latest star ratings for the Home Loans category. Big Banks were not included in Canstar’s best home loan deals. For the 5th year in a row, Reduce Home Loans has been awarded 5 Stars for Outstanding Value – this time across three home loan categories. Reduce Home Loans was […]
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Mar
Mar
On Tuesday (05 March) the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) held its monthly monetary policy meeting. The RBA elected to hold the official cash rate at a record low of 1.5% for the 36th consecutive month. The last cash rate change was in RBA’s August 2016 monetary policy meeting; a cut of 25 Base Points […]
07
Mar
Mar
This month, Reduce Home Loans will be showing our support to those diagnosed with epilepsy. March is Epilepsy Awareness Month, an initiative supported by Epilepsy Australia where members of the public can engage in fundraising activities, donating and show support families affected by the disorder. What is epilepsy? Epilepsy is a common brain function disorder […]
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Feb
Feb
Switch from the Banks and Save Effie Zahos, Editor of Money magazine appeared on The Today Show this morning, offering helpful advice for Australians. This follows uncertainty after the Royal Commission (RC) report was released on Monday 11 February 2019. “With the average home loan rate at 4.37%, it makes sense to make the […]
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Jan
Jan
Rate Hikes Pushes People to Online Lenders Due to hiked variable rates from the three of the big four banks, many homeowners are pushed to go to challenger lenders such as Reduce Home Loans to be able to keep up with their budget. “Online lenders have been giving the big banks a run for their […]