
Home Guarantee Scheme
Our home loan for first home buyers with government assistance.
Category: Home Loans Last Updated April 2, 2025 Effective April 14, 2025
General Lending Rates
Rates listed below are for a VARIABLE Owner Occupied P&I product. Additional Information Comparison rate based on $150,000 loan over 25 years. WARNING: This comparison rate is true only for the examples given and may not include all fees and charges. Different terms, fees or other loan amounts might result in a different comparison rate.
Interest Rate
5.74% PA
5.74% PA
Comparison Rate
5.79%PA*
5.79%PA*
Product rates will vary depending upon your financial position< LVR, and other criteria. The product may also vary depending upon the rate type, repayment type, or loan purpose. We encourage you to contact us for a full understanding of the product and terms.
Product Features
- Offset Additional Information: This loan is used in conjunction with the Australian Government's Home Guarantee Scheem (HGS). Housing Australia provides a guarantee that will allow eligible first home buyers (and other eligible borrowers) to purchase a home with a deposit of as little as 2%, without needing to pay for Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI) or rely on a guarantor.
- Redraw Additional Information: Your loan comes with a repayment redraw facility. This gives you access to additional repayments if you?re at least one full repayment ahead, you can redraw $100 or more. It?s simple to redraw using our App or Online Banking.
- Npp Payid
- Npp Enabled
- Other Additional Information: You can increase your loan amount throughout the life of the loan, subject to equity held in your property and our approval.
- Other Additional Information: Switching is a change to one or more aspects of your loan's terms and conditions, for example switching from a variable rate to a fixed rate or switching from Interest Only to Principal and Interest repayments.
- Other Additional Information: Splitting is when you divide one loan into two or more loan accounts, generally with different loan types, repayment types or interest rates.
- Other Additional Information: Flexible repayment options weekly, fortnightly or monthly
- Other Additional Information: You can make extra repayments or repay your loan in full at any time. Extra repayments may enable you to redraw funds, subject to conditions
- Other Additional Information: Valuation fee waived up to $1,000.
- Other Additional Information: Establishment Fee Waived
- Digital Banking Additional Information: 24/7 access via internet banking and mobile app
Product Eligibility
- Natural Person
- Min Age - 18.
- Employment Status - Employed.
- Residency Status - Permanent Resident. Additional Information: You must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident to apply
- Other Additional Information: Applications for credit are subject to the Bank?s eligibility and suitability criteria and normal credit approval process.
- Other Additional Information: 95% if approved under the First Home Guarantee or Regional FHB Guarantee, or 98% under Family Home Guarantee
- Other Additional Information: As per Home Guarantee Scheme (HGS) property caps
- Other Additional Information: Purchase or refinance for First Home Buyer Owner Occupiers only
- Other Additional Information: This loan is used in conjunction with the Australian Government's Home Guarantee Scheem (HGS). Housing Australia provides a guarantee that will allow eligible first home buyers (and other eligible borrowers) to purchase a home with a deposit of as little as 2%, without needing to pay for Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI) or rely on a guarantor.
Bank Fees and Charges
- Loan Establishment Fee - Mortgage Loan (top Up) (Upfront), Amount: 200.00. Additional Information: A fee charged to vary the value of an existing home loan
- Valuation Fee (Variable), Amount: 0.00. Additional Information: A fee charged to cover the cost of obtaining a valuation report on your property or the property being purchased
- Title Search Fee (Event), Amount: 20.00. Additional Information: A third party cost for a Title Serach to determine any interests in a property
- Registration Fees (Variable), Amount: 0.00. Additional Information: A third party cost for registration of mortgage
- Stamp Duty (mortgage) (Variable), Amount: 0.00. Additional Information: The tax charged on written documents and certain transactions imposed by the state government.
- Pexa Service Fee (Upfront), Amount: 57.20. Additional Information: A fee charged to cover third party costs associated with the establishment of your mortgage
- Lenders Mortgage Insurance (Variable), Amount: 0.00. Additional Information: Third party cost for insurance that protects the lender in the event that the borrower defaults on their home or investment loan
- Mortgage Administration Fee (Event), Amount: 150.00. Additional Information: A fee charged if we are asked by you or your legal representative to make any of our loan documents available to you during the life of the loan
- Consent Fee (Event), Amount: 300.00. Additional Information: A fee charged for consent to a subsequent mortgage in favour of an another lender where we hold the prior mortgage
- Mortgage Discharge Fee (Exit), Amount: 300.00. Additional Information: A fee charged if you repay your loan and request us to discharge your mortgage, includes our costs and is in addition to any costs incurred by us from external parties
- Mortgage Discharge - Registration Fee (Exit), Amount: 146.40. Additional Information: A fee charged to cover third party costs associated with the discharge of your mortgage
- Mortgage Discharge - Pexa Service Fee (Exit), Amount: 42.24. Additional Information: A fee charged to cover third party costs associated with the discharge of your mortgage
- Variation Of Security (Event), Amount: 200.00. Additional Information: A fee charged for the variation of security or other loan details, requiring us to issue new documents or re-assess your loan in any way
- Late Payment Fee (Event), Amount: 15.00. Additional Information: A fee charged when you don't make your minimum monthly payment, plus any overdue amount
- Default Notice Fee (Event), Amount: 50.00. Additional Information: A fee charged if you default on your repayments and we issue a default notice
- Consent To Subdivide (Event), Amount: 250.00. Additional Information: A fee charged when the borrower seeks the bank's consent to subdivide a property.
- Security Guarantor Fee (Upfront), Amount: 200.00. Additional Information: Payable if a guarantor is listed on the loan schedule.
- Loan Establishment Fee - Mortgage Loan (top Up) (Upfront), Amount: 200.00. Additional Information: A fee charged to vary the value of an existing home loan
Limitations & Restrictions (Constraints)
- Opening Balance of 0.00
- Min Balance of Additional Information: Maximum purchase prices (property price caps) are applicable for eligible properties purchased under the Home Guarantee Scheme in capital cities, large regional centres and regional areas.
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