Changes to debt repayment reporting that will affect your credit file in 2018
In 2018, new legislation will come into place about the information a lender is required to provide regarding your credit facilities and your ongoing debt repayments. This detailed information will be recorded on your credit file and can greatly affect your finances in the future.
With the average property price of a Sydney home being over one million dollars, saving a deposit large enough to purchase your first home is becoming near impossible. As a result, home loans with a parental guarantee are on the rise.
Consolidating debt with a home loan refinance can substantially reduce your monthly commitments and help you get your finances back on track. By refinancing to a low rate home loan and combining multiple small debts like credit cards, car loans and personal loans which come with high interest rates you can save thousands on monthly repayments.
Great news for first home buyers comes in the way of a comprehensive package announced by NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Thursday 1st June. The package focuses on additional stamp duty relief for first home buyers, an increase in housing supply to improve affordability and reduced competition from investors.
Interest rate cuts are welcome news to Australian home owners as banks respond to this months RBA decision. Yesterday, 3rd May, the Reserve Bank of Australia cut the cash rate by 25 basis points to 1.75% which is an all-time low in Australia.
You can easily pay off your mortgage faster with very small changes that won’t have an affect on your day to day finances. Many people think that the only way to save money on a home loan is to pay large amounts of additional repayments that they just can’t afford – this is not the case. There are many small changes that you can make that will dramatically reduce both the amount of interest you pay over the life of your loan and the years it takes to pay off.
It’s important to know the things that affect your credit score and what this means for your ability to get a loan. A Credit score is a number calculated from your credit history that determines if you are a good risk for a financial institution to lend money to. In Australia, an average credit score is 749, but a good score can range between 622 and 1200.
Most mortgage brokers in Australia provide advice and services to their customers free of charge, this is because they are paid mortgage broker commission by the lenders when they get a loan settled for a customer. Mortgage broker commission is paid in two ways by the bank or finance lender for each loan that goes through, these are called upfront commission and trail commission.
Over the past week, all four of the major banks in Australia have announced an increase on interest rates for variable home loans, independent of the RBA ( Reserve Bank of Australia). The RBA have kept the cash rate at a record low of 2% for three consecutive months but the banks are sighting their increases on a requirement to hold more capital to cover their mortgage loan books as the reason for the rise in interest rates.