Redraw is a product feature that allows you to make extra payments to reduce the outstanding balance of your home loan, which in turn reduces the amount of interest you pay. A redraw facility may allow you to access the extra payments you’ve made up to your loan limit at that time.
Redraw is a product feature enabled on most home loan products except for:
- construction loans with a BSB starting with 183
- accounts during a fixed rate period. Any extra payments you’ve made whilst your interest rate is fixed is only available at the end of your fixed rate period
- SMSF home loans.
Your redraw balance may change over time depending on several factors, including:
- loan limit changes
- repayment amount changes
- missed or late repayments and fees.
The below is an example explaining how redraw works where an extra payment has been made and the repayment amount has not changed on the home loan.
Sarah has a $300,000 home loan with a 30-year term. 10 years into her loan she makes an extra payment of $50,000. Her repayment amount does not change and the extra payment she’s made means she is paying less interest on her home loan. This results in Sarah paying off her home loan sooner. Because Sarah has maintained her repayments at the same amount, she can access her redraw balance up until her loan is paid off. If she continues to keep her loan open after it’s paid off, then available redraw will start reducing to ensure her home loan limit is $0 at the end of her loan term.
Checking your redraw balance You can view or access your redraw fee free by using Macquarie Online Banking or the Macquarie Mobile Banking app.
To check your available redraw balance on Macquarie Online Banking:
- Hover over the home loan account in the account list
- Select I want to
- Select View account details
- Available funds for redraw is shown as Redraw balance under Account Summary.
Alternatively, you can:
- Select your home loan account from the account list
- Select I want to in the banner near your account product name (or account nickname)
- Select View account details in the menu drop-down
- Available funds for redraw is shown as Redraw balance under Account Summary.
To check your available redraw balance on the Macquarie Mobile Banking app:
- Select a home loan account from the main screen
- Available funds figure is displayed at the top of the screen above account balance.
Accessing your redraw balance To access your available redraw balance on Macquarie Online Banking:
- Select the
icon from the side menu; or first click on the
icon in top left-hand corner to display the side menu - Select the home loan account with available redraw balance
- Select the Macquarie account you wish to pay to, or New payee/biller.
To access your available redraw balance on the Macquarie Mobile Banking app:
- Select the
icon on the front screen - Select either Internal transfer or Make a payment
- Select the home loan account with available redraw balance
- Select the Macquarie account you wish to pay to, or New payee/biller.
The daily limit for Pay Anyone and BPAY payments from your home loan can be viewed
here.
To access redraw on your
Reverse Mortgage or
Accommodation Bond loan, please call us on 1800 007 722 (+61 8245 4383) from 8am to 7pm (Sydney time) Monday to Friday.
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