Variable interest rate - basic owner-occupied home loans
For basic owner-occupied home loans with principal and interest repayments.
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Variable rate home loan
- Flexibility to pay off your loan faster
- Ability to make unlimited additional repayments
- Option to add offset accounts to minimise interest
Fixed rate home loan
- Lock in certainty
- Easier to manage cashflow
- Choose 1-5 year terms
Split home loan
- Take advantage of both fixed and variable rates
- No fee to split
- Option to add an offset to the variable account
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Pre-approval is an initial assessment that gives you clarity on what a bank would be willing to lend you based on your circumstances. Whilst pre-approval is not a guarantee for a home loan, it can give you confidence to negotiate and make an offer to purchase a property.
- Online pre-approval can take as little as 15 minutes and there is no fee to apply.
- Have your income and expenses on hand for a more accurate and seamless application.
- After you’ve applied online, one of our home loan specialists will get in touch to talk through the results.
- Pre-approval lasts for 90 days and we’ll notify you when it’s about to expire.
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When it comes to your home loan, we’re flexible.
With fixed rates for more certainty, variable rates, and offset accounts to reduce the amount of interest you pay - you’ve got options.
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Frequently asked questions
LVR is the amount you need to borrow, calculated as a percentage of the value of your property. For example, if your loan amount is $400K and your property value is $500K, then your LVR is 80%.
Fixed rate home loans have an interest rate that is fixed for a set period of time (typically from one to five years). At the end of the fixed rate term, the loan will usually switch to a variable rate.
Variable rate home loans have an interest rate that can move up or down according to market forces, which impacts the amount of interest you pay and may change your contracted monthly repayments.
Macquarie home loans are flexible and allow you to access both a fixed rate and variable rate for your loan. As a borrower, this means you can:
- have the entirety of your home loan at a variable rate
- have the entirety of your home loan at a fixed rate
- split your home loan into fixed and variable portions.
Splitting your loan between variable and fixed interest rates gives you flexibility to structure your loan to suit your circumstances. You can divide your home loan in a variety of ways, such as locking in a fixed interest rate portion and variable interest rate portion, to take advantage of a mix of rate types over the life of your loan.
Please note: You can’t have the entirety of your offset home loan assigned to a fixed rate. You must have at least $20k of your offset home loan assigned to a variable interest rate.
Once you’ve completed an application with your broker or home loan specialist, we can (in most cases) provide you with a pre-approval within one business day if your application qualifies. Once you’re successful with a property and provide us with all required documentation, we work quickly to provide you with unconditional approval and open your home loan account.
This timing depends on how quickly we can verify your identity, assess your application, and transfer security.
We’ll let you know by email if your application is successful and then work with your solicitor or representative to arrange the settlement. Once completed we’ll let you know when your account is open and ready to use.
If you have any questions about the status of your application, talk to your broker or your home loan specialist.
Redraw is a product feature which typically allows you to access some or all of the additional repayments that you’ve made on your home loan over and above the minimum required repayments.
Redraw is a product feature enabled on most home loan products except for:
- 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 the available redraw will start reducing to ensure her home loan limit is $0 at the end of her loan term.
For more information on how to check your redraw balance or accessing it on Macquarie Online Banking, visit Macquarie Help Centre.
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Additional information
Rate applies for new loans when you borrow up to 60% of the property value with a principal and interest repayment variable rate loan. Subject to change without notice.
The information in this calculator is by way of example only and is not a prediction or professional financial advice. Calculations are not forecasts, but may assist you in making your own projections. Subject to law, Macquarie will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by your use of the calculator. The information in the calculator does not constitute an offer to lend or imply the product is suitable for you.
The comparison rates are based on a loan for $150,000 and a term of 25 years. WARNING: This comparison rate applies only to the example or examples given. Different amounts and terms will result in different comparison rates. Costs such as redraw fees or early repayment fees, and cost savings such as fee waivers, are not included in the comparison rate but may influence the cost of the loan.
Fixed rate loans may be subject to significant break costs. Please refer to the loan contracts for terms and conditions regarding break costs. At the end of the fixed rate period, the interest rate will revert to the discount variable rate applicable at that time.
Open up to 10 offset accounts per variable loan account if you have an individual or joint borrower home loan. Company and trust borrowers can open up to 4 offset accounts which must be opened at application. Offset accounts cannot be linked to fixed rate loan accounts. For split loans, with a fixed and variable rate portion, the variable rate loan account must have a minimum limit of $20,000 to qualify for an offset account.
The Offset Home Loan Facility fee is payable in exchange for the ability to open and link offset accounts. The fee is payable in two equal instalments every 6 months per facility. The first fee is payable 6 months after your settlement date, then the Offset Home Loan Facility fee is payable every 6 months thereafter (unless you switch your loan to a Basic Home Loan).
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Home loan information and interest rates are current as at 15 October 2024 for new loans only and are subject to change.