A home loan cashback offer generally involves a lender offering an incentive for you to take out a new loan with them or refinance an existing one. The incentive will usually take the form of cash, or it can be rebated towards fees you’d be charged – in some cases, both. Some may have the condition that you feed it back into the mortgage.
Of course, these deals are designed to entice you. As good as $2,000 cash in your pocket right now might sound, it shouldn’t be the defining factor for which home loan you choose. Borrowing $610,000 over 30 years at a rate of 6.00% p.a. could cost you $3,050 a month and $733,044 in interest over the life of the loan (with principal and interest repayments), according to our home loan calculator.
In contrast, that same loan at a rate 5.00% p.a. would cost you $2,541 a month and $594,290 over the life of the loan. That’s a difference of $385 a month and $138,754 in interest over the life of the loan.
Typically, the most important things to look at when choosing a loan are the advertised rate, comparison rate, the features, and your potential monthly repayments.
Which banks and lenders offer home loan cashback deals?
ANZ cashback offer
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Cashback amount: $2,000 cashback for refinancing a loan below 80% LVR to ANZ
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Conditions: For customers refinancing Owner Occupier Principal loans with Principal and Interest (P&I) repayments and Residential Investment loans of $250,000 or more. Limit of one cashback within a 12 month period.
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Expiry date: Available until withdrawn.
Bank of Queensland cashback offer
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Cashback amount: $3,000
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Conditions: For customers refinancing Owner Occupier (P&I) and Investment home loans with a maximum LVR of 80% and a minimum balance of $400,000.
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Expiry date: Available from 22 November 2023 until further notice
IMB cashback offer
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Cashback amount: $2,500 on loans of $250,000 or more
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Conditions: For customers refinancing Owner Occupier (P&I) loans and Investment loans with a LVR of 80% or less.
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Expiry date: Until further notice, settlement must be within 120 days
loans.com.au cashback offer
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Cashback amount: $4,000 on loans over $700,000, $2,000 cashback on loans between $250,000 and $700,000.
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Conditions: Applies to new home loan applications for a Variable Cashback Loan (P&I) for an owner-occupied home and a maximum LVR of 90%. Applicants must be referred to loans.com.au through Savings.com.au, carloans.com.au, onlineauto.com.au, infochoice.com.au, yourmortgage.com.au, and yourhomeloanspecialist.com.au
ME Bank cashback offer
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Cashback amount: $2,000 for loans above $400,000, $3,000 for loans above $700,000
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Conditions: For customers refinancing Owner Occupier (P&I) and Investment loans with a maximum LVR of 80%. Not available for refinances from other BOQ Group banks such as Bank of Queensland and Virgin Money (LON:VM).
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Expiry date: Apply from 8th September 2023 and settle within 120 days of the loan application date.
Newcastle Permanent cashback offer
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Cashback amount: $2,000 for loans ≥ $250,000
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Conditions: For customers refinancing an Owner Occupied (P&I) or Investment home loan. To be eligible for the offer, customers need to be refinancing an existing home loan of $250,000 or more (max. 80% LVR) from another institution. Customers refinancing from Greater Bank are not eligible for the offer.
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Expiry date: Offer commenced 21st August 2023
RAMS Home Loans cashback offer
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Cashback amount: $3,000 for loans ≥ $250,000
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Conditions: Excludes owner occupier interest only. Offer available on the Essential Home Loan, Full Feature and Fixed rate home loan products (excludes Line of Credit) Owner Occupier with Principal and Interest repayments and Investment Loans. $250k min loan per property refinanced. Not available in conjunction with the New Purchase Buyer $1,000 Rebate.
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Expiry date: Effective 1st September 2023, must settle within 120 days
Other home loan offers
Cashback offers are typically the most lucrative and popular offer lenders will use, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t other offers around.
Lenders often waive fees such as monthly fees or application fees, or reduce fees and rates on their other products, like credit cards or transaction accounts.
Recently, many lenders have started reducing or completely waiving Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI) as a way to bring in first home buyers.
Less often, lenders will offer rewards points for loyalty programs, either as a result of a team-up or through their own program.
Below, you’ll find a comprehensive list of other offers lenders are using to try and win your business.
ANZ First Home Buyer Bonus
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Offer: $3,000 for eligible first home buyers (including recipients of state or territory government first home buyer concessions) with a loan of $250,000 or more.
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Conditions: Only available for first home buyers with home loans of $250,000 or more.
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Expiry date: Drawdown within 180 days of applying.
Bank of Melbourne $1 LMI
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Loan name: All home loans.
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Offer: LMI for $1 first home buyers.
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Conditions: Available to OO first home loans on P&I, with a maximum loan size of $850,000 for a maximum property value of $1,000,000. Minimum deposit size 15%.
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Expiry date: Until further notice
BankSA $1 LMI
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Loan name: All home loans.
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Offer: LMI for $1 first home buyers.
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Conditions: Available to OO first home loans on P&I, with a maximum loan size of $850,000 for a maximum property value of $1,000,000. Minimum deposit size 15%.
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Expiry date: Until further notice
St George LMI offer
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Loan name: All home loans.
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Offer: LMI for $1 first home buyers.
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Conditions: Available to OO first home loans on P&I, with a maximum loan size of $850,000 for a maximum property value of $1,000,000. Minimum deposit size 15%.
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Expiry date: Until further notice
Suncorp Better together offer
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Loan name: Back to basics home loan
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Offer: Combine a Suncorp Back to Basics home loan with an EveryDay Options savings account to get a discounted interest rate
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Conditions: Available on loans $150,000 or more
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Expiry date: Until further notice
Westpac LMI waiver
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Offer: Westpac will be extending its lenders mortgage insurance (LMI) waiver to registered nurses and midwives, amongst other healthcare professions already included.
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Conditions: Effective 2 October 2022, eligible healthcare professionals applying for a home loan with a 10% deposit can avoid LMI if they earn over $90,000 per annum.
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Expiry date: Until further notice.
"Home loan offers and deals December 2023" was originally published on Savings.com.au and was republished with permission.