Debt consolidation service
When refinance bundles personal loans, cards, or tax debt into home loan collateral.
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Debt consolidation hub
Debt consolidation — true cost, policy, and refinance paths
Consolidation can lower monthly outflows but often extends total interest paid — the trade-off needs to be explicit before you lodge.
This hub links the debt consolidation service page, refinance tooling, and a downloadable checklist for limits, fees, and behaviour guardrails.
Enquire with a list of debts (limit, balance, rate) for a broker-backed comparison — not just a headline home loan rate.
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Refinance calculator & PDF
Savings, break-even, and optional cash-out context.
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Hardship, retention, and market-timing reads.
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Before you consolidate
Rolling personal debt into your mortgage?
Download a checklist covering true cost, lender policy, and behaviour traps — work through it before you lodge a cash-out refinance.
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The RBA left the cash rate at 4.35% on 11 August 2026 — unanimous, with hikes still on the table. A hold is not a freeze on your home loan rate. Here is what the Board said, why it matters, and how to engineer a better deal now.
Softer June CPI (3.8%, trimmed mean still 3.6%) pushed August hike odds down and major bank economists toward a hold. That is research commentary — not a free pass on your rate, retention gap, or term-for-term refinance maths.
ABS June 2026 CPI: annual inflation 3.8%, trimmed mean still 3.6%. A day after Governor Bullock left further cash-rate rises on the table, here is a practical mortgage checklist for the 13 days to the 11 August RBA decision.
Roy Morgan puts 30.3% of mortgage holders (about 1.61 million people) “at risk” of mortgage stress in the three months to June 2026 — the fifth straight monthly rise. Here is what that measure means, what an August cash-rate move would change, and a practical checklist for your loan before CPI and the RBA Board meeting.
- Mortgage prisoner? The 1% buffer refinance exception that banks barely advertise (Australia 2026)
Refinancing
Declined for a refinance even though the new repayment is LOWER than what you pay now? You may be a mortgage prisoner — and in 2026 several lenders will test you at a 1% buffer instead of 3% on like-for-like switches. Eligibility checklist inside.
Canstar data shows 18 lenders have trimmed variable home loan rates since May while the cash rate sits at 4.35%. New customers can get a five in front of their rate — many existing borrowers cannot without action. Here is why, and what to do this week.
- June-quarter CPI drops 29 July — your mortgage playbook before the August RBA (Australia 2026)
Strategy
Cash rate is 4.35% after June's hold — but June-quarter CPI lands 29 July and the RBA meets 11 August. With trimmed mean inflation sticky at 3.6%, here is what buyers and mortgage holders should do in the next five weeks.
- Nearly half of refinancers reset to 30 years — the hidden cost on your home loan (Australia 2026)
Refinancing
New survey data suggests 47% of Australian refinancers extend their loan back to 30 years — and 8% did not realise until after settlement. Here is what that does to total interest, how to compare term-for-term, and a free calculator on the refinance hub.
The RBA held the cash rate at 4.35% on 16 June 2026 — but the Board explicitly left further hikes on the table while inflation stays above target. Here is the broker-grade breakdown with primary RBA sources, what still moves on your home loan, and a practical household checklist.
The RBA left the cash rate at 4.35% in June 2026 — but RBA data shows existing variable borrowers still pay about 48 basis points more than new customers. Here is the EOFY refinance check that turns that gap into dollars on your loan.
Most overpayment calculators model one lever. This guide walks through stacking frequency, weekly extras, offset, annual lump sums, and a rate review in the Australian payoff hub — with fixed-rate caps and compliance notes.
“Pay off in 10 years” sounds great in a headline — but on a typical Australian mortgage it requires a large surplus, a sharp rate, or both. Here’s the income-to-repayment maths, what actually moves the needle, and when to use the payoff playground instead of wishful thinking.