Package Home Loans

Package home loans often come with fees and purported benefits that don’t always deliver real value. Many intelligent professionals feel pressured into package mortgages, but the reality is you can access offset accounts and other features through non-package loans, often without the fees. There’s no requirement to bundle your credit card with your mortgage lender—you’re free to choose products that suit you best from different providers.

 


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Meet Brodie Brown

If you’re considering a package home loan, let me help you understand whether it’s actually the right choice for your situation. I’m Brodie Brown, Managing Broker here at BH Brown Mortgage Brokers. Based in Perth, we specialise in home loans for a range of different situations and work with clients right across Perth’s Western Suburbs.

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The Property Investor’s Mortgage Broker

Understanding Package Home Loan Products

We write hundreds of mortgages each year and still don’t understand the brainwashed opinion that somehow, people (usually intelligent professionals) feel they need a package mortgage.

What do you need a home loan package for? Do you want an offset account, or multiple? You can get this on a non-package loan, often avoiding the fee.

Do you want a credit card? Why not get one that suits you perfectly with another bank that is different to the bank that you are getting a mortgage from? There’s no law against it.

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Why Package Mortgages Are Losing Favour

Package mortgages are generally becoming less favoured due to the fees, the absence of a real advantage and the general public calling BS on the purported benefits.

Do you want a credit card? Why not get one that suits you perfectly with another bank that is different to the bank that you are getting a mortgage from? There’s no law against it.

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How to Get Started with the Right Home Loan

Remember:

If variable rates increase, you may pay more interest than if you fix your rate. It will depend on the size of the increase(s), how far into the term the increase(s) occur, and how long you hold the loan after the increase(s) occur.

If variable rates stay flat or decrease, you will pay less interest than if you fix your rate. This is on the basis that your fixed rate is higher than the variable rate over the same period.

Rate Lock

Some lenders will provide you with the option of locking in the fixed rate prior to settlement occurring. This is referred to as “Rate Lock” and will involve paying a rate lock fee which will usually be calculated as a percentage of the loan amount.

This fee can be a significant amount, although some lenders will not charge a fee or may waive it.

Our Approach to Perth Home Loans

We don’t have targets to meet other than to maintain our stellar reputation. What’s this mean for you? Faster progress towards financial security and wealth, fewer fees, a lower loan balance; faster. Isn’t THAT what you REALLY want?

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