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Every month, Finder examines the loans in our database and determines our best home loan rates for Australian borrowers. We select loans from our partner lenders, analysed according to a comprehensive, data-driven methodology.
We find the best home loans for the following types of borrower:
Borrowers looking for their first loan to buy a home.
Existing borrowers looking to switch to a better deal.
Property investors looking for a better investment loan.
These picks are broken into fixed rate and variable interest rate types, giving us a total of 6 home loan picks.
To ensure all our home loan picks are suitable for a typical borrower, we filter the loans in our database using the following criteria:
While we examine 100s of home loans in our database, our best home loan picks are taken from lenders with whom Finder has a commercial partnership.
Our lenders represent a wide range of market participants, including banks and smaller online lenders.
Once we've selected the eligible home loans we rank and score them according to 2 key factors:
The lower the interest rate, the lower your loan repayments and the less interest you pay. This is the number 1 factor we consider when determining our best loans.
Loans with the lowest rates receive a higher score.
A home loan's fees can really add to a borrower's costs. We add up the upfront fee costs for each loan, including application, settlement, and valuation fees, plus ongoing monthly fees.
Loans with the lowest total fees receive a higher score.
We use a weighted methodology that puts more emphasis on the interest rate than the fees. This reflects the fact that the interest rate has a much greater impact on a borrower's overall loan costs.
We apply the same basic principles for each best home loan category, but the selection criteria and methodology differ slightly for each category.
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