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First Home Buyers usually have more questions and a steeper learning curve. The problem with websites is they are too difficult to find the information you need. We’ve created a knowledge base (also known as a wiki) with lots of different and easily searchable information first home buyers should know.
The federal government announced a new deposit scheme for first home buyers to help them purchase a home sooner. As of 1-Feb-2020, the scheme will be open to 27 lenders. Effectively, the federal government will be the LMI provider for Nil cost assuming first home buyers have at least 5% deposit.
To be eligible you must be:
There are further maximum price thresholds.
For more information https://www.nhfic.gov.au/what-we-do/fhlds/
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Usually the first question first home buyers ask is how much they can borrow?
There are two parts to this answer:
The maximum loan amount is calculated as a combination of:
As a result, the amount you can borrow is your income minus expenses minus liabilities minus the new loan repayments. Even though interest rates are around 4%, the banks will stress the calculation assuming interest rates are at least 7.2%. We know interest rates will go up in the future so we need to make sure you can afford it when it does.
Now the second part of the question of what is the maximum LVR you can go to?
Most banks for first home buyers will set the maximum LVR at 95% including Lenders Mortgage Insurance or LMI. LMI is insurance the bank makes you pay to protect them. This means when the bank says you need 5% savings, you actually need 5% plus whatever the LMI costs is. Remember you will also have settlement agent fees and other costs you need to cover. Therefore, when you add this all up, you need to have about an 8% deposit for most lenders. There are a few lenders who will go to 98% LVR, so for that reason, you might need something closer to a 6% deposit.
First home buyer finance can be very specific for certain lenders. Some lenders are giving first home buyer finance applicants special offers on interest rates and/or fee waivers which can save you considerable amount over the life of the loan. For example, there are some lenders waiving their annual fees which could save you over $11,000 over the life of a 30 year loan.