What you pay, against what they publish
Most comparison sites are paid when you click through to a new lender. This one asks the question that usually has the other answer: what does the lender you are already with publish today, for a loan like yours? Often the useful thing to do with it is ring them.
A published rate is not the rate a lender gives. The ACCC measured an average discount of about 128 basis points off the advertised rate at the big four banks, on criteria no lender publishes — which on a $500,000 loan is larger than the gap between most of the rows below. It is an average across a market and not a promise to anybody, and it cuts both ways: a rate you are already paying may carry a discount that appears in no table, and a rate here may be beaten by asking.
Enter the rate you are paying now and this compares it with what lenders publish today.
The rows behind those figures
| Lender and product | Rate | Monthly | Band the rate is published for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easystreet STREET SMART VARIABLE HOME LOAN SPECIAL - OWNER-OCCUPIED REFINANCE (Principal and Interest) |
5.79% | $2,930.58 | This lender publishes no band on the rate used |
This compares figures lenders publish. It is not a recommendation, it does not know your circumstances, and switching a loan has costs of its own — a discharge fee, the new lender’s upfront fees, and lenders’ mortgage insurance again if your equity is under 20 per cent.