Home Loan Cashback Offers up to $4000 Cashback or up to 300k QFF Points [Various Lenders]

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Incentives on offer for property buyers
Lender Cashback amount Borrowing criteria
AMP $2000 Refinancers
ME Bank $3000 Refinancers
Greater Bank $2000-3000 First home buyers, refinancers and online applicants
IMB $2000-4000 Purchasers and refinancers
BankVic $3000 Purchasers and refinancers
Newcastle Permanent $2000-3000 Purchasers and refinancers
Regional Australia Bank $2000 First home buyers and refinancers
Credit Union SA $2000-4000 Purchasers and refinancers
Reduce $2000-3000 Refinancers
Summerland Bank $2000-3000 Refinancers
Bank of Queensland $2000 Purchasers and refinancers
CBA Up to 300,000 Qantas pts Purchasers and refinancers

CBA QFF Points Breakdown:
100,000 Qantas Points for loans between $300,000 and $499,999
200,000 Qantas Points for loans between $500,000 and $999,999
300,000 Qantas Points for loans of $1,000,000 or more.

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Comments

  • +4

    Finally some decent incentives. Big 4s been engaging in semi collusive behaviour in this staring contest, looks like some of them are starting to blink

    • last year ANZ gave me 3000 cashback for signing up with them as a first home buyer they also matched the lowest rates I was offered

      • Yeh, similar to my experience dealing directly with ANZ around June/July this year… lowest rates I could find at the time for investment loan plus $2k cash back, coz loan amount was <$500k

    • how about this give us a LOWER INTEREST RATE instead of all the crap you're offering.

  • Looks like AMP's cashback offer is expiring tomorrow. ANZ currently have $2K cashback but that also expires tomorrow

    • Error404 on AMP link!!

      • +1

        May be it's expiring because they're increasing it to 4k.

        • That's a big call with no firm info to go on at this stage. We'll have to wait and see till 1st of October I guess as to whether AMP will be increasing their cashback from $2K to $4K or scrapping it altogether

  • +2

    Thanks for collating. Commbank offer details, so should probably be 100-300 in the description

    100,000 Qantas Points for loans between $300,000 and $499,999
    200,000 Qantas Points for loans between $500,000 and $999,999
    300,000 Qantas Points for loans of $1,000,000 or more.

    • +1

      Updated the post.

    • +3

      How much is that worth in Kangaroo dollariedoos?

      • Depends how good you are at finding premium flights. I personally rate 300k points to be roughly $10k. 1c per point for economy and 10c per point for first class averaging out (and obviously economy rewards are much easier to find).

        • +1

          I won't value that much TBH
          used to value 1c per point but since qantas has devalued points for rewards ticket in August
          its now only 0.8c per point
          so 300k points = max $2400

          • @littlesoldier: If you're buying points (from unofficial sources) then I agree $2400 is probably about right. When it comes to spending I'd value it more than that unless you only ever redeem economy.
            But really what's the point of points if you only ever redeem economy…just pay for it.

  • ANZ cashback increased to $3000 as well

    • +1

      For first home buyers only though

  • +9

    Happy for mods/someone to convert this to a wiki of Loan's CBs and maintain it.

  • +7

    Curious if this is even worth it if cashback offer is $2k.

    Last time the cashback was $4k and I don't exactly remember how much I came on top but was definitely under 3k after fees and everything. All the documentation took countless hours to compile and email.

    • +1

      I think the original idea was that the Cashback covers all the fees. They have sometimes gone up a little to be more enticing.

    • +1

      I thought it was about $8-900 in fees when I did it for $4k cash back. Paid for my deck.

  • what's it cost to move?

    • +2

      It's be roughly
      50 dollars in title search fees (state depending)
      300-400 bank discharge fee
      180ish mortgage discharge fee from LTO
      180ish mortgage charge fee from LTO
      200ish on documentation fees (lender dependant)

      Also depending on timing of refinance it's possible to be slugged 2 package fees roughly 350 each. (If you are looking for a packaged home loan)

      At a minimum it would be close to a 1000 in fees plus the few hours of admin involves. I wouldn't do it for 2k under unless it was a massive rate change

    • +1

      Around 1200 when last time I did it few years ago in NSW.

    • In Vic, around $700.

  • +1

    Are there any thoughts on these of which is the best to work with/which of these offers is the best considering the full picture? I'd assume Commonwealth Bank would be top as one of the big 4 banks and if you can get 200,000 or the 300,000 point offer.

    But then not sure on the rest. I've only heard bad things about ME Bank for example.

    • What are the bad things did you hear?

      • +1

        Stuff like no OSKO, outdated apps etc., and not great for support.

        • They also have a minimum loan of $700k for the cashback offer.

        • App definitely outdated but it does what it needs to.

          No OSKO and weekend transfers are probably the biggest problems l, I went from ANZ to ME to get the 3k and that made me have to change the way I traveled since overseas I would need to make sure I don't need more money over the weekend. Otherwise it was fine since the only time you would need to access the card over the weekend is to withdrawal.

        • I was with them when the last cashback was around, approx 12-18 months with them). No issues with support. App and website did what was needed. They have new apps now for better or worse (ME Go). YMMV but they were fine as far as a home loan bank goes…

    • +3

      Why would you think a "Big 4" is giving you a better service than any other bank… a loan is a loan. I'd personally say cash is better than points, so they seem to be the worst of all.

  • +1

    Anyone know if any of these banks support split loans for debt recycling?

    • Keen to know this too.

      • I'm considering IMB and a cursory look shows that they support loan splits

    • IMB did a split loan for me

  • Anyone who's been with Me Bank or IMB, how has your experience been, specifically customer service and internet banking?

    • +1

      IMB was great for me. No complaints with the app and the few times I contacted customer service I spoke to a real person fairly quickly.

      • Did you get any cashback? If so, how long did it take?

        • +1

          Yes it took 5 weeks

    • +4

      I'm with ME bank because I was chasing the cashback. Honestly, their systems are painful and looks like a website from the 00s. No OSKO is annoying, but I don't mind since I use credit card mostly and keep some cash in my main account.

      The good news is, they're moving mortgage accounts into the ME Go banking system (where the actual ME bank transaction accounts live), and that is far better with osko etc.

  • Also, Qantas home loans are offering 100,000 QFF points every year for the life of the loan.

    • link?

    • will suggest better to wait for another round of bonus points campaign
      did 2 loans with Qantas money early this year and earned extra 50k points per loan (so 150k points for first year, and 100k points for every year thereafter)

    • Is there a minimum loan amount for the 100k points? Can't seem to find it

      • +1

        was $300k last year

  • Can't see anything available with more than 2k cashback for me unfortunately, $261k remaining on my mortgage.

    • +4

      You're in a good spot with a low outstanding amount, well done.

      • and probably has a house worth 1.5 mil ;)

        • 1/3 that value actually haha my 95% loan was 335k to start some 4 years back.

      • +1

        Thanks!

    • +1

      IMB will give you $2k

      Cashback Payment for loans valued between $250,000 and $499,999 is $2,000, Cashback Payment for loans valued between $500,000 and $749,999 is $3,000, and Cashback Payment for loans valued $750,000 and over is $4,000.

    • you can borrow more and just sit it in the offset. Worth it if it can get you a better rate/cashback.

  • Just refinanced to Credit Union SA on $2000 cashback. Feeling a bit ripped off now if I could have got $4000

    • +1

      IMB bank T&C Says

      Offer is for Eligible Purchase Applications or Eligible Refinance Applications made from 18/10/24 until Offer is withdrawn. Purchase loans must settle within 180 days of application and refinanced loans must settle within 90 days of application.

      What's stopping you from refinancing once your cashback arrives?

  • This may be a dumb question but if you have a $500k mortgage (fully offset) is it worth looking for a cashback offer or do none of these accounts have offsets

    • +2

      Calculate the gain after discharge from current lender, charges from new lender, package fee for offset, etc. See if the gain is worth the pain of paperwork but technically there's no reason to not refinance

      • Spot on.

        As a side note I am not sure if I'd feel happy to have $500k sitting in my offset bank account. Government guarantee is $250,000 AUD per account holder.

  • +2

    Anyone tried doing this and taking a larger loan than you need to be able to get the higher cash back, then just sticking the extra back into the loan? Or do they get upset about this?

    • You can but you need to justify why you need the additional funds

      ie. plan to renovate, buy new furniture, go on a holiday, etc

    • Can do this as long it's within your borrowing capacity and LVR.

      A good reason for doing this is "investing in shares and ETFs" but they usually won't follow up on that.

  • Who of these lenders have generally lowest rates?

    • +1

      None of the rates are good. Get the cashback and churn.

  • Qantas money 100k Qantas points a year for home loans, pretty average interest rates

    Not a sign up bonus but decent ongoing benefits for loyalty

    QFF points have been devalued a lot now though

  • How about Border Bank, they are offering 3k cashback too for refinancing. Looks like they are part of the Police Bank group

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