Investor home loans

The application process for an investment loan is mostly the same as applying for an owner-occupier loan. You’ll provide details of your income, expenses, assets, and liabilities, and we’ll value the property.

For an investment loan, you’ll also need to provide details of your rental income and expenses associated with your investment, such as maintenance costs, property management fees, etc.

Negative gearing is when the costs of your investment property are more than the income you receive. These costs can include insurance, property management fees, and interest on your investment loan. Positive gearing is when the rental income from the property is higher than your yearly total costs associated with owning the property.

Typically you’ll need at least a 20% deposit for a ubank home loan for an investment property. You may be eligible for a lower interest rate if you have more than a 20% deposit.

Other lenders may let you apply with a smaller deposit and pay LMI (Lenders Mortgage Insurance).

Here at ubank, our investment loans are available for a term of up to 30 years. Eligibility conditions, lending criteria, fees and charges apply.

Rates are subject to change. The rates that are shown may not be the rates that apply to your loan. We have not taken into account any fees or charges.

Repayments are indicative only. When calculating repayments we have had to make a number of assumptions which may affect the accuracy of the amounts shown. They include:

Loan amount

• The loan amount and estimated property value is the amount entered by you. Ubank’s loans have a maximum loan to value ratio (LVR) of 85%. Therefore, the loan amount will be the lesser of your current loan balance entered or 85% of the estimated property value entered.

Interest rates

• Where you have selected both a ‘variable’ interest rate along with ‘A low interest rate and no ongoing fees’, we have applied the current interest rate for a ‘Neat home loan’. If you have selected both a ‘variable’ interest rate along with ‘Ability to reduce repayments with 100% interest offset’ we have applied the current interest rate for a ‘Flex home loan – variable’.
• Where you have selected a ‘fixed’ interest rate type, we have applied the current interest rate for ‘Flex home loan – fixed’.
• As rates are subject to change, the rate that is current today (both variable or fixed) may not be the rate that applies to your loan.
• That any variable interest rate displayed will not change during the term of your loan. We do this as we can’t predict what rates will do in the future.
• That at the end of any fixed rate period, a variable rate will apply.

Interest and repayment cycles

• That repayments are made monthly. If you have chosen to view your savings on an annual basis, we have taken the monthly amount and multiplied it by 12. As the figures displayed are to the nearest dollar, this may not be a precise conversion.
• That your annual interest charge is divided equally over 12 monthly payments. In reality, interest is typically calculated daily and charged at the same frequency and on the same day as repayments are made.
• That interest is charged to the loan account at the same frequency and on the same day as the repayments are made (this may not be the case for your loan).