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Refinancing situation questions

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When does a refinance become a specialist job?

When the reason for refinancing is something mainstream lenders screen out

A plain rate-driven refinance with a clean file and 20 per cent equity can go to almost any lender. The moment the purpose is paying out the ATO, buying out a former partner, dealing with a default, or the LVR has crept above 80 per cent, the lender list shrinks and policy matters more than rate. These pages explain what changes in each situation.

  • Clean refinance Any lender, rate driven
  • Tax debt payout Specialist and non-bank lenders
  • Default on file Near-prime or specialist lenders
  • LVR above 80% LMI again, fewer options

What this section covers

Each page answers one refinancing question where the borrower's situation, not the rate, decides which lenders will say yes: refinancing to pay an ATO debt, refinancing after a separation, refinancing with a default on your credit file, what happens if you do nothing when a fixed rate expires, refinancing when the property value has fallen, and how soon you can refinance after buying.

The answers are general and lender policy changes. Where the situation is time sensitive, such as a director penalty notice or a fixed rate rolling off next month, the sensible move is to get a specialist looking at the file now rather than after the deadline.

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The refinances that get declined are the ones that fit a situation the lender does not like: a tax debt, a recent default, a separation, a high LVR. The right lender for that situation exists. We connect you with a finance specialist who knows which one.

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