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2020 First Home Buyer no LMI Government Scheme

2020 First Home Buyer no LMI Government Scheme

What is the First Home Buyer no LMI Government Scheme?

In 2019 the Liberal Government announced a Scheme to support first home buyers as part of their election campaign. Since winning the election, we have eagerly anticipated the particulars of this Scheme and how it would be made available to Australian first home buyers.

The Scheme offers eligible first home buyers the opportunity to purchase a home with a deposit of as little as 5 percent. The Scheme will support up to 10,000 loans each financial year, starting from 1 January 2020.

Applicants are subject to eligibility criteria, including having taxable incomes up to $125,000 per annum for singles and up to $200,000 per annum for couples which means this Scheme is aimed at low and middle-income earners. The Scheme will apply to owner-occupied principal and interest loans.

There are property price caps and more details on these caps are available on the Liberal Government's website - click here.

There were approximately 110,000 first home buyers in the past year, so it will be interesting to see which applicants successfully apply for this Scheme initiative. As more details on applicant assessment and eligibility criteria become available, we will be sure to share them with our community.

Now after many months of waiting for the Liberal Government First Home Buyer Scheme to announce the approved lenders, we have a list of those currently approved to offer no LMI home loans for up to 95% loan to value ratio.

It is interesting to see this was not a blanket policy for all lenders to be able to provide no Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI) finance, so those who have met the eligibility requirements have the chance to assist the 10,000 Australians who may be applying for this Scheme.

NAB was announced as the first major lender to be approved and CBA followed. These two major lenders can write up to 50% of the total loans coming under this Scheme. The non-major lenders listed below are eligible to write the other 50% of home loans under this Scheme.

Major lenders are able to write their home loans from January 1st 2020 and non-major lenders can write home loans from February 1st 2020.

The full list of lenders on the panel is as follows:

  1. Australian Military Bank
  2. Auswide Bank
  3. Bank Australia
  4. Bank First
  5. Bank of us
  6. Bendigo Bank
  7. Beyond Bank Australia
  8. CBA
  9. Community First Credit Union
  10. CUA
  11. Defence Bank
  12. Gateway Bank
  13. G&C Mutual Bank
  14. Indigenous Business Australia
  15. Mortgageport
  16. MyState Bank
  17. NAB
  18. People’s Choice Credit Union
  19. Police Bank (including the Border Bank and Bank of Heritage Isle)
  20. P&N Bank
  21. QBANK
  22. Queensland Country Credit Union
  23. Regional Australia Bank
  24. Sydney Mutual Bank and Endeavour Mutual Bank (divisions of Australian Mutual Bank)
  25. Teachers Mutual Bank Ltd (including Firefighters Mutual Bank, Health Professionals Bank, Teachers Mutual Bank and UniBank)
  26. The Mutual Bank
  27. WAW Credit Union
  28. Westpac Group

According to the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation, lenders on this panel have been chosen based on the competitiveness of offerings, geographic reach, customer care, and their ability to meet the deadline for the implementation of the Scheme.

If you are looking to buy your first home in 2020, this offers a great incentive and may direct your decision on which lender may be the most suitable for you.

Other first home buyer initiatives include:

  • First home buyer grants (varied state by state) – eligibility for this can include a newly renovated home, new builds or just completed builds
  • Stamp duty concessions

Based on these concessions, grants, and Scheme, a first home buyer has great potential to save on their purchase costs.

Associations & Institutions we work with  
Virgin Money Home Loans
Suncorp Home Loans
ING Home Loans
Macquarie Home Loans
AMP Loans
MFAA
Bankwest Home Loans
Connective
CBA Home Loans
NAB Home Loans
Pepper Money Home Loans
Citi Bank
Essentials Home Loans
PICA
St George Home Loans
ANZ Home Loans
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