A quick view on loan purposes

Residential mortgages 

Acceptable loan purposes include

  • Purchase or refinance of owner-occupied property

  • Purchase or refinance of investment property

  • Favourable purchase

  • Cash out, including ‘cash out’ for personal and business use  (we may require documentary evidence supporting the use of the ‘cash out’ funds) 

  • Refinance personal debts; an unlimited number of consumer debts can be consolidated on eligible product options

  • Home improvements

  • Refinance of tax and business debt

  • Payout of private or solicitor debts is acceptable on eligible product options; we require a copy of the private debt or solicitor loan contract, an understanding as to the original loan purpose & where the loan contract requires repayments, transaction bank statements showing repayments being debited from the customer’s account will also be required 

Home loan construction option and vacant land 

  • Purchase or refinance of land for the primary purpose of constructing up to two residential owner occupied or investment dwellings. 

  • Our construction loan option can also be used to finance structural changes to an existing owner occupied or investment dwelling.

Unacceptable loan purposes

  • Bridging finance

  • Purchases with rent to buy option              

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Important Information

Information is correct as at [Product guide date] 2026 and subject to change at any time.

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