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December 2024

Hardship and financial difficulty

Illness, injury, unemployment, a relationship breakup and over-commitment can put stress on your finances. Being unable to meet your repayme…

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January 2025

Concerns about lending decisions

We receive complaints about banks both refusing to lend and allowing customers to borrow when the customers say they could never have afford…

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March 2024

Transferring credit card debts

Transfer processYou must apply for a credit card account at the new bank if you don't have one there already. You will be assessed against t…

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September 2024

Early repayment charges

Customers who borrow money at a fixed interest rate for a fixed term enjoy the benefit of knowing exactly what their repayments will be over…

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July 2021

Guaranteeing someone's debt

Banks will sometimes lend a customer money only if someone else provides a guarantee. If you agree to be a guarantor for a borrower, the ban…

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July 2021

Mortgagee sales

Home loans are commonly referred to as mortgages, but a mortgage is actually a charge over a property. When a bank lends money, it requires …

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December 2024

Overdrafts

An overdraft gives a customer access to more money than is actually in his or her account. An overdraft facility can be arranged or unarrang…

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December 2024

Lending restrictions

Loan-to-value-ratio restrictions on banks' home loan lending are a Reserve Bank measure to slow rising house prices. For banks, it means no …

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February 2022

Freeing up capital

When you sell a property with a mortgage, you can usually keep whatever money is left after repaying the bank loan (unless, of course, you t…

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