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Your loan should still be earning its place.

Lenders reserve their sharpest offers for new customers. If your loan is a few years old, a review costs nothing and regularly pays for itself.

Who this is for

Sound familiar?

  • ISet and forgottenrate not reviewed in two or more years
  • IIFixed term endingand wondering what happens next
  • IIIFeature mismatchpaying for features you don’t use, or missing ones you need
  • IVSimplifyingseveral debts that might work better as one structure, subject to eligibility

Worth weighing

  • The true cost of switching — exit and setup fees included
  • Cashback offers versus long-term pricing
  • Offset and redraw needs
  • Whether your current lender will simply do better

How Ascent helps

What we bring to it.

  1. 01

    Whole-market review

    Your loan compared against the market — including what your current lender would offer to keep you.

  2. 02

    Honest arithmetic

    Switching costs calculated before any recommendation. If the numbers don’t stack up, we say so.

  3. 03

    The repricing call

    Sometimes the right answer is negotiating with your existing bank — and we’ll make that call for you.

The process

Four stages, one point of contact.

  1. 01

    Conversation

    A no-obligation discussion about where you are and where you’re going — in person in Melbourne, or online.

  2. 02

    Research & recommendation

    Your full picture gathered once, options compared across the panel, and a clear plain-English proposal: the loan, the structure, the costs, and why.

  3. 03

    Application to approval

    We prepare, submit and manage the application, handle lender requests, and keep you informed at every stage.

  4. 04

    Settlement & beyond

    Coordination through to settlement, then ongoing reviews so the loan keeps earning its place.

Lending is subject to eligibility, lender criteria and credit assessment.

Paperwork

What to have handy.

Don’t worry if something’s missing — we’ll work through it together.

  • Photo ID — driver licence or passport
  • Last two payslips (or business financials — see below)
  • Bank statements showing savings and account conduct
  • Details of existing debts and credit limits
  • An estimate of regular living expenses
  • Current loan statements (last 6 months)
  • A recent rates notice

Questions

What does it cost to switch loans?

Typical costs include a discharge fee from the outgoing lender, government registration fees, and sometimes application or valuation fees with the new lender. Fixed-rate loans can carry break costs. We calculate the full switching cost for your loan before recommending any move.

Will refinancing hurt my credit score?

A refinance application creates a credit enquiry, like any loan application. A single considered application is very different from many scattered ones — part of our job is applying once, to the right lender.

Can I consolidate other debts into my home loan?

Sometimes, subject to eligibility and lender policy. Rolling short-term debts into a long-term loan can lower repayments but increase total interest over time — it needs honest modelling, which is exactly what we do before recommending it.

All questions →

Information on this page is general in nature and does not take your objectives, financial situation or needs into account. Lending is subject to eligibility, lender criteria and credit assessment. Terms, conditions, fees and charges apply.

Enquire

Find out in one conversation.

A review costs nothing. Staying expensive does.