First Home Loan Deposit Scheme

​Originally Published 27/11/2019 - National Australia Bank (NAB) has been announced as the first lender to join the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation’s (NHFIC) lender panel under the federal government’s First Home Loan Deposit Scheme (FHLDS).
NAB will be one of two major banks on the panel that will be writing loans for first home buyers  who have saved deposits as little as 5 per cent, with the government set to guarantee the rest of the deposit.
It is thought that the scheme could save FHBs thousands of dollars in lender’s mortgage insurance (LMI).
In an attempt to promote competition, the two major banks will reportedly only be able to issue up to 50 per cent of the 10,000 annual guarantees per financial year, according to the NHFIC’s Investment Mandate.

Update: 12/12/2019 - Twenty-six additional lenders have been appointed to the initial panel of the government's First Home Loan Deposit Scheme, including major bank, Commonwealth Bank.
The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) has announced its full panel of lenders taking part in the federal government’s First Home Loan Deposit Scheme (FHLDS).
Following on from the announcement that NAB had been chosen as the first major lender for the panel, CBA has been named as the second major bank to offer loans under the scheme, along with 25 non-major lenders.
The participating lenders will have the ability to write loans for first-home buyers (FHBs) who have saved deposits as little as 5 percent, with the government set to guarantee the rest of the deposit under the FHLDS.
CBA and NAB will reportedly be able to issue up to 50 per cent of the 10,000 annual guaranteed loans provided per financial year, according to the NHFIC Investment Mandate.
The two major banks will be accepting applications for the scheme from 1 January 2020.
The other 50 per cent of guaranteed loans will be written by the other non-major lenders on the NHFIC lending panel.
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