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ME Bank Home Loans
- 4 reviews
Stay Away, The Worst Lender I Have Encountered
Our current three loans of 2.49% fixed interest P&I loans with ANZ expired 7 May 2022. We engaged a broker end of January & he was able to offer 3.19% for 3yrs fixed with ME Bank. We were given an option to pay $750 per loan to lock this rate in, which we did. The process with ME has been very very slow. We had three unconditional loans approved in writing by ME Bank. We received two loans documents mid-March, we sent completed signed docs back within days. We waited six weeks our loans had not been processed. Meanwhile the broker was calling M...
Read moreE every second day to enquire about the where abouts of the third loan documents. ME advised that they were having technical issues & will send this soon. Four weeks later, it come to light there was never a technical issue, as there was a serviceability issue with the loans. (This was after being told the loan was unconditionally approved) back in 18 March. At no point did ME request for any additional documentation or advised there was a concern about the serviceability. We have now been notified in writing by ME that, ‘sorry we can’t go through with your loan applications’. My question is, why did ME provide an unconditional approval & send out loan docs, the serviceability should have been sorted by ME during their due-diligence process. Our 3.19% fixed rate no longer is on offer. As ME have now wasted four months of our time, alternative banks are now offering 5% fixed rates. ME Bank are like the modern-day terrorist, they don’t care, ruin people lives & don’t care about the aftermath. Please be Warned, any potential person considering of engaging ME for loans or banking, you will be mucked around. ME will lure you in with low interest rates, offer you $3k to switch over each loan & then offer you a ridiculous ultimatum. i.e. to still offer you the loans, we needed to close our credit card & contribute an additional $50k from our personal savings, what a joke you are ME Bank. For any insane reason you do proceed to engage ME, you deserve the pain & suffering that you will eventually endure. ME Bank is unprofessional, deceptive, unreliable, dishonest, deceitful & they will mislead you with false information throughout the loan process. The broker raised a complaint & our concerns to two senior managers, there responses where we can’t help you as we are leaving ME Bank, how disgusting. It’s incompetent amateur banks like ME, why there needs to be a royal commission into the banking lending sector again. We have now lodged a complaint with AFCA, to seek compensation by ME & engaged legal representation.Poor communication
It was almost impossible to speak to a staff member when our fixed loan expired. I rang several times then sent 2 emails and no phone call prior to our loan expiry. I would not recommend. No service provided.
Hi Anne - I'm really sorry you're not happy with ME! We have had a huge amount of calls coming in lately, therefore, our call wait times are a lot longer than we would like. With secure email, our rep...
Read morely time frame is usually 1-2 business days, however this is about 3 business days at the moment, due to the volumes we are receiving. If it's a fixed loan you want to discuss, you can actually contact that team directly on 1300 364 398, Mon - Fri between 8:30am - 6pm. Also, if you would like to log this feedback with ME directly, please head here: mebank.com.au/home/contact-us/customer-feedback/ - IzzyTerrible terrible and terrible
I’ve been with ME for 20 years. It has taken 4 months and still waiting. For top up approval I have equity in house it’s a very small top up for home improvements. I would not recommend my worst enemy to use this organisation
I'm sorry to hear about this experience you've had recently with ME. I can't look into what may be occurring with the Top-up approval here due to security purposes. But, if you can let ME know in a pr...
Read moreivate message your full name and contact number, we'll be able to escalate this issue through to the relevant team and hopefully get this sorted once and for all for you. - AndyAndy
Please don’t make things worse. It’s my experience shared on a review site. I’m just sharing my experience. Need to be a lot shaper ME the wheel is squeaky.
Lip service is cheap? It’s sad that organisation’s like ME pass the buck ?
To many silver bullets and shining knights in this organisation that are going to make it happened. Andy 4 mths is a joke
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Bad Bank, Cash Back offer never paid, Don't believe in Cash Back Offer
I have been offered a $3K cash back 24 hrs after settlement; after settlement they told me that the offer will be paid 3 month after settlement; after 3 months they did not paid the offer.
Hi Oscar, I'm really sorry to hear that this cash back has yet to be paid and I would like to sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused. We'd love to look into this further, however I'm afraid ...
Read moreas Product Review isn't secure, we're not able to bring up your accounts here. Therefore if you can please call ME on 13 15 63 or send ME a secure email through your internet banking by clicking 'Messages' and we can look into this ASAP - NickI did it Nick, I have been sending my complains through internet banking - messages, all I received is a lies and more lies regarding this cash back that have never been paid.
I'm really sorry to hear that Oscar and again, I would like to sincerely apologise for the experience that you've had with ME.
As I mentioned, I'm afraid that I'm not able to bring up your account ...
Read moreover Product Review but if you would like to submit an official complaint in regard to this, please don't hesitate to do so through our website here: mebank.com.au/home/contact-us/customer-feedback-form/ and this will go through to our ResolveME team who will be in touch within 2 business days to look into this further. - NickFind out how ME Bank Home Loans compares to other Home Loans
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Slow Service and Outdated Application Process
ME Bank is great for banking however they do not excel with home loans. Lower interest rate than the big 4 but you pay the price with the wait times and outdated application process. We had to send our pre-approval application via mail which significantly delayed the process. After 4 weeks, several emails requesting updates on our progress and false promises that the wait times were ‘getting shorter’ our mobile banker finally looked at our application and requested more documents as the ones we sent were now too old. We ceased our application with ME and went to Macquarie who completed our pre-approval in 3 business days. Look elsewhere!
Hi Caitlin, thanks for sending this feedback through and I'm sorry you've had a poor experience with ME. As Product Review isn't a secure channel, I'm unable to pass on any feedback from here. If you ...
Read morewould like to log some feedback or have a chat with someone about your experience, please give ME a call on 13 15 63 or you can also send ME your feedback in a secure email through your internet banking and we'll follow up on this for you. Take care - Kady- 2 reviews
Still stressed by the experience
Had many problems including a change of their system no longer withdrawing loan amount from linked account, talking to representatives who provided false information and these resulted in extra payments and default notices. Also took 13 thousand off the money sitting on top mortgage without notice. Closed accounts without any communication- very stressful.
Hi Rhino, we’ve recently moved some of our older loan products to a newer banking system. I apologise for the stress that this has caused, we aren’t able to look into anything via Product Review. But ...
Read morewe’re definitely wanting to look into this for you, so could you please give ME a call on 13 15 63 or send ME a secure email from your internet banking ‘Messages’ and then ‘Contact ME’ with some more details, we’ll do our best to follow this up for you and try to resolve the issues that have occurred. - JeremyGreat service and rates
My wife and I searched many financial products via our Financial Advisor, No Fuss Home Loans, and came across ME Bank. Although not the lowest rate, they were quite low, accepted us as borrowers even though we are 'older' people, and best of all accepted our loan application with only 5% equity. The only issue was that the Variable rate lock-in was left out, but this was quickly resolved by ME Bank no questions asked. We found the service was great,-- we did it via our Financial Advisor::
Kathy Dundas [www.nofusshomeloans.com.au]
AND, our conveyancer who helped us with property contracts::
Michelle Nassif [tri-stateconveyancing].
With ME Bank on our side, we had a great team. No fuss, no hassle.
THANK YOU ME BANK !!
Hey Murray, Welcome to ME! We're glad to hear that we were able to help you out without and fuss or hassle - Jeremy
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Worst bank experience in 25 years
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Three times i had to resend a discharge form for a sttlement of our property in Brisbane. MEBank has never confirmed or otherwise if documents sent were in order. A week later - we called them (40-45 mins) and were informed that we had to resend documents again (it was our inexperience). One would think that bank will get back to you by email or phone to let you know? Not really. It was entirely our problem
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ME provides the opposite of customer service
last year ME Bank stuffed up my redraw facility. Now I have been on hold for an hour so far because they do not answer their phones, and you have to request a loan discharge form over the phone. Forget doing business with this worthless lot.
rubbish waiting times
hold times beyound 30 minutes???? due to high call volumes???? When you want to email your issue, theres a comment, due to high volumes of queries, there may be delays.....go figure hire more staff. For a banking icompany, very poor customer support
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Waiting and waiting for my home loan to be corrected
Refixed my home loan with ME Bank after three attempted phone calls to get through (eventually just waiting and waiting which isn't easy when you have things to do). After a long phone call to fix it, it's 12 days later and nothing has happened. I'm still being charged the higher old rate and the money I added into my home loan hasn't been absorbed into it. And despite sending two emails, I'm stuck with making another dreaded phonecall and waiting endlessly again. Doesn't make life easy for working people that they only take calls during the same working hours that their clients work. Go somewhere else if you're looking for good service!
Customer service does not exist
When trying to close out mortgages there is always a delay even after being given six weeks notice. Each time they have blamed someone else however taking the opportunity to charge the extra interest. This has happened three times. It appears to be a trend.
No problem
Took out my home loan with ME 12 years ago and have had no trouble with the service received. I have negotiated reductions in interest twice during that period and the process was professional and timely.
Questions & Answers
Hi. which one is quicker - processing a new construction loan or processing our release paper?
Hi there! So that we can follow these matters up for you, can you please give ME a call on 13 15 63. - Jeremy
once you approve a home loan how long before i get the loan documents to sign? & then how long does it take for my refinance from my existing lender (choicelend) to go through? thanks
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Hi David. It's really unfortunate to hear you've had such a rough experience with ME. It's not good enough and you shouldn't have had to deal with all of this. You're right in being frustrated. As thi...
Read mores is a public forum and we don't have private messaging here, I can't access your personal details to look into it. However, I have logged a complaint on our general customer profile and when the AFCA complaint comes through, we can match this all up. Definitely feel free to call ME on 13 15 63 if you need to discuss the complaint. I sincerely hope you get some answers - Izzy