Spoke with lovely chap at Reduce only to learn if you are in a certain postcode ie: rural you won’t meet the lenders criteria so cannot apply for home loan.

All up this process took over 2 months every time i tried to talk to my home loan manager it took over a week to for him to return my calls this should have been enough of a red flag but in my stupidity i pushed on i was told no offset acc which i could live with i was told you can b pay from your loan acc set up schedule transfers to other accounts i was told it would have same functionality as any other online banking services not true at all now im stuck with this stupid home loan that has none of the functionality i was promised thanks to t...

Not happy at all with the customer service that we received from home loan manager (don't want to put his name here). He seemed to be more conscious about his consulting time than finding out best possible options for us. He was handling too many clients that he seemed to forgot us. Anyway, after emailing him couple of times, he finally gave us a borrowing loan amount and asked to upload documents. We uploaded all the required documents in the client portal but after waiting for 3/4 weeks he then emailed us that the borrowing calculator has be...

it took over 3 months for to finalise my loan. They lost the paperwork twice and I had to supply the same information to different people in the process, multiple times. The fees are far too high and when you ask for a breakdown you dont get a reply or the information. Was meant to receive an email or call to setup my loan with 24-48 hours. After 6 days I have nothing and no-one will reply. Processes are flawed and inconsistent, customer service is terrible and they cant organise or preform a simple task. If it was possible to give you 0 stars I honestly wouldn't hesitate in doing it.

After nearly 5 month process of applying for home loan refinancing with this loan broker, (yes they are online loan broker) I gave up. I had to continuously sending updated payslips, and bank statements every 3 weeks over these 5 months, countless number of email exchanges and files to send. They are very quick at the begining to book a property valuer and charge you for it . By doing this they lock you into a rediculous long process. I gave up at the end and went with another face to face loan broker and my re finance got approved within 5 weeks.

The team at Reduce have been good to talk to and did their best to pick the right loan for us. However the process has been extremely protracted, even allowing for COVID-19 impacts. We first signed our application on April 24, and as of today (15 weeks later) we have not yet achieved settlement on the loan.

We have had to ask for updates in order to understand where things were up to, with at times a month going by without any news on what was happening. Given the protracted duration, it has been necessary to re-furnish new copies of documents...

Currently with reduce on an IO investment loan. (reduce/mortgage ezy/origin money and who knows who else is involved in this terrible operation)
Requested an equity cash-out back in March which would have pushed our LVR from 65% to 74% and still no confirmation on whether it is happening after repeatedly having to get documents certified and witnessed only for them to expire so had to go through the same process multiple times without progressing any further. Dealt with a "customer support" team based overseas and Gary Stimpson who promises th...

Most reviews here are from people who have ""just"" signed up.
Reduce Home Loans put 'all' their effort to suck you in, and none after that, so yes the sign up experience and rate will be good at the start. Later is a different story and you realise you've been taken for a sucker.
Then slowly and gradually they erode any fair privilege you are due. Again, taking from you and giving all of it to 'new' customers to entice them to sign up. Check out the 'new customer' rate - almost 50 basis points lower than existing customers on variable rates. ...

Took 5 weeks to hear requesting for another 3 weeks when they promised me can get it done in 4 weeks initially. Requesting sign a disclaimer letter of not responsible for delay interest, but never thought about your work in delaying the loan will cost big money to the borrower.

Be sure to have 3 months settlement time before considering this company. Good interest rate, but with a price to pay. Do your own maths if it worths it.

To start with, Reduce Home Loans is just the broker but is falsely advertised as a non-bank lender on their website. In my case, the actual mortgage lender is Mortgage Ezy and the funder is Bendigo Adelaide Bank. And none of that was explained upfront until my solicitor got involved. The multiple layers meant that response was slow (non-existent in some cases), and the process was robotic, inefficient, duplicated, and frustrating.

Disappointed to say the least. Made me anxious and couldn’t sleep as we got closer to the settlement date. They we...

I tried to refinance with reduce for their great rate. In short, they failed to respond to multiple follow ups. I routinely had to call in 3-4 times before I was able to speak with anyone. They rarely responded to messages. I had to submit my loan paperwork 3 times because they were so slow to process paperwork. I work in finance and did my best to 'baby' them through the process and work with them in order to get the great rate but in the end it was just impossible. I've also read online in other places their existing customers suffer from 'ra...

Everything good and easy before the assessment fee was deducted.
We are a fulltime working couple with only one loan (home loan) and no credit card and a reasonable saving and continouos income (fulltime workers). No other debt or laon at all
Only thought of change to get a better rate.
Nightmares started
Veda check came with enquiry on outcome of loan applications back from 2016 to 2018 (apparantly if you fill online details to check details on home loans, it will be assumed that you have applied for a loan with them)
Questioning every detail ...

Good luck if you’re going with them. I had to make 50 calls to find out about my home loan that was just for a refinance. No one calls you back no one follows up. No one bothers to do anything. Charge you $1200 approx app fees etc. and get crap service. Might as well go with other banks or online lenders but not them. Be aware. Rate is little low but service is worst!!!!

Great rate for refinancing. Found service a little more complicated than dealing with bank direct. Could be improved by having one consultant providing clear information and returning calls in a more timely manner. Service during settlement was great.

The interest rate is great, one of the best in the market.
The refinancing process took a very long time.
The online banking portal feels outdated and is not user friendly.

Although Reduce offer one of the best rates on the market, this is about the only good point in a very disappointing experience with Reduce Home Loans.

From the first contact by Dane who forgot to include the documents to be completed in his initial email, all phone calls were left unanswered or sent to voicemail, responses were very slow even when a quick reply was required.
After filling in the application form which took hours to complete (rather than the 15 minutes) we paid $250 for a property valuation but then receive an email requesting...

My partner and I went with RHL because of all the advertising of low rates and recommendations by canstar... what a nightmarish mistake! There was a lack of communication right from the start and they constantly try to make excuses for their slow pace. They raised our loan amount on three separate occasions so now we are borrowing more than we actually need. They tried to delay settlement over a month after the last date that settlement could actually occur. Had to educate them on the illegal nature of changing a contract of sale after it's bee...

Reduce pretend to be a mortgage provider but they are just a broker. They provide no transparency on fees or on who the loan is funded with. We were told we had to structure our loan as 2 standard variable loans with no explanation. I now suspect this was to increase their fees. They used Mortgage Ezy for our loan who used Origin Loans who are owned by ANZ. This made it hard to know who to talk to. Our interest rate went up literally within one WEEK of signing and a second time less than 2 months later. Our rate went from excellent to mediocre very fast. We are now trying to sever all ties with these guys and it is taking weeks due to this crazy labyrinthine arrangement. AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE.

We were convinced by a TV, radio personality and Money Magazine that this was the way to go. Sent in our mortgage documents in October 2019. Didn't receive any response that the papers were received until I asked. In late Nov 2019 we were told that our bank (HSBC) did not reply the settlement email and we needed to escalate the matter. Four phone calls later after escalating the matter turns out no one from Mezy the brokers for Reduce Home Loans has actually been in contact with them, although they are happy to blame them for the lack of action...

Terrible customer service. Very hard to get any information from anyone. A good rate quickly drifted to a terrible rate and was made virtually impossible to change. Refinancing with another organisation will be the best $875 I have ever spent. (Despite being told initially there would be no discharge fees). This mob will cost you $$$ in the end.