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Reduce Home Loans
Ross DGreater Melbourne (Outer), VIC
- 2 reviews
Great people, slow process
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...
Read more that were previously supplied (for example a more recent payslip or statement) which has been a source of frustration. Ultimately this new mortgage product will be much better for us, so this process will be worth it, but there has been significant opportunities that were lost to us as we waited (and continue to wait) for the loan to settle.MeganBendigo
- 3 reviews
- 2 likes
Great Rate, ok service.
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.
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ImmiGreater Melbourne (Metropolitan), VIC
+ great rate - slow process - online portal
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The online banking portal feels outdated and is not user friendly.
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Great rates but be CAREFUL!!!! Very misleading!!!!!
Very misleading, false and unprofessional company!!!!! They advertise great rates with nil fees but deliver higher rates with fees galore.
Let me start by saying they do offer great rates if you are after a simple loan. As far as the positive points go, that's about it.
My circumstances may be different to most as I was trying to refinance three separate loans (ie 3 properties) to the one lender to simplify my finances. This was explained to Reduce from the first time I contacted them. I was told I would receive the great advertised rate...
Read mores they were offering with nil fees but I would have to pay for the 3 x $250 valuation fee for each of the 3 x properties upfront (which covered up to $330 per property) but if/when I proceeded with Reduce for the loans I would be reimbursed. So after Reduce was satisfied I could service the loans, they asked for my bank details to pay for the 3 x valuations. That's where they now had me and started taking the ... !!! They deducted the 3 x $250 for the valuations plus an additional fee which when I questioned was told that was because the val cost was higher than expected. So now I am about $1,000 into the process.ToneMelbourne
- 2 reviews
- 1 like
Slack with some things
First off although they offer a great rate their service was anything but that. No one actually told me when settlement was, my old mortgage just disappeared from my account. I still haven't received a list of the disbursements. They sent the pin no for the account but no card for 3 weeks!! They don't do fortnightly repayments like they do on their calculators on their sites, which was very frustrating and misleading. They chased us for the loan but when it was done very slack and no attention to detail. Pitty, it's a great product run by not so great individuals.
simonPerth, WA
- 3 reviews
Best Rates Available
Most competitive rates going, customer service was reasonably good. Attention to details could have been a tad better and dealing with many people rather then one focal point throughout the whole process would have made it much easier. Also the valuation fee in WA was much higher then quoted.
Questions & Answers
Aussiebloke34asked
Why are the fees so huge and why are so many members accusing you of bait and switch, where months after they have their loans established they get a letter advising their interest rates are going up?
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Alex Dasked
Some of the comments are quite serious and places doubts on whether Reduce can then be trusted or not if they sign you up on one rate, only to increase it in a few months. Has many people experienced it?
Also people are saying their exit fees are very high. How high are they compared to others?
Thanks.
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Hi Alex, I’m on 3 years fixed rate. I’m not sure how much are the exit fees but I don’t think it’s higher than my precious bank.
I was told exit fees were made illegal from 2011?
Simmoasked
I am considering refinancing soon with reduce and I was wondering if there rates go up soon after changing over. I was convinced a few years ago by a broker to refinance with AFG and 2 days after my loan changed over the rate went up quite a bit and I would have been better off staying with Peoples choice. I don't want to waste my time changing if this will happen again.
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I am an existing customer my rate was 2.42% it will soon reduce to 2.27%. I have not experienced any issues with rates, although I have noticed they are now advertising at 1.77% so do not reward loyalty. The process to refinance is beyond slow, frustrating and you need to jump through hoops expect it to be even months before it is finalised. So you need to weight that up.
I am also an existing customer at current rate of 3.94% IO Investor loan when current advertised is 3.19% for the same product. Contacted my manager who said that no improvements to rate are possible. I'm now looking at refinance for 2 loan products elsewhere closer to the advertised Reduce interest rate. No reward once you are signed up.
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