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Options when selling and buying your next place

Keeping your loan

The easy option when moving is to take your home loan with you. Your Westpac home loan’s portability feature lets you substitute your property held as security: keep the features you love, minus the cost & hassle of another loan application.

 

Buying before selling

Found the perfect new home but haven’t sold your current one? A short-term Bridging Loan of up to 12 months could help you nab your dream home – without the need to rent, or the worry of missing out.

 

Keeping your home

If you can afford to borrow more, instead of selling your home, you may be able to borrow against its equity to buy a new property – or renovate your current place. Our equity calculator can show you how.

 

One conversation could save you thousands

Talk with a home loan expert. They’ll look at ways to remove or lower some of the costs associated with selling and buying.

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How to pay out your Westpac home loan

Fill in our home loan release form if you're closing your loan after selling, paying off your loan, updating its security or refinancing to another lender.

 

If you’re worried about interest rates and meeting your repayments, our financial hardship team are here with options and genuine support.
 

Understanding the selling process

Common questions about selling property

Do I have to tell the bank when I sell my house?

Yes, when you sell your home you’ll need to end your loan contract.

Simply submit a home loan release form (AKA discharge authority form) and share it with your conveyancer/solicitor a few weeks before settlement.

 

What happens when I sell my house for less than I owe?

If your outstanding loan’s greater than the sale price, you’ll need to bridge the ‘negative equity’ gap before settlement. You might need to dip into some savings, sell assets or explore other ways to cover the shortfall.

Things you should know

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This information is general in nature and has been prepared without taking your objectives, needs and overall financial situation into account. For this reason, you should consider the appropriateness of the information to your own circumstances and, if necessary, seek appropriate professional advice.

Key Fact Sheet for Home Loans

This information is general in nature and has been prepared without taking your objectives, needs and overall financial situation into account. For this reason, you should consider the appropriateness of the information to your own circumstances and, if necessary, seek appropriate professional advice.

While the property information available from this page is offered to our customers with the permission of RP Data Pty Ltd, Westpac Banking Corporation accepts no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the data. We recommend you seek independent advice before making a decision based on the information. This publication contains data, analytics, statistics and other information supplied to Westpac by RP Data Pty Ltd trading as CoreLogic Asia Pacific (CoreLogic) (CoreLogic Data). CoreLogic and its licensors are the sole and exclusive owners of all rights, title and interest (including intellectual property rights) subsisting in any CoreLogic Data. All rights reserved.

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