914 mortgage update (fix or stay variable, IO extensions, bridging loans, FHB schemes + more)
4/6/20261 hr 40 min
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Time for a quarterly lending landscape update! Glen is joined by Joe Carroll, Director at Sphere Home Loans to answer your questions about:
👉🏼 coming off a fixed rate
👉🏽 fixed vs variable - what to know before you fix
👉🏾 split loans
👉🏿 extending an interest-only period
👉🏻 how often should you be in contact with your broker?
👉 how LVR and interest rates work and when to negotiate a better rate
👉🏼 pros & cons of bridging loans
👉🏽 self employed / other income with mortgage applications
👉🏾 use home equity or traditional car finance to purchase a car
👉🏿 5% deposit scheme & cash buffer restrictions
👉🏻 how do foster children impact home loan applications
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First 90 secondsGlen James· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Today on the show, we are doing a quarterly mortgage update. Fear not everyone, I did forget to do these, uh, but we've actually put it every quarter in our planner, so it gets done. Today on the show, I am joined by Joe Carroll, director and mortgage broker at Sphere Home Loans. Joe, welcome to M3.
Joe Carroll· Guest0:27
Thank you very much for having me.
Glen James· Host0:28
We're gonna get straight into, um, a bit of a discussion around fixed and variable at the moment. Just to date stamp this, everyone, we are recording this at the end of March 2026. April asks, "Looking at our mortgage for two years, looking at fixing our mortgage for two years while on maternity leave, is the reverted variable rate once the fixed rate finishes the standard advised variable rate? No idea if I've worded this right. Baby brain is the consistency of mashed potatoes." [chuckles] "Currently on a variable rate of 5.29, which is pretty competitive, but would like the certainty of fixed rates until I'm off half pay." Um, so we're gonna seed that as the discussion point for fixed versus variable.
Joe Carroll· Guest1:22
Yeah.
Glen James· Host1:23
Uh, 5.29, that might be before the March increase, maybe.
Joe Carroll· Guest1:27
E- either way, a cracker rate- Yeah ... whether