Perks Chartered Accountants
Financial Alert
 


Interest Rate Update


Perks Finance can assist with all your finance requirements. Please do not hesitate to contact us to discuss your finance options and obtain the most competitive quotes from our panel of lenders.

Indicative Interest Rates available through Perks Finance are:
 

Equipment & Motor Vehicle Finance 1 &2
Chattel Mortgage, Hire Purchase, Lease

 8.9%


Business Loans 3
Fixed 1 year

 7.89%

Fixed 2 years

 8.09%

Fixed 3 years

 8.19%

Fixed 4 years

 8.54%

Fixed 5 years

 8.59%

Fixed 10 years

 9.05%

Variable

 7.76%

Overdrafts

 7.81%


Home Loans 4

Comparison Rate 

Standard Variable5

6.9%

7.06%

Line of Credit

7.13%

         7.19%

Fixed Rates:

 

 

1 year

6.94%

7.42%

3 years

7.19%

7.35%

5 years

7.59%

7.56%


All interest rates for the above are for secured loans. Interest rates for business loans secured in full or part by commercial security are calculated by the bank or financier based on your individual circumstances.

Please contact Perks Finance for a personalised quote.

1
Rates are dependent on term, balloon, type and age of equipment.
2 Rate based on $50,000 new vehicle over 5 years with nil balloon.
3 Fully secured by residential security. Other rates available upon request.
4 Comparison rates based on $250,000 over 25 years. Comparison rates are available upon request or from the office of Perks Finance Pty Ltd.
5 LVR < 75%
Terms, conditions, rates and charges apply to all lending products.


Phil Wigley
Director
pwigley@perks.com.au
Phil Wigley

The War on Banks!!

 It’s now all guns blazing as the major banks don their combat apparel and blast off counter offers.



NAB
recently fired the first shot when it offered to pay the $700 exit fees for customers wanting to switch from the CBA and Westpac.

NAB’s other offer is to waive application fees for any new non-NAB customers who refinance through Homeside.

Westpac has responded with advertisements that offer to waive annual fees on some mortgages as well as offering rate discounts up to 0.8%. 

Westpac are also offering healthy incentives and fee discounts to refinance business loans.

BankSA’s $700 refinance rebate is available to new & existing customers who refinance their home loans from an external financial institution to BankSA and take out a packaged loan (excluding refinances from St George).

CBA’s incentive is for existing NAB/Homeside customers who will be given a cash incentive of:

  • $1200, if they refinance their NAB/Homeside home loan (including Line of Credit)
  • $100, if they open a credit card  account (personal liability, consumer or business) or
  • $100, if they open a Smart or Complete Access account.
ANZ have increased their standard discounts on loans greater than $250,000 in lieu of refinance rebates.  Discounts up to 0.8% on Standard Variable Rates and Lines of Credit may apply.  Also a discount of 0.15% on fixed rates.

Take advantage of this opportunity and speak with Perks Finance about your home or business loans.  Contact us on 8273 9300 or at perks_finance@perks.com.au if you are considering refinancing your home loan.

 

 

Finance Review
& Audit

If you are not sure you are obtaining the best possible deal from your existing bank, we would be pleased to assess your current banking arrangements. We can either find an alternate financier for you or negotiate on your behalf to get a better deal from your existing bank.



Official Cash Rate

Australia 4.75%
United States 0.25%
England 0.50%
New Zealand 2.50%
 




Australia

Building Approvals for private sector houses fell 2.4% in January 2011 and has fallen for four months

The Unemployment Rate remained the same at 5% in February 2011

Housing Finance for Owner Occupation rose by 0.4% in January 2011 compared with December 2010

United States

CPI increased 0.4% in January 2011

The unemployment rate for February 2011 decreased to 8.9%

England


Total Sales Volume increased by 1.9% between December 2010 and January 2011

The Halifax House Price Index decreased by 0.9% in February 2011

New Zealand


Reserve Bank responds to Christchurch earthquake by dropping official cash rate by 0.5%

Residential Building consents in January 2011 were 19% lower than in January 2010

For more information
please contact:


Phil Wigley
pwigley@perks.com.au

John Seidel
jseidel@perks.com.au

Jim Materne
jmaterne@perks.com.au


Luke Robertson
lrobertson@perks.com.au

Maryann Ianni
mianni@perks.com.au

Contact Perks

Adelaide
247 Fullarton Road
Eastwood SA 5063
T: (08) 8273 9300
F: (08) 8274 1466

Victor Harbor
163 Hindmarsh Road
Victor Harbor SA 5211
T: (08) 8552 3711
F: (08) 8552 3771

Darwin
59 Smith Street
Darwin NT 0800
T: (08) 8941 8600
F: (08) 8941 9600

Alice Springs
Suites 3-4
8 Gregory Terrace
Alice Springs NT 0870
T: (08) 8953 4400
F: (08) 8953 4599


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