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Finances

Tue Feb 13 2024 |5 min read

A guide to cross-collateralisation

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Athena Home Loans

Whitepaper: Blueprint for Improved Diversity of Funding Flows into Australian Credit Markets
Whitepaper

Wed Nov 01 2023 |4 min read

Whitepaper: Blueprint for Improved Diversity of Funding Flows into Australian Credit Markets

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Nathan Walsh

Athena voted #1 by customers in Finder Awards
MEDIA RELEASE

Thu Jul 06 2023 |3 min read

Athena voted #1 by customers in Finder Awards

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Athena Home Loans

Property investor strategies, what's yours?
Investing

Fri Jun 23 2023 |5 min read

Property investor strategies, what's yours?

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Athena Home Loans

Mortgage Choice Freedom, Powered by Athena - Now Available
MEDIA RELEASE

Mon Jun 19 2023 |3 min read

Mortgage Choice Freedom, Powered by Athena - Now Available

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Athena Home Loans

Is an Interest Only home loan right for me?
HOME LOANS EXPLAINED

Fri May 26 2023 |5 min read

Is an Interest Only home loan right for me?

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Athena Home Loans

Principal & Interest vs Interest Only
Finances

Thu May 25 2023 |4 min read

Principal & Interest vs Interest Only

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Mira Hohn

How to unlock equity in your property and gain insights into home loan structuring
Investing

Mon May 15 2023 |5 min read

How to unlock equity in your property and gain insights into home loan structuring

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Athena Home Loans

What's the Difference Between Offset and Redraw?
HOME LOANS EXPLAINED

Tue Dec 20 2022 |5 min read

What's the Difference Between Offset and Redraw?

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Athena Home Loans

How to avoid the hidden tax costing Australians billions
HOME LOANS EXPLAINED

Thu Nov 03 2022 |4 min read

How to avoid the hidden tax costing Australians billions

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Athena Home Loans

Mortgage Choice and Athena Home Loans
Media Release

Tue Nov 01 2022 |3 min read

Mortgage Choice and Athena Home Loans

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Athena Home Loans

What interest rate rises will mean for you
HOME LOANS EXPLAINED

Wed Aug 24 2022 |8 min read

What interest rate rises will mean for you

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ATHENA HOME LOANS

How to refinance a home loan: the fast guide
REFINANCING

Tue Aug 16 2022 |8 min read

How to refinance a home loan: the fast guide

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Athena

How soon can you refinance a home loan?
REFINANCING

Fri Aug 12 2022 |7 min read

How soon can you refinance a home loan?

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ATHENA HOME LOANS

How To Apply For A Home Loan
HOME LOANS EXPLAINED

Wed Aug 10 2022 |6 min read

How To Apply For A Home Loan

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ATHENA HOME LOANS

Is it better to rent or buy a house in Australia in 2022?
HOME LOANS EXPLAINED

Wed Aug 03 2022 |4 min read

Is it better to rent or buy a house in Australia in 2022?

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Athena Home Loans

Selling an investment property
INVESTING

Mon Jun 27 2022 |5 min read

Selling an investment property

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ATHENA HOME LOANS

How to invest in property: A starting guide
INVESTING

Thu Jun 23 2022 |5 min read

How to invest in property: A starting guide

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Athena Home Loans

Check out how much you can save by refinancing to Athena
REFINANCING

Thu Jun 23 2022 |2 min read

Check out how much you can save by refinancing to Athena

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ATHENA HOME LOANS

Understanding the home loan process
HOME LOANS EXPLAINED

Wed Jun 22 2022 |3 min read

Understanding the home loan process

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ATHENA HOME LOANS

How to buy a house at auction
BUYING A HOME

Wed Jun 22 2022 |5 min read

How to buy a house at auction

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ATHENA HOME LOANS

How to calculate your borrowing power
BUYING A HOME

Tue Jun 21 2022 |2 min read

How to calculate your borrowing power

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ATHENA HOME LOANS

Refinance for an investment property? It’s easy with Athena
HOME LOANS EXPLAINED

Wed Mar 23 2022 |3 min read

Refinance for an investment property? It’s easy with Athena

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Athena

What is an offset account?
HOME LOANS EXPLAINED

Mon Mar 21 2022 |2 min read

What is an offset account?

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Athena Home Loans

Fixed Rates Home Loans: What? Why? When? How?
HOME LOANS EXPLAINED

Fri Mar 18 2022 |4 min read

Fixed Rates Home Loans: What? Why? When? How?

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Athena

While some home loan rates are going up – Athena goes down!
MEDIA RELEASE

Tue Jan 18 2022 |2 min read

While some home loan rates are going up – Athena goes down!

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Athena Home Loans

LVR (loan-to-value ratio) explained
Home Loans Explained

Fri Jan 07 2022 |4 min read

LVR (loan-to-value ratio) explained

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Athena Home Loans

What is property conveyancing & how does it work?
Home Loans Explained

Fri Jan 07 2022 |4 min read

What is property conveyancing & how does it work?

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Athena Home Loans

7 Steps to Buying a House in Australia
Buying a home

Thu Jan 06 2022 |6 min read

7 Steps to Buying a House in Australia

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Athena Home Loans

The best place to buy an investment property
Investment home

Thu Jan 06 2022 |3 min read

The best place to buy an investment property

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Athena

Athena Home Loans wins Australia’s most innovative company
MEDIA RELEASE

Fri Oct 15 2021 |3 min read

Athena Home Loans wins Australia’s most innovative company

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Athena Home Loans

The great Aussie home loan rip-off
MEDIA RELEASE

Mon Sep 13 2021 |2 min read

The great Aussie home loan rip-off

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Athena Home Loans

Athena empowers Aussies to pay down home loans with $100K giveaway
MEDIA RELEASE

Mon Aug 16 2021 |1 min read

Athena empowers Aussies to pay down home loans with $100K giveaway

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Athena Home loans

Here’s every award we’ve won in the past year
NEWS

Fri Jul 30 2021 |3 min read

Here’s every award we’ve won in the past year

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Athena Home Loans

How home loan interest rates work
Home Loans Explained

Thu Jul 29 2021 |4 min read

How home loan interest rates work

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Athena home loans

Sourcing home loan documents for your application
Home Loans Explained

Wed Jun 30 2021 |5 min read

Sourcing home loan documents for your application

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ATHENA HOME LOANS

What does it mean to get pre-approved for a home loan?
Buying

Fri Jun 04 2021 |4 min read

What does it mean to get pre-approved for a home loan?

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Jennifer Ng

Using equity to buy an investment property
Investing

Thu Jun 03 2021 |3 min read

Using equity to buy an investment property

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Athena Home Loans

How to get started with buying an investment property
INVESTING

Fri May 14 2021 |3 min read

How to get started with buying an investment property

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ATHENA HOME LOANS

Athena announces Australia’s lowest fee-free variable home loan rate
MEDIA

Mon May 10 2021 |3 min read

Athena announces Australia’s lowest fee-free variable home loan rate

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Athena Home Loans

Can you afford an investment property?
Investing

Mon Mar 08 2021 |5 min read

Can you afford an investment property?

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Jennifer Ng

10 reasons to refinance your home loan in 2021
Refinance

Mon Feb 08 2021 |6 min read

10 reasons to refinance your home loan in 2021

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Athena Home Loans

What is Loyalty Tax? And how you can avoid paying it
Home Loans Explained

Fri Jan 08 2021 |3 min read

What is Loyalty Tax? And how you can avoid paying it

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Jennifer Ng

What is a non-bank lender?
Home Loans Explained

Mon Jan 04 2021 |5 min read

What is a non-bank lender?

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Athena Home Loans

Understand how lenders assess home loan applications
Home Loans Explained

Mon Dec 07 2020 |5 min read

Understand how lenders assess home loan applications

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Athena Home Loans

Investor benefits
Investor

Tue Dec 01 2020 |2 min read

Investor benefits

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Jennifer Ng

Do you pay less interest if you pay weekly?
Home Loans Explained

Wed Nov 11 2020 |5 min read

Do you pay less interest if you pay weekly?

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Athena Home Loans

Athena is the first lender to pass on the latest RBA rate cut
News

Tue Nov 03 2020 |3 min read

Athena is the first lender to pass on the latest RBA rate cut

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Athena Home Loans

Athena: The numbers that really matter
Home Truths

Tue Jul 14 2020 |8 min read

Athena: The numbers that really matter

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Nathan Walsh

Welcome to Home Truths
Home Truths

Wed Jul 08 2020 |10 min read

Welcome to Home Truths

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Athena

Home Truths | Savings
Home Truths

Wed Jul 08 2020 |8 min read

Home Truths | Savings

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Athena

Home Truths | Experience
Home Truths

Mon Jul 06 2020 |8 min read

Home Truths | Experience

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Athena

Negative gearing and positive gearing: the pros and cons
INVESTOR

Tue Jun 23 2020 |7 min read

Negative gearing and positive gearing: the pros and cons

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Athena Home Loans

What’s a comparison rate and why is Athena’s lower?
Home loans explained

Tue Jun 09 2020 |7 min read

What’s a comparison rate and why is Athena’s lower?

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Athena Home Loans

The cost of living's impact on your mortgage application
HOME LOANS EXPLAINED

Mon Jun 01 2020 |6 min read

The cost of living's impact on your mortgage application

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Athena Home Loans

Yes we have a redraw
Home Loans Explained

Thu Apr 23 2020 |5 min read

Yes we have a redraw

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Mira Hohn

Could refinancing your mortgage help close the gender gap in super?
INSIGHTS

Fri Mar 20 2020 |6 min read

Could refinancing your mortgage help close the gender gap in super?

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Mira Hohn

Athena immediately passes on the RBA rate cut in full
NEWS

Tue Mar 03 2020 |4 min read

Athena immediately passes on the RBA rate cut in full

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Athena Home Loans

How your credit history is made (and why it matters down the track)
HOME LOANS EXPLAINED

Mon Jan 20 2020 |2 min read

How your credit history is made (and why it matters down the track)

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Athena Home Loans

How often should you refinance your home loan?
REFINANCE

Mon Jan 06 2020 |4 min read

How often should you refinance your home loan?

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Jennifer Ng

Home loan disruptor Athena breaks Australian investment record
NEWS

Tue Oct 22 2019 |6 min read

Home loan disruptor Athena breaks Australian investment record

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Athena Home Loans

Rates slashed in a flash
NEWS

Tue Oct 01 2019 |4 min read

Rates slashed in a flash

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Athena Home Loans

Do this now, to get the next rate cut
NEWS

Mon Sep 30 2019 |5 min read

Do this now, to get the next rate cut

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Athena Home Loans

Beware of scorpion home loans
Home Loans Explained

Thu Sep 12 2019 |7 min read

Beware of scorpion home loans

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Nathan Walsh

Refinancing your home loan
Refinance

Thu Aug 15 2019 |5 min read

Refinancing your home loan

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Jennifer Ng

Is it smart to invest in real estate?
Home Loans Explained

Thu Jul 18 2019 |6 min read

Is it smart to invest in real estate?

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Jennifer Ng

How to build your financial fitness when getting a home loan
Home loans explained

Thu Jul 18 2019 |6 min read

How to build your financial fitness when getting a home loan

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Jennifer Ng

Changes to APRA guidance benefit Australian home loan borrowers
News

Mon Jul 08 2019 |1 min read

Changes to APRA guidance benefit Australian home loan borrowers

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Athena Home Loans

Once again Athena passes on the full RBA rate cut to all customers, effective immediately
NEWS

Tue Jul 02 2019 |2 min read

Once again Athena passes on the full RBA rate cut to all customers, effective immediately

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Athena Home Loans

Refinance requirements in real terms
Refinance

Mon Jun 10 2019 |3 min read

Refinance requirements in real terms

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Mira Hohn

Athena Wins Emerging FinTech Organisation of the Year
News

Fri Jun 07 2019 |2 min read

Athena Wins Emerging FinTech Organisation of the Year

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Athena Home Loans

Athena passes on RBA rate cut to customers within minutes
NEWS

Tue Jun 04 2019 |2 min read

Athena passes on RBA rate cut to customers within minutes

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Athena home loans

Can you rent out a house you just bought?
Home Loans Explained

Mon May 20 2019 |5 min read

Can you rent out a house you just bought?

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Athena Home Loans

Seven ways to improve your credit score
Home Loans Explained

Thu May 16 2019 |6 min read

Seven ways to improve your credit score

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Athena Home Loans

How to avoid them sneaky old hidden fees
Home Loans Explained

Thu May 16 2019 |4 min read

How to avoid them sneaky old hidden fees

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Athena Home Loans

Going direct vs brokers – what to consider
Home Loans Explained

Thu May 16 2019 |6 min read

Going direct vs brokers – what to consider

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Jennifer Ng

Five ways to pay off your home loan sooner and save thousands
Hacks

Fri Mar 29 2019 |3 min read

Five ways to pay off your home loan sooner and save thousands

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Jennifer Ng

5 things to do before you refinance your home loan
Refinancing

Thu Mar 28 2019 |3 min read

5 things to do before you refinance your home loan

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Mira Hohn

What you need to know about Investor lending
Investing

Mon Mar 25 2019 |4 min read

What you need to know about Investor lending

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Athena Home Loans

The how (and why) Athena started story
Home Truths

Mon Feb 25 2019 |4 min read

The how (and why) Athena started story

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Nathan Walsh

Ex-NAB home loan disruptors score $25 million from Square Peg, Hostplus and Airtree
NEWS

Mon Nov 26 2018 |4 min read

Ex-NAB home loan disruptors score $25 million from Square Peg, Hostplus and Airtree

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Athena Home Loans

Ex-NAB execs raise $15m to disrupt home loan market
NEWS

Thu Nov 22 2018 |3 min read

Ex-NAB execs raise $15m to disrupt home loan market

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Athena Home Loans

Homeloans to fund and use Athena’s new home loan platform
NEWS

Thu Nov 22 2018 |3 min read

Homeloans to fund and use Athena’s new home loan platform

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Athena Home Loans

Athena acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which we gather the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded and respect their continued and continuing connection to this place.