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An Australian lending research library

Lending questions, answered.

Trusts, parental leave, buy now pay later, management rights, acreage. Loan Land researches the lending questions that don't fit a bank's FAQ, then writes the answer down in plain English.

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The catalogue

Eight drawers of tricky stuff.

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HL64 answers

Home Loans

The everyday questions that can derail applications: deposits, debts, leave and the property itself.

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SE6 answers

Self-Employed and Alt Doc

Trusts, BAS, add-backs, short ABNs. Income that does not fit a payslip still deserves a straight answer.

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CL12 answers

Construction and Land

Progress payments, unregistered land, modular builds. Building is a different loan with different rules.

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IN6 answers

Investment Loans

Using equity, stacking properties, rental income shading. The maths lenders do before you do.

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BC7 answers

Business and Commercial

Management rights, mixed-use buildings, commercial security. Where residential policy stops.

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SM3 answers

SMSF Loans

Borrowing inside super has its own structure, its own lenders and its own set of traps.

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RP1 answer

Rural Property

Acreage, hobby farms, working land and properties a long way from the nearest valuer.

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PC3 answers

Personal and Car Loans

Smaller loans with real consequences for your borrowing power later on.

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How it works.

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Ask, or look it up

Search the library, or type the question you would feel awkward asking a bank. Trusts, leave, BNPL, odd property types.

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Read the researched answer

Plain-English explanations based on lender-policy research, with sources and research dates where available. Policies can change.

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General information gets you oriented. A licensed broker looks at your actual numbers. Your call.

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