Investor Presentaiton
Home Lending Serviceability
Tighter serviceability and underwriting standards underpinning performance
Owner occupier serviceability assessment rate and floor
Interest rate buffers (%)
7.20%
Min.
Floor Rate
6.44%
5.64%
5.59%
5.64%
2.20%
2.50%
2.50%
3.00%
4.24%
3.14%
3.09%
2.64%
Jun 19
Jun 20
Jun 21
Base Rate (OO P&I)
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9.14%
8.79%
3.00%
3.00%
6.14%
5.79%
Jun 22
Jun 23
Dec 23
Buffer
5.00%
Min.
Floor Rate
Min.
issuance
rate
Serviceability Criteria
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Servicing Criteria based on Net Disposable Income (NDI)
Living expense data captured at application and compared to the Household Expenditure Measure (HEM) by
Income Groups, with higher of declared v HEM used. HEM reviewed quarterly
Serviceability Policy set at NDI ≥ 1.0
Great
Southern
Bank
Servicing Rate uses the home loan product interest rate and adds a buffer of 3.0%. The minimum floor interest rate
is 5.0%.
Sensitised interest rates used for both new and ongoing home loan liabilities
All loans assessed as principal and interest (P&I) over the remaining P&I loan term. For interest-only loans the
assessment uses the P&I revert rate.
Effective August 2023, the Bank has enabled gearing within its serviceability methodology for investment property
income.
Income
Verification
Valuations
Loan to Value
Ratio (LVR)
Self-Employed
Verification ranges from Pay Slips, confirmed ITR (Income Tax Return) Summaries, direct
Salary Credit or employer letter/contract and employer phone calls
Rental income shading is 90% supported by minimum rental expense floor of 15%.
Shift allowance servicing rate is 100%.
Other work allowances servicing rate is 80%.
Overtime and commission servicing rate is 100% for essential workers, otherwise 80%.
Effective 1 July 2023 we commenced with a new Valuation product across properties in QLD
called SMARTval with the intent to deploy it as an alternative valuation method across the
portfolio once we are comfortable with its abilities.
An independent valuation of security is undertaken for all mortgage loans.
The type of valuation conducted is driven by systematic rulesets within a valuation strategy
engine that considers property type, exposure amounts, model risk levels and LVR amongst
other factors.
The key valuations types used in addition to Formal valuations are Desktop Valuations, and
AVM's (Automated Valuation Models).
All formal valuation inspections are completed by a registered valuer and are completed in
accordance with Australian Property Institute requirements and guidelines.
Maximum LVR on Standard Security in line with market at 80% without LMI, and 95% with
LMI or 98% for Family Home Guarantee Loans
Various restrictions in place for maximum LVR for Rural Residential, High Density and Other
Restricted security
Lenders Mortgage Insurance is underwritten by Helia
Genuine Savings required for LVR > 90%
All self-employed applications manually assessed by Credit Assessment
Income verification requires last 2 years full financial information
Use lower of last year's income or average of last 2 years income as the default assessment
method.
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