What is investment income?
Under Unloan’s credit policy, we define investment income as income from any asset (excluding cash balances and investment properties) such as dividends (including franking credits) from shares and distributions from managed funds. Dividends from restricted/unvested stock are not accepted.
What documents do I need to show investment income?
To verify this income, please provide a statement that displays the income received over the last 12 months. This must be dated within the last six (6) weeks of submitting your Unloan home loan application.
Where can I obtain this document?
Most brokerages in Australia such as Commsec, Interactive Brokers, IG Group, and Stake will provide an option for you to download a yearly statement, which covers 12 months back from the date the statement was generated.
How do I read this document?
The statement includes the dividends (including franking credits) you’ve received within the last 12 months as well as other information such as the shares that you hold, trades that you’ve made and any deposit and withdrawal activity.
Please note that dividend income from sold shares are not accepted as part of your Unloan home loan application. Capital gains from trading shares are also not considered as acceptable income.
This article is intended to provide general information only. It does not have regard to the financial situation or needs of any reader and must not be relied upon as financial product advice. Please consider seeking financial advice before making any decision based on this information.
Unloan is a division of Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
Applications are subject to credit approval; satisfactory security and you must have a minimum 20% equity in the property. Minimum loan amount $10,000, maximum loan amount $10,000,000.
Unloan offers a 0.01% per annum discount on the Unloan Live-In rate or Unloan Invest rate upon settlement. On each anniversary of your loan’s settlement date (or the day prior to the anniversary of your loan’s settlement date if your loan settled on 29th February and it is a leap year) the margin discount will increase by a further 0.01% per annum up to a maximum discount of 0.30% per annum. Unloan may withdraw this discount at any time. The discount is applied for each loan you have with Unloan.
There are no fees from Unloan. However, there are some mandatory Government costs depending on your state when switching your home loan. For convenience, Unloan adds this amount to the loan balance on settlement.
* Other third-party fees may apply. Government charges may apply. Your other lender may charge an exit fee when refinancing.