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Bank reveals top reasons investors dodge mortgage applications
One bank has found that prospective home buyers would prefer to endure a trip to the dentist or an awkward family dinner than deal with the administration of applying for a home loan.
Bank reveals top reasons investors dodge mortgage applications
One bank has found that prospective home buyers would prefer to endure a trip to the dentist or an awkward family dinner than deal with the administration of applying for a home loan.
Conducted by St. George Bank, the 2018 St. George Home Buying Survey determined that, rather apply for a home loan, investors would rather sit in peak hour traffic (17 per cent of respondents), endure a 14-hour flight without entertainment (17 per cent), visit the dentist (20 per cent) and have dinner with their in-laws (22 per cent).
Additionally, 47 per cent of investors said they put off a home loan application because it is too hard. This is just below the result for all respondents, which was at 48 per cent.
Difficulties faced with home loan applications include there being too much red tape or paperwork at 28 per cent, not knowing where they actually stand at 23 per cent and how long the process is at 23 per cent.
These difficulties were all above the results for all respondents, which were at 25 per cent for too much red tape or paperwork, 20 per cent for not knowing where they stand and 20 per cent for a long process.
In order to change the home loan application process to an acceptable standard, 38 per cent of respondents said they would prefer to have less paperwork.
In second place was a desire for more transparency around pricing and interest rates at 36 per cent, then more information about their borrowing capacity at 31 per cent, and a quicker approval time at 30 per cent.
These figures were below the results for all home owners, with transparency coming in at 40 per cent, less paperwork at 38 per cent, and quicker approval times at 35 per cent.
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