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Refinance Guide 2026 | Free 29-Page Download, Updated September 2026 | MFA
FREE 29-PAGE GUIDE, UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2026

Refinancing After Three Rate Rises: What It Costs and What It Is Worth

The real size of the loyalty gap, every fee by state, break costs in a rising market, the offset trap ASIC found at eight banks, and what a 0.5% cut is worth if you keep the repayment.

4bp
Average back book gap
$67.1B
Refinanced, June quarter
$55M
Offset remediation paid
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Refinance Guide
What switching costs, what it saves, and what lenders check, priced at September 2026.
2026 Edition ยท Updated Sep 2026

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Why This Guide

What You'll Learn

Every figure is dated and traceable to a public source. The last section of the guide lists them.

What switching costs, itemised

Discharge, registration and settlement fees by state for 2026-27, valuation and application fees, and when break costs bite.

Fixed, variable or split at 4.35%

Current rate table, what three rises added to a $600,000 loan, and the $160,584 difference from holding your repayment.

The offset trap

ASIC found offsets opened but not linked at eight banks. The five-minute check to do after every refinance.

Inside The Guide

What's Covered

01

Why 2026 is different

Three rate rises, and a loyalty tax that is smaller than you were told

02

What refinancing costs

Every fee, itemised, and why break costs are probably small right now

03

Fixed, variable or split

What the curve is telling you, and what half a percent is worth

04

Serviceability when you refinance

The 3% buffer, the exception that exists, and what lenders check now

05

Cashbacks and the offset trap

Where the money actually is, and the account that silently breaks

06

Debt consolidation and cash out

Why a lower rate over a longer term costs more

07

The process, step by step

Eight weeks from decision to settlement, and where it stalls

08

Your checklist and next steps

The decision in one page, and the thirty days after it

Melanie McNaughton

Melanie McNaughton

Director & Principal Lending Strategist

Melanie spent more than 12 years in commercial banking at NAB, ANZ and Westpac before moving to broking. Through the Connective aggregator MFA places loans with more than 60 lenders. These guides are what she tells clients in the first meeting, with the sources attached.

12+ Years Experience
60+ Lenders
Surf Coast Based

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