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Self-Employed Home Loan Guide 2026 | Free 29-Page Download, Updated September 2026 | MFA
FREE 29-PAGE GUIDE, UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2026

How Lenders Read Your Returns, and How to Get the Full Number Assessed

One year vs two, the 120% cap, add-backs line by line, company and trust income, business debt, alt-doc pricing, and worked borrowing power for $100,000 vs $150,000 assessed.

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Trading businesses, Jun 2026
120%
Cap on rising income
$37,603
What a $6,000 add-back buys
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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 the assessor does with your returns

One year or two, the 120% growth cap, falling income, NOA vs financials, and the date after which last year is stale.

Add-backs, line by line

Depreciation and its cap, refinanced interest, super above the guarantee, one-offs, and the $6,000 that is worth $37,603 of borrowing.

Alt-doc without the myths

BAS and bank statement paths, ABN and GST ladders by lender tier, 80% to 90% LVR and the 0.35% to 0.50% premium.

Inside The Guide

What's Covered

01

Why self-employed borrowers get declined

The problem is arithmetic, not character

02

What the assessor does with your returns

One year or two, and which year counts

03

Add-backs, line by line

Where assessed income is actually created

04

Company and trust income

Salary, dividends, retained profits and the thresholds that gate them

05

Business debt and your personal servicing

Excluded, expensed, or guaranteed

06

Alt doc and low doc

The right tool, at the right price, with an exit date

07

Borrowing power, worked

What the income difference is actually worth

08

Documents, timing and next steps

What to send, and when it stops counting

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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