Homeloans Customer Benefits: DealsDirect.com.au

DealsDirect.com.au, Australia’s number 1 Online Department Store#, is proud to offer 5% off site-wide to Homeloans customers.

Shop from over 7,500 products across 24 categories. From electronics to sport and fitness, kitchen appliances to children’s toys; there’s something for everyone.

Shop online from the comfort of your home and enjoy fast delivery direct to your door, with next day despatch on most items.

To find out more about how you can save, log on to the Homeloans Customer Benefits page and follow the links.

http://www.homeloans.com.au/benefits

Delicious Weekend Recipe: Pesto-infused Prawn Skewers

A delicious weekend recipe for the food lover inside all of us.

Serves 4:

16 green king prawns (look for Spencer Gulf prawns), peeled (but tails left on) and de-veined

8 small metal skewers – or bamboo skewers, soaked in water for 30 minutes

200g bottled pesto

Olive oil spray

Ground black pepper

Put the prawns into a bowl with the pesto, coat well and marinate, refrigerate for 1 hour. Thread two prawns onto each skewer and place on a plastic-wrap lined plate. Spoon the pesto over, cover with plastic wrap and let sit for 4 hours in the refrigerator.

Spray a medium-hot flat plate with oil. Add the prawns and cook. Sprinkle on black pepper and baste once with the pesto. You can turn these twice during the cooking.

Serve on a platter with cocktail napkins to have as a starter around the barbecue.

Recipe from Barbecue Seafood by Peter Howard. Published by New Holland.

Homeloans loans are Carbon Conscious

Homeloans plants a tree for every new Homeloans loan.

At Homeloans, we aim to conduct our business in an environmentally responsible fashion. In order to help us achieve this, we have teamed up with Carbon Conscious, an Australian company that produces carbon credits through carbon farming.

We are taking action towards countering greenhouse gases in our atmosphere by planting a Mallee Eucalypt tree for each new Homeloans loan settled. The Mallee Eucalypt is a native species adapted to the growing conditions of the Australian Wheatbelt region where they are planted. Over its growing life, the Mallee Eucalypt will store carbon from the atmosphere.

This activity is not something that is factored into the pricing of our home loans and it does not result in any additional expense for our customers. Rather, it is our way of contributing to a more sustainable environment and exercising our corporate social responsibility, something which is important to us at Homeloans.

To find out more about Homeloans Carbon Conscious program, click here.

RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) decision for November 2010

At its meeting today, the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia decided to increase the cash rate by 25 basis points. Homeloans will be reviewing its rates and customers will be notified of any change accordingly.
If rising interest rates are a concern to you please contact Homeloans. We may be able to review your existing mortgage situation to ease the burden of rising repayments.
To discuss your options, contact Homeloans today.

Homeloans customer benefits story

Here’s a story that will put a smile on your face if you’re a Homeloans customer and looking at buying a brand new car in the near future.

Our latest story comes from South Australia where one of our lucky customers used their Member Advantage membership to purchase their new wheels and saved themselves a whopping $4,000!

Who knows what you could spend that extra $4,000 on? You could go on a holiday or even upgrade your new car to include the luxury pack!
Click here to find out what you can save just by using your Homeloans customer benefits program.

Homeloans Home Buyer Barometer

Skyrocketing cost of living outstrips rising interest rates concerns, according to latest home buyer research

Although Australians are bracing for an interest rate rise ahead of Christmas, home buyers are currently more concerned about the rising cost of living, according to the latest Homeloans Home Buyer Barometer.

The survey by non-bank mortgage provider Homeloans Ltd of more than 2000 current and potential homebuyers from across Australia showed that skyrocketing everyday living expenses far outstrips interest rates as their greatest financial concern over the next 12 months (34 per cent compared with 24 per cent). And interest rates were less of a concern than they were in April, when they were the number one financial concern amongst home buyers (32 per cent compared with 28 per cent for increasing living expenses.)

READ MORE

Flaming fantastic!

The Australian backyard is defined by the iconic hub around which we meet and greet friends and family – and inevitably “throw a prawn” on – the beloved Aussie barbecue.

We Aussies don’t shy away from the icons that made a name for us on the world stage. Our beaches, vegemite, the koala, Croc Dundee and the humble (or these days not so humble) Aussie barbie from which our national fare springs forth from. Read more...