Medico home loans in Adelaide

What doctors, dentists, nurses and allied health professionals actually qualify for on a South Australian purchase

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Which tier you’re in, before you start looking in Adelaide

On the Adelaide median, the gap between these two tiers is roughly $100,000 of deposit. The full occupation list and how each tier is assessed lives on our professional home loan packages page; what follows is what it means once you are pricing an Adelaide purchase.

Allied health tier

Up to 90% LVR*

On an $1,007,684 Adelaide median purchase, this tier is the difference between roughly $201,500 down and roughly $100,800:
Nursing & allied health
Registered nurses
Midwives
Pharmacists
Physiotherapists
Optometrists
Occupational therapists
Radiographers
Psychologists
Chiropractors
Veterinarians
*Varies by lender, profession and individual circumstances, and is subject to change.

Doctor and specialist tier

Up to 95% LVR*

*Varies by lender, profession and individual circumstances, and is subject to change.
At the top of the Adelaide market, where a 95% policy can mean a deposit under $50,400 instead of $201,500 on the median. Whether a lender extends it to your exact role and situation is confirmed in a conversation, not assumed from a list:
Doctors, dentists & specialists
General practitioners
Interns, residents, registrars
Surgeons
Dentists
Anaesthetists
Cardiologists
Orthopaedic surgeons
Paediatric specialists
Psychiatrists
Radiologists
Varies by lender and changes over time*
If you are a nurse or a midwife, read this. A lot of older guides still list you as excluded from these benefits. That information is out of date. Several lenders now assess registered nurses and midwives for an LMI waiver, usually with a minimum income threshold and current AHPRA registration. If you have been told before that you do not qualify, it is worth having it checked again. Our home loans for nurses in Adelaide page goes through the Adelaide numbers, and our allied health home loans in Adelaide page covers the rest of the allied health list.
Where you sit in training, intern through to practice owner, changes which lenders will look at your file before your income does. That full breakdown is on our professional home loan packages page. For an Adelaide purchase, it is confirmed in the same conversation as your price range and deposit.

What this actually changes about buying here

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The LMI premium itself

On an Adelaide-median loan, the LMI premium a standard 90% LVR borrower pays is on top of the deposit gap above. Where a lender waives it for your tier, it is removed entirely, not just made smaller.
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How long saving actually takes

Adelaide’s median has moved past $1,000,000. The gap between a 20% and a 10% deposit is the difference between years of saving and a purchase you can bring forward.
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Borrowing capacity on medical income

Some lenders assess medical income more generously than a standard salary of the same size, which matters most exactly where Adelaide prices have moved fastest.
Locum and ABN income, refinancing an existing loan, and whether a waiver is worth a higher rate are all covered in full on the professional home loan packages page, since none of that changes by city.

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We work with clients across Adelaide, including Prospect, Collinswood, Sefton Park, North Adelaide, Walkerville, Norwood, Port Adelaide, West Lakes, Henley Beach, Somerton Park and Oaklands Park, and right across the metro area.
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What this means on an Adelaide purchase

The median Adelaide house value was $1,007,684 as at July 2026, according to Cotality. The figures below are illustrative arithmetic on that median, not a quote for any specific loan or lender.

Standard 20% deposit

On the Adelaide median, avoiding LMI the usual way needs a deposit of roughly $201,500.

Allied health tier, 10% deposit

At a lender offering the 90% LVR waiver, the same purchase could need a deposit of roughly $100,800, with no LMI premium on top, plus stamp duty and purchase costs.

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How to apply for a Medico home loan in Adelaide

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Tell us your stage

Your profession, your career stage, how your income is paid, and whether it is an Adelaide purchase or refinance. That is enough for us to tell you which tier you sit in.

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We run both numbers

The waiver option and the standard option, side by side, so you can see what each one really costs over the life of the loan.

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You choose, we handle it

We prepare the application, deal with the lender and keep you updated. Timeframes depend on the lender and your documents.

An Adelaide office, not a national call centre

This sits alongside the broader Adelaide service. Our Adelaide home loans page covers the office, the suburbs we work across, and what to bring to a first appointment. We are on Prospect Road, five minutes from Norwood and Walkerville, about ten minutes from the CBD.
STILL GOT QUESTIONS?

Medical home loan questions, answered

How is this page different from the professional home loan packages page?

That page covers the full national eligibility list, tier structure and career-stage detail. This page is the Adelaide application of it: what the tiers are worth in dollars against Adelaide prices, and what a local appointment on Prospect Road adds that a national page cannot. Start on professional home loan packages for the full list, and use this page once Adelaide is the actual market you are buying in.

Not necessarily. Most lenders’ standard policy for self-employed or ABN income does ask for two years of tax returns before they’ll use it to assess your borrowing power. But several lenders carry a specific exception for AHPRA-registered medical and allied health professionals: if you’re registered with AHPRA and now invoicing through your own ABN or company structure, some of these lenders will assess your income from as little as three to six months of trading, rather than the usual two years. This is a lender-specific policy, not a universal rule, and the exact minimum, the documents required (such as recent invoices, a signed employment or services agreement, or an accountant’s letter), and how income is calculated during that ramp-up period all vary by lender. It’s worth having your specific situation checked rather than assuming you’re excluded because you’re newly self-employed. See Pepper Money’s low doc home loan guide for an example of how one lender treats recent ABN activity.

No. You need current registration with the relevant national body, AHPRA for most medical and allied health professions, which covers practice anywhere in Australia including South Australia. A separate SA-specific registration is not required on top of that.

It changes when you can buy more than what you can ultimately afford. A smaller required deposit brings a purchase forward in time; it does not increase your borrowing capacity on its own, which is assessed separately against your income and expenses.

That is a personal call we would not make for you on a page. What we can do is run the numbers both ways, waiver versus standard deposit, now versus after another year of saving against a rising median, so the decision is made on your actual figures rather than a general trend.

No. Most of an application can be done by phone, email and video, the same as our general Adelaide home loans service. The office is available if you would rather sit down with someone once the numbers are worth discussing in person.

Generally yes, the medico tiers are a lender policy on the borrower, not the property location within South Australia, though some lenders apply different rules to regional or rural postcodes. Worth confirming for the specific property, not assumed from this page.

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Important information about this page

Broker services are provided at no cost to you in most cases, as we are paid a commission by the lender. Eligibility, LVR limits and LMI waivers vary by lender, by profession and by individual circumstances, and are subject to change. Confirm current figures with us before relying on any number on this page.

This page is general information only. It does not take your objectives, financial situation or needs into account. Loanity is a credit representative and can provide credit assistance once we understand your circumstances.