There’s a mortgage hack claiming banks will give additional borrowing power to those who promise to rent out a room. Does it work?
15 February 2026
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Luke Hopewell is Head of Content and Digital Marketing at Associate Global Partners and oversees content strategy for Switzer Daily and Switzer Report. He was previously the head of editorial at Twitter Australia, the editor of cult tech site Gizmodo, launch editor of Business Insider's Australian edition, with stints various corporates like CBA and Telstra in-between. When he's not writing, he's getting outdoors and patting all the nice dogs he meets.
There’s a mortgage hack claiming banks will give additional borrowing power to those who promise to rent out a room. Does it work?
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