Queensland Country Bank has made it four from four, winning Canstar's Customer Owned Bank of the Year – First Home Buyers Queensland award for the fourth consecutive year.
This latest recognition continues an extraordinary winning streak for Queensland Country Bank and reflects our ongoing focus on competitive home loan pricing, useful product features and support for Queenslanders navigating the journey into their first home.
Canstar assessed 48 providers and 648 home loans as part of the 2026 award process, evaluating lenders across five key stages of the first home buyer journey: planning and saving for a deposit, applying and settling, managing a home loan, accessing support, and eventually closing the loan.
Queensland Country Bank CEO Aaron Newman said winning the award once was an achievement, but receiving the recognition for four consecutive years demonstrated the Bank's sustained focus on first home buyers.
"Buying your first home is one of the biggest financial and personal milestones in life, and we know it can also be one of the most daunting," Mr Newman said. "To be recognised by Canstar as Queensland's Customer Owned Bank of the Year for First Home Buyers for a fourth consecutive year is something our entire team is enormously proud of."
"One award is wonderful recognition. To win four years running tells us we are consistently delivering the combination of value, products and personal support that Queensland first home buyers need."
Canstar's 2026 assessment found Queensland Country Bank combined competitive home loan pricing with a comprehensive range of features, highlighting the performance of its packaged variable home loan and features including offset facilities, redraw access and flexible repayment options.
Canstar also highlighted Queensland Country Bank's strong service proposition and network of 29 branches across Queensland.
"First home buyers need more than a competitive rate," Mr Newman said.
"They need someone to help them understand the process, their options and what home ownership will mean for them financially beyond settlement day," he said. "Our approach is to support Members through that entire journey, from those first conversations about deposits and borrowing capacity to getting the keys and then managing their home loan for the years ahead."
"This award belongs to our people as much as it does our products," Mr Newman said.
"Buying your first home is something people remember for the rest of their lives. Being trusted to help a Member achieve that milestone is a privilege, and our team never loses sight of that."
Canstar
Customer Owned Bank of the Year First Home Buyer QLD (2023 - 2026)