Are you looking to own your own business with a great income? Then come and meet us at our office for a mortgage broking industry seminar on Wednesday 12th April 2023 at 6pm in North Sydney. How To Kick-Start A Mortgage Broking Career – Sticky Tickets There is a strong demand for mortgage brokers. If you: …then think […]
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Nathan Mawby| Real Estate| 19 September 2022 How all the bloomin’ rate rises are affecting the spring market and you – realestate.com.au Interest rate hikes have piled on hundreds of dollars of hip-pocket pain for anyone with a mortgage and reshaped the property market this year. After five rate hikes in as many months, a […]
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Kate Farrelly| Domain| 29 August 2022 What is loyalty tax and how do you avoid paying it? (domain.com.au) Picture this scenario. You’ve reached the front of the line at your favourite cafe and happily pay $4 for your flat white. But then the next customer places the same order and is only charged $3. Turns […]
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Tawar Razaghi| Domain| 14 September 2022 House prices are falling. Confidence is edging up. Is it a good time to buy? (domain.com.au) Home buyers have a stronger chance of getting into the property market this spring than during the pandemic-era boom, but experts are mixed about whether even better buying opportunities lie ahead. While some […]
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Nila Sweeney and Michael Bleby| Australian Financial Review| 19 September 2022 Stockland CEO Tarun Gupta predicts housing market balance by 2024 (afr.com) New housing demand will pick up in the next 18 to 24 months as rising wages and falling prices combine to improve the affordability problem keeping buyers out of the market, says Stockland […]
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Jayden Fennell| Australian Broker] 13 September 2022 New MFAA CEO seeks greater broker market share (brokernews.com.au) The new CEO of the MFAA says she is well aware of the challenges that brokers face, including channel conflict, given she has more than two decades of financial services industry experience. But Anja Pannek (pictured above), interviewed by […]
[...]Rebecca Pike| Australian Broker| 18 October 2018 https://www.brokernews.com.au/news/breaking-news/open-banking-refinance-in-15-minutes-256287.aspx Open banking could see borrowers refinancing their home loans in 15 minutes, according to one panellist at a recent fintech summit. The event, held in Sydney on Tuesday (16 October), focused on how digital innovation was changing finance. The program included speakers and panel discussions on topics […]
[...]Rebecca Pike| Accredited Broker| 24 October 2018 https://www.brokernews.com.au/news/breaking-news/broker-role-vital-in-ccr-landscape-256510.aspx It has been nearly a month since the deadline for the major banks to share 50% of their credit information as part of the rollout of comprehensive credit report (CCR), but some lenders have been sharing data for much longer. One such lender has explained to Australian […]
[...]Rebecca Pike| Australian Broker| 25 October 2018 https://www.brokernews.com.au/news/breaking-news/fintech-lender-joins-broker-panel-256558.aspx A broking group has announced a new lender to its panel offering unsecured personal loans with personalised interest rates. MoneyPlace explained to Australian Broker recently how sharing data through comprehensive credit reporting (CCR) has allowed them to reward good borrowers with great rates. Through a new partnership […]
[...]Rebecca Pike| Australian Broker| 25 October 2018 https://www.brokernews.com.au/news/breaking-news/brokers-60-share-of-lenders-loans-256559.aspx Brokers made up 60% of new lending at state government-backed HomeStart over the last financial year. As an ‘integral and growing contributor’, the broker channel increased from 54% of loans settled last year, with 988 new loans worth $302million this year. Overall, the non-bank helped 1779 people […]
[...]Rebecca Pike| Australian Broker| 27 October 2018 https://www.brokernews.com.au/news/breaking-news/digital-bank-founder-talks-brokers-256652.aspx A fintech founder with a passion to change the way banking is done, has explained why he will not be disregarding the broker channel in the future. Speaking to Australian Broker at Salesforce’s Financial Services Basecamp in Sydney last week, the co-founder and CEO of volt, Steve […]
[...]Any property buyer can tell you that the lending world has changed. But, changed lending criteria driven by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is superficial compared to what is about to happen due to technological changes. Fintech has the potential to radically transform the world of property and finance – yet it also implies […]
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https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/now-is-the-time-to-buy-stop-renting-property-experts-warn-003604463.html Anastasia Santoreneos| Yahoo Finance| 8 September 2020 Australians in all capital cities, bar Sydney and Melbourne, would be better off buying a home than renting it, new data has revealed. According to Pete Wargent, co-founder of online buyers’ agency marketplace BuyersBuyers.com.au, it’s more compelling to purchase, rather than rent, a home in most states […]
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https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/how-long-will-it-take-for-the-australian-economy-to-return-to-growth-013515485.html Yahoo Finance| 9 September 2020 The Australian economy is set to end 2020 lower than what it began but economists expect better years ahead. The Reserve Bank believes it will take until 2022 for the economy to reach its pre-COVID levels — a view shared by several other economists in the private sector including from […]
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The property market is rapidly approaching crunch time – where there will be multiple winners and losers. The end of this month is D-Day for the 450,000 borrowers who deferred home loan payments. Some will be able to recommence making payments, but for others this could mark the start of a series of tough conversations […]
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Regional property markets have significantly outperformed city markets on average over the past year and new research indicates median prices in regional areas across the country were up by an average of 3.4 per cent for the year to June 30, 2020. By contrast, capital city markets grew by just 1 per cent in the same period, according to […]
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‘Life will never be the same again.’ Its been said non-stop since Coronavirus, but there is no doubt it has accelerated long overdue changes in the property market. Across the board, property-related professions are adapting and thriving despite the virus. Over the weekend, 73 per cent of Australia’s capital city auctions were successful, according to […]
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Many have argued that the stringent government response to COVID-19 has placed the property market cycle closer to another downswing. However, so far, property value declines have been fairly mild. And the government’s stimulus package may well mitigate many fears. To date, the dwelling market has only contracted 0.4 per cent. In fact, egged on […]
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