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“If you can’t trust your broker, who can you trust?”

May 25, 2017

Industry Brokers – “If you can’t trust your broker, who can you trust?” I am in awe of what you do,” said Minister for Small Business Michael McCormack to a room full of brokers in Sydney. At a breakfast event held by the Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia (MFAA), the minister spoke of the […]

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HomeSectionsMarket talk Submit Lowest interest rate not biggest reason consumers use brokers

May 18, 2017

MPA Consumers on Brokers surveys suggest ASIC’s criticism that brokers don’t provide better interest rates may be misplaced ‘Help with the application’ is the biggest reason consumers use brokers, MPA’s 2017 Consumers on Brokers report has revealed.  The survey showed that lowest interest rates were only the third biggest reason for consumers to use a […]

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WA first home buyers grant cut back!

May 17, 2017

WA’s first home buyers grant will be cut back to $10,000 after the State Government announced it would end a $5000 boost at the end of next month. Treasurer Ben Wyatt said the $15,000 grant, announced by the former government late last year and intended to be in place for all of 2017, had not […]

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Survey finds Australian borrowers could not make home loan repayments if they fell seriously ill

April 29, 2017

Survey finds Australian borrowers could not make home loan repayments if they fell seriously ill. NEARLY half of Australian mortgages are worried about what being diagnosed with a serious illness would mean for their repayments, with some claiming to be incapable of servicing their home loans for even one month if they became seriously ill, […]

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Brokers Most Influential!

April 20, 2017

The heads of several leading banks, aggregates and industry consultants have said that mortgage brokers, rather than banks, “are the most influential information source for consumers on mortgage products”. The Deloitte Australian Mortgage Report 2017, asked several industry leaders — including representatives from AFG, Bank of Queensland, Commonwealth Bank, eChoice, Homeloans, NAB, Pepper Money, and […]

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