Australian mortgage brokers have broken new records, bringing in $49.46bn worth of residential home loans through the June 2017 quarter. This figure, which comes from the Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia’s (MFAA’s) latest quarterly industry survey, shows a growth in loan settlements of $3.4bn between the March and June quarters this year. The research […]
REDUCE YOUR MORTAGE LOAN & SAVE THOUSANDS! JULY 19, 2017 Take years off your mortgage with one simple trick We are going to teach you 101 mortgage finance basics. If you are trying to organise your own home loan, through the bank that you have had an account with since you were a “dollar mite”, […]
Housing was a hot button topic for the 2017/2018 federal budget, so it’s no surprise there were a raft of changes for real estate. The new measures have impacted on a variety of housing rules from first-home buyers’ savings strategies to what investors can claim at tax-time. Here are the five big announcements to know […]
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 […]
Banks accused of ‘regulatory manipulation’ with Sedgwick review! Stephen Sedgwick is not qualified to make any recommendations about broker remuneration, argues the head of an industry association, who has slammed the review for not consulting the third-party channel. Speaking to The Adviser, the FBAA’s Peter White said the release of the ABA-funded Sedgwick review is […]