12 Sep 2015

As brokers, you’ve probably seen it all. Exciting new products hitting the market and creating a frenzy, then spectacularly ...

7 Sep 2015

A recent depreciation of the Australian dollar effectively makes the Australian property market, and all assets for that ...

31 Aug 2015

There’s a general call for increased financial literacy education for consumers. But have we ever stopped to ask ourselves ...

25 Aug 2015

Marketplace lending is one of the biggest disruptions faced by the Australian financial sector. It is the democratisation of ...

17 Aug 2015

Now that we’re into the new financial year, many brokerages have started to see how the federal budget will affect them

10 Aug 2015

With brokers now writing more than 50 per cent of home loans in Australia, the same trend is well and truly playing out in ...

3 Aug 2015

It’s no secret that mortgage broking is a grey-haired industry. With heaps of articles written about the ‘next generation of ...

27 Jul 2015

Retrospectively terminating negative gearing would not only be inherently unfair to the increasing number of Australians who ...

20 Jul 2015

This article is for those brokers out there who currently provide a commercial lending service or who are contemplating ...

13 Jul 2015

The federal government needs to clamp down on overseas sellers of second-hand Australian property to foreigners.

6 Jul 2015

There has been a great deal of press speculation around the issue of a potential ‘housing bubble’ and a great number of ...

29 Jun 2015

Most people don’t like small talk – we’re all far too busy and important, and just want to get on with whatever it is we’re ...

22 Jun 2015

As Australian banks seek to slow down growth in investor lending, their changes are likely to be entirely dependent on the ...

15 Jun 2015

I have observed many financial service arms start up within real estate organisations through my many years in the real ...

9 Jun 2015

There are a lot of brokers in the finance industry who advertise that they are lenders and ask for substantial upfront fees

1 Jun 2015

My co-chief executive, Simon Henry, was on CNBC Asia in April, talking about the countries where Chinese buy the most ...

25 May 2015

Foreign property investors are being used as cash cows by the Victorian government, which has the potential to impact on ...

18 May 2015

One way to encourage foreigners to put ‘skin in the game’ is to extend existing tax incentives for entrepreneurs as part of ...

16 May 2015

It seems everyone is talking Bitcoin and blockchain these days. The financial press, announcements from the stock market, and ...

11 May 2015

Comprehensive credit reporting was introduced in Australia more than 12 months ago. With it came the opportunity for credit ...