James Mitchell has over eight years’ experience as a financial reporter and is the editor of Wealth and Wellness at Momentum Media. He has a sound pedigree to cover the business of mortgages and the converging financial services sector having reported for leading finance titles InvestorDaily, InvestorWeekly, Accountants Daily, ifa, Mortgage Business, Residential Property Manager, Real Estate Business, SMSF Adviser, Smart Property Investment, and The Adviser. He has also been published in The Daily Telegraph and contributed online to FST Media and Mergermarket, part of the Financial Times Group. James holds a BA (Hons) in English Literature and an MA in Journalism.
ANZ moves to electronic lodgement
ANZ’s commercial offering is preparing to launch NextGen.Net’s ApplyOnline and supporting documents electronic lodgement service.
GROWTH • Thu, 17 Sep 2015
Property investors and tenants pay for APRA rules
Property investors and renters will be hit the hardest over the coming months as regulatory changes drive higher investor mortgage rates and create distortions in the ...
COMPLIANCE • Thu, 17 Sep 2015
Lenders zero in on owner-occupiers
A listed mortgage group has noted that competition in the owner-occupied space is starting to intensify as mortgage providers wind back their level of investment lending
LENDER • Thu, 17 Sep 2015
Business leader says brokers could ‘go viral’
Renowned business educator Tony Gattari has highlighted the opportunity for mortgage brokers to become the trusted advisers of Australian small businesses.
BROKER • Thu, 17 Sep 2015
Govt targets third parties in foreign investor crackdown
The federal government has revealed that it now has 481 foreign buyer cases under investigation and is actively targeting third-party agents.
BORROWER • Wed, 16 Sep 2015
Broker-agent referral app generating thousands of leads
An app that streamlines the referral process between real estate agents and brokers is gaining significant momentum with the real estate and finance industry.
BROKER • Wed, 16 Sep 2015
Brokers urged to re-engage with clients as market softens
Mortgage brokers should be contacting their existing clients and chasing new leads to drum up business as home buying activity begins to drop off, according to a mortgage ...
BROKER • Wed, 16 Sep 2015
Loan Market to enter Asian mortgage market
Loan Market has announced plans to expand into the Indonesian mortgage market as it focuses on key partnerships with real estate agents at home and abroad.
BORROWER • Tue, 15 Sep 2015
Investor demand turns to commercial property
An Australian non-major lender has established a specialist commercial property team to help brokers meet the increasing demand for commercial real estate.
BORROWER • Mon, 14 Sep 2015