James Mitchell

James Mitchell

AUTHOR | No. of articles: 1017

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.

 

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‘Compliance is not a competitive advantage’: Choice

Choice Aggregation Services chief executive Stephen Moore says that unity and cooperation will be required for the mortgage broking industry to self-regulate.

COMPLIANCE • Mon, 30 Oct 2017

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Brokers responsible for 56% of major bank flows

Mortgage brokers have become the primary distribution channel for a major lender, whose CEO concedes that customers no longer want to visit branches.

BROKER • Thu, 26 Oct 2017

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Brokers burned by customer-driven channel conflict

Home loan conversion rates are plummeting as borrowers attempt to secure a mortgage by making multiple applications across different channels, new research has found.

BROKER • Wed, 25 Oct 2017

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MP grills CBA on brokers, offsets and big mortgages

NSW MP Kevin Hogan said that mortgage brokers have told him that it is in their best interest to get clients to borrow as much as they can.

BROKER • Mon, 23 Oct 2017

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‘No formula’ for mortgage repricing, says NAB CEO

The major bank boss has confirmed that quantifying interest rate increases in response to regulatory measures is an “estimate” and not based on any formula.

LENDER • Sun, 22 Oct 2017

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Bootcamp SME Broker: Agenda revealed

Mortgage brokers looking to diversify their income and break into the small business lending space are invited to attend this free event in November.

BROKER • Thu, 19 Oct 2017

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Opinion: Will brokers have the ABA in their corner?

With pro-broker ANZ chief Shayne Elliott at the helm, could the Australian Bankers’ Association become an ally of the third-party channel?

BROKER • Tue, 17 Oct 2017

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‘Major structural change’ in mortgages: AFG

The aggregator’s latest Mortgage Index results show that the market share of Australia’s major banks has hit a post-GFC low.

AGGREGATOR • Mon, 16 Oct 2017

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Aggregator launches insurance business

Custom Equity Group CEO David Haythorn has chosen to launch a general insurance platform, Equitisure, after seeing the impact of insurance in the UK mortgage broking ...

AGGREGATOR • Fri, 13 Oct 2017

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