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.
Westpac third-party GM to join specialist lender
Westpac’s NSW state general manager of third-party distribution will head up broker sales at a leading specialist lender in 2017.
LENDER • Wed, 21 Dec 2016
Bank launches new home loan following broker feedback
An Australian bank has today launched a new home loan product which offers a discount against the combined average standard variable rates offered by three of the major ...
BROKER • Tue, 20 Dec 2016
ANZ appoints customer fairness adviser
The major bank has appointed a Commonwealth Ombudsman to the newly created role of customer fairness adviser, which is designed to “help improve fairness” of the bank’s ...
LENDER • Tue, 20 Dec 2016
BOQ acquires SME funding business
Bank of Queensland today announced that it will acquire Centrepoint Alliance Limited’s Premium Funding business for $20 million.
GROWTH • Tue, 20 Dec 2016
REA Group to roll out white-label home loans
Online real estate portal realestate.com.au has partnered with a major bank to launch a suite of branded home loan products.
GROWTH • Mon, 19 Dec 2016
Apartment prices to fall up to 20%, warns economist
A leading economist has predicted unit prices in Sydney and Melbourne to lose up to 20 per cent of their value as areas become oversupplied.
GROWTH • Mon, 19 Dec 2016
FHBs waiting longer to enter property market
Recent research has revealed that in the ’90s it took from just a few months to a year to save a deposit for the majority of home buyers – five times less than it’s ...
BORROWER • Mon, 19 Dec 2016
Suncorp appoints Microsoft boss to new role
The lender announced last week that it has made an appointment to the newly-created position of chief executive officer for strategic innovation.
LENDER • Mon, 19 Dec 2016
Major bank sees 8.4% fall in broker market share
The non-major lenders have won back a significant share of broker-originated home loans over the three months to December, with one major losing 8.4 per cent of broker ...
BROKER • Sun, 18 Dec 2016