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Charge fee-for-service if you have the knowledge and experience
by Huntley Mitchell • 21 Oct 2014
Brokers with the education and expertise should be expected to charge for their services, says leading Brisbane broker...READ MORE
MFAA’s new CEO says industry is in a 'maturity phase'
by Staff Reporter • 21 Oct 2014
Siobhan Hayden has outlined the challenges she is expecting to face as the new CEO of the MFAA, describing the broking... READ MORE
Brokers urged to improve their valuation skills
by John Bastick • 21 Oct 2014
A leading specialist lender has urged brokers to grow more adept at offering valuation advice to customers, with... READ MORE
Big data killing off investor 'flipping'
by John Bastick • 21 Oct 2014
Investor ‘flipping’ – the idea of buyers buying rundown properties, giving them a lick of paint, and selling for... READ MORE
Scottish Pacific CEO appointed DIFA chairman
by Staff Reporter • 21 Oct 2014
Scottish Pacific Debtor Finance CEO Peter Langham has been appointed as chairman of the Debtor and Invoice Finance... READ MORE
New MFAA CEO announced
by Staff Reporter • 20 Oct 2014
This morning the MFAA announced its new CEO to replace the outgoing Phil Naylor.
READ MOREAn end to negative gearing would be 'catastrophic': brokers
by Huntley Mitchell • 20 Oct 2014
With all manner of talk at the moment on ways to cool an overheated investor market, any plans to tweak or remove... READ MORE
Australia’s elite broker revealed
by John Bastick • 20 Oct 2014
He wrote a staggering $480,816,410 in business in 2013/2014, he famously works 19-hour days and he’s just been... READ MORE
Should ethics class be mandatory for brokers?
by John Bastick • 20 Oct 2014
With recent debate raging on theadviser.com.au over the educational standards of brokers, one broker has weighed in... READ MORE
Broker recruitment: steal real estate’s model
by John Bastick • 20 Oct 2014
A leading broker has admonished the industry for its inability to recruit new, young brokers and says the third-party... READ MORE
Mortgage comparison site launches new report
by Staff Reporter • 20 Oct 2014
RateCity.com.au has launched a new quarterly mortgage report which analyses interest rate movements and key... READ MORE
Industry rejects calls for degree-qualified brokers
by Huntley Mitchell • 17 Oct 2014
A call for brokers to be degree-qualified to lift professional standards has been overwhelmingly rejected by those in... READ MORE
Lending curbs are nothing to fear: APRA
by James Mitchell • 17 Oct 2014
Brokers have nothing to fear from potentially tighter lending standards, says APRA chairman Wayne Byres.
READ MORERates to stay low for 10 years, says lender
by James Mitchell • 17 Oct 2014
LaTrobe Financial – sailing against the majority in the industry – believes rates will remain at or near... READ MORE
'Hunter and killer' brokers need not apply
by James Mitchell • 17 Oct 2014
One brokerage is changing its criteria for new recruits following a recent joint venture with a national accounting and... READ MORE
Lender launches community grants scheme
by Staff Reporter • 17 Oct 2014
Burgeoning non-major lender, Wide Bay Australia, has answered demand from the communities it operates in by announcing... READ MORE
Brokers the losers in lender, client battles
by Huntley Mitchell • 16 Oct 2014
The law favours the borrower and the lender when loans go bad, which often leaves the broker being unfairly blamed,... READ MORE
More homes: good news for brokers
by Huntley Mitchell • 16 Oct 2014
A move to increase housing supply to curb spiralling prices has met with tacit approval from brokers.
READ MOREUK brokers thrive with cross-sell
by James Mitchell • 16 Oct 2014
An Australian third-party stalwart, now working in the UK, has revealed how a lack of trail commissions for British... READ MORE
Former ASIC investigator warns brokers over compliance
by Nick Bendel • 16 Oct 2014
Some brokers are making the mistake of not digging deeply enough during client discussions, according to a compliance... READ MORE
Property makes Aussies world’s richest
by John Bastick • 16 Oct 2014
A new report has shown Australians are the richest people on the planet and, apparently, it’s all thanks to our... READ MORE
Good news for brokers as BDM numbers on the rise
by Nick Bendel • 15 Oct 2014
The “ultra-competitive mortgage market” is helping drive an ongoing increase in BDM numbers.
READ MORETop broker debunks new financial adviser service
by Huntley Mitchell • 15 Oct 2014
One of Australia’s leading brokers has questioned the credibility of a new online service for financial... READ MORE
Time’s up for negative gearing?
by James Mitchell, John Bastick • 15 Oct 2014
A leading economist has called on the federal government to end negative gearing to limit the potential damage of a... READ MORE
Chinese not to blame for rocketing house prices
by Staff Reporter • 15 Oct 2014
Asian investors are not the cause of the nation’s house price dilemmas according to a new survey.
READ MOREFewer taxes would mean more homebuilding: housing lobby
by Nick Bendel • 15 Oct 2014
The federal government has been warned that “highly inefficient” taxes are contributing to an annual deficiency of... READ MORE
Banks speak out against the fee-for-service model
by Nick Bendel • 14 Oct 2014
Two banks have disagreed with claims raised in the Financial System Inquiry that the fee-for-service model is superior... READ MORE
Broker job ads: Adelaide all gloom, Sydney booms
by • 14 Oct 2014
Job advertisements for the mortgage industry have plummeted in Adelaide, while demand in Sydney has almost... READ MORE
Odds shorten for Melbourne Cup rate cut
by Staff Reporter • 14 Oct 2014
A senior economist believes the faltering economy needs another rate cut and that a move on Melbourne Cup Day – when... READ MORE
FHBs: no improvement in a decade
by John Bastick • 14 Oct 2014
Despite the current tales of woe for first home buyers, new research from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has... READ MORE

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