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Lender launches $1m loan to market
by Digital • 9 Mar 2022
A new funding facility has allowed Banjo Loans to expand further into the SME sector, offering unsecured loans of up to...READ MORE
SME lender offers flood support for impacted businesses
by Digital • 9 Mar 2022
As the major flooding event across eastern parts of Australia continues to wreak havoc, banks, lenders and government... READ MORE
Former Mortgage Choice CEO launches lender
by Sarah Simpkins • 8 Mar 2022
A new non-bank lender has sprung onto the home loan market, led by former bosses from Mortgage Choice and the Royal... READ MORE
Qld government launches SME, farmer flood assistance
by Sarah Simpkins • 8 Mar 2022
The state and federal governments have teamed up to roll out a $558.5 million package, with financial support for small... READ MORE
YBR welcomes new chief recruitment officer
by • 8 Mar 2022
The brokerage and aggregation group, Yellow Brick Road Home Loans welcomes Boban Jurisic as new chief recruitment... READ MORE
ScotPac acquires Business Fuel
by Annie Kane • 7 Mar 2022
Non-bank lender ScotPac has acquired one of its competitors to enable it to offer online business lending for the first... READ MORE
uno revamps broker offering
by Annie Kane • 7 Mar 2022
The online brokerage has overhauled its broker offering, moving to become a branded brokerage and mortgage manager... READ MORE
Supply disruptions ‘greatly impacted’ over 2/3 of SMEs
by Sam Nichols • 7 Mar 2022
Small and medium-sized businesses are more likely to suffer under disruptions compared to their larger counterparts,... READ MORE
TPT Wealth expands commercial lending products
by Sarah Simpkins • 7 Mar 2022
MyState fund management and commercial lending arm TPT Wealth has launched a series of new loan products and made a... READ MORE
Loan Market Group rolls out senior appointments
by Sarah Simpkins • 7 Mar 2022
Loan Market Group has declared a raft of senior appointments, along with new growth managers across PLAN, CHOICE and... READ MORE
Heritage Bank posts record broker settlements
by Sarah Simpkins • 4 Mar 2022
Net loan growth has almost doubled year-on-year at the mutual bank, as it has invested “heavily” in slimming broker... READ MORE
Connective Home Loans hits $4.48bn in yearly settlements
by • 4 Mar 2022
The figure marks an annual growth of 76 per cent, and is said to be partly driven by an expanding white label... READ MORE
Tasmania expands housing measures
by Sarah Simpkins • 3 Mar 2022
The state government has waved through a number of housing measures including the extension of stamp duty concessions... READ MORE
500 Victorians buy homes under shared equity scheme
by Sarah Simpkins • 3 Mar 2022
The Victorian Homebuyer Fund has approved more than $75 million in shared equity funding during its first four months,... READ MORE
Yellow Brick Road to push further into broker channel
by • 2 Mar 2022
The brokerage and aggregation group has revealed its strategy to drive up its broker footprint as a means to increase... READ MORE
Zip to acquire US BNPL for $491m
by • 2 Mar 2022
The merger will see the Australian buy now, pay later platform continue expanding its foothold, and focus, across the... READ MORE
RBA reveals March rate decision
by Sarah Simpkins • 1 Mar 2022
The Reserve Bank has revealed its latest cash rate call, as the majority of mortgage brokers have tipped there will be... READ MORE
Diversifying outside mortgages boosted Liberty’s margin
by Sarah Simpkins • 1 Mar 2022
The non-bank lender has managed to beat the trend of squeezed profit margins across the sector, while writing $2... READ MORE
Yellow Brick Road teams up with NAB subsidiary
by • 1 Mar 2022
The arrangement will see the broking and aggregation group expand its product range as it continues its pivot towards... READ MORE
Wisr loan book rises 47% over financial year
by • 1 Mar 2022
The non-bank’s figures for the first half of the financial year 2022 mark a continued upwards momentum in both its... READ MORE
AFG broker settlements surge
by Sarah Simpkins • 28 Feb 2022
Settlements under the aggregator’s mortgage and commercial brokers had accelerated during the six months to December,... READ MORE
Resimac records mortgages growth despite ‘aggressive’ competition
by Sarah Simpkins • 28 Feb 2022
The non-bank lender managed record settlements in home loans during the six months to December, but competitive... READ MORE
Former broker permanently banned from credit industry
by • 28 Feb 2022
The decision will prevent the broker, previously charged over a misleading credit licence application, from engaging in... READ MORE
Assetline Capital joins FAST lending panel
by Sarah Simpkins • 28 Feb 2022
FAST brokers will now have access to bridging, long-term horizon mortgages and construction loans from the specialist... READ MORE
MoneyMe gains $25m funding for SocietyOne deal
by Sarah Simpkins • 25 Feb 2022
The non-bank lender has secured $25 million in funding from a private equity group, for the acquisition of digital... READ MORE
Hot Property: The biggest property headlines from the week 21-25...
by Sarah Simpkins • 25 Feb 2022
The weekly round-up of the biggest news stories from across Momentum Media’s property titles from the week ending... READ MORE
MAB recruits ex-Choice, FAST, PLAN marketing head
by Sarah Simpkins • 24 Feb 2022
Mortgage Advice Bureau has named a new executive, as it positions itself for growth in the Australian market.
READ MORENSW proposed property equity scheme slammed
by Juliet Helmke • 24 Feb 2022
The chief of an industry body has called the scheme a “bitter pill to swallow” and a “slap in the face” for... READ MORE

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