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The 5 credit repair secrets every broker needs to know
21 May 2019
The 5 credit repair secrets every broker needs to know

If you want to provide the best service to your financially challenged clients, it’s important you understand credit repair so you can steer them in the right direction.

Responsible property disposal: Is the mortgagee-in-possession process fair?
1 April 2019
Responsible property disposal: Is the mortgagee-in-possession process fair?

CoreLogic CTO Greg Dickason explores whether data should drive fairness.

Choice is crucial: Growth would slow without brokers
25 February 2019
Choice is crucial: Growth would slow without brokers

“No one seems to understand how far-reaching these changes will be, affecting non-resi markets but also the broader economy.” So said an anguished broker who reached out to me the day after ...

Can responsible lending help save the broking industry?
25 February 2019
Can responsible lending help save the broking industry?

Although the banking royal commission’s recommendations criticised home loan broker commissions, the complexity of obtaining home loans may make the service brokers provide borrowers even ...

Setting your firm up for success in a post-royal commission world
18 February 2019
Setting your firm up for success in a post-royal commission world

2019 is shaping up to be a year of firsts for the financial advice industry. Beyond the royal commission, changing consumer expectations and technology advancements are causing many advisers ...

Why Commissioner Hayne has added insult to injury for Australian home buyers and investors
5 February 2019
Why Commissioner Hayne has added insult to injury for Australian home buyers and investors

The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry is long overdue. But will it work in favour of Australian consumers?

Credit in 2019: The three big changes you need to know about
22 January 2019
Credit in 2019: The three big changes you need to know about

If 2018 set the scene through the explosive Hayne royal commission, this year is when the real changes roll in.

Flexibility is about so much more than being able to touch your toes
24 December 2018
Flexibility is about so much more than being able to touch your toes

A recent study found that workplace flexibility is the most highly valued attribute of working in the broking and finance industry.

2019 heralds a year of opportunity for Australian brokers
11 December 2018
2019 heralds a year of opportunity for Australian brokers

As we head into a new year, change is still very much on the agenda, says CoreLogic’s Matt Carlson.

Outsource your way to business success
15 November 2018
Outsource your way to business success

When South Australia-based mortgage broker Sharene Dearlove was looking for an outsourcing business to cover her during a trip to the hospital and was unable to find one, she simply went ...

Can the housing market and the broader economy cope with higher mortgage rates?
6 August 2018
Cameron Kusher, housing market, economy, Australia, mortgage, rates

The Reserve Bank has kept official interest rates sitting at 1.5 per cent ever since August 2016 which represents the longest period of cash rate stability on record.

The next stage in the mortgage refinance market
9 July 2018
Peter Sheahan, mortgage, mortgage finance, mortgage market

One key factor of profitable banking is to lend long and borrow short with adequate control of pricing margins. However, replenishing the supply of liabilities is a much more important ...

Gearing for growth
11 June 2018
Nick Young, managing director of Trail Homes, growth, sustainability,

How to maximise growth and sustainability after two to three years in business.

Paper-based conveyancing set to go the way of the dodo
17 May 2018
Mike Cameron, social media to virtual reality

From social media to virtual reality, cardless payments to driverless cars, technology infiltrates every aspect of our lives. So, why has the property sector — Australia’s biggest industry — ...

Doing what is necessary to put things right
1 May 2018
Matt Comyn, CEO of Commonwealth Bank

Two days after I was announced as CEO, a woman came up to me on the street. I thought she was going to ask me for directions. And instead she said: “You’re the new CEO of Commonwealth Bank, ...