Opinion

Two’s company when you’re house hunting, says CoreLogic CEO Lisa Claes, as new research reveals significant advantages to buying with a partner.

At a recent conference, I listened to Andrew Inwood from CoreData. He raised a couple of terms which I have been pondering ever since, and what they will mean to the finance industry.

Over the past few weeks, I have taken note of the Facebook posts of the Australian Financial Review and in particular the Sydney Morning Herald.

Abolishing stamp duty for first home buyers is likely to create some headaches for eligible buyers who have recently entered into contracts. 

Technology has come a long way since the Nokia 3310. The novelty of playing Snake on your mobile phone is now superseded by superfluous functions which have changed the way that we do ...

If you put in a loan application before checking your client’s important credit files, the application may be rejected. This is a waste of your time, right? And, more importantly, it will ...

Disruption is inevitable in all industries including real estate, says CoreLogic CEO Lisa Claes. But while we can’t halt the wave of change, we can ride it to our advantage.

It has been increasingly difficult for first home buyers to get their foot on the property ladder over the past year, especially in the booming property markets of Sydney and Melbourne.

Technology is not only changing the way the financial services sector interacts with clients, but how it operates internally too, writes Super Recruiters’ Guy McKanna, but finding the right ...

Referrals are the bread and butter of broking. The relationship we have with our referral partners is so crucial to our business as they constantly provide us with new leads.

The Victorian state government's announcement that from 1 July first home buyers in Victoria will not have to pay stamp duty has brought about various opinions from experts on what the ...

Like so many of us in modern business, William Muir, an evolutionary biologist at Purdue University, was interested in productivity and performance – only he turned his attention to chickens

As financial services firms continue to innovate, cyber criminals are presented with new avenues of attack – which means cyber security should be a focus for companies from the beginning of ...

Ever since we were young, we’ve been given advice.

For many brokers, 2016 was a challenging year. Changes in credit policy were plentiful, with banks interpreting APRA’s guidelines in varied ways. Banks used pricing as a lever to drive and ...