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The non-major bank has appointed technology provider NextGen to deliver its back-end platform and help deliver faster decisions.

Despite growing its loan book, the major bank’s profits have tumbled, impacted by costs tied to regulatory settlements and restructuring.

The low-deposit loan is available for owner-occupiers and property investors with a 10 per cent deposit.

Low use of AI in the mortgage space highlights possible caution among borrowers.

The non-bank lender has announced two new products, including a loan for investors purchasing commercial properties, as it continues to broaden its offering.

The CEO of the MFAA has published an open letter criticising the push by major banks to increase focus on proprietary lending channels.

The opposition party has branded transfer duty as “inefficient” and pledged to phase it out by 2041.

As the RBA holds the cash rate, strong demand and limited housing supply are set to sustain momentum in the property market heading into 2026.

New data has revealed that there are now more than 22,000 mortgage and finance brokers in Australia, with NSW and Victoria having the highest concentration.

Almost 50 per cent more first home buyers used the government’s deposit scheme in October compared to a year before, new figures show.

Four brokers have joined the brokerage brand Flint and will be officially opening the new office next week.

The SME lender has raised its lending limit by $250,000 to help support more small-business clients.

The share of broker-originated mortgages at NAB has dropped as proprietary lending increases, but the major bank has “no fixed targets” on where flows should come from.

After ASIC found that the private credit market remains “relatively immature and untested” in a stress scenario, we ask brokers whether more regulation is needed.

A supply-demand imbalance will keep upward pressure on house prices, despite a possible end to the cash rate-easing cycle, according to Cotality.