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Australia’s mortgage broking industry could learn from overseas approaches to remuneration, professional standards and customer relationships, with a new report from the MFAA identifying key ...

Bank Australia has launched a new personal loan to help customers finance home electrification and energy-efficiency upgrades, including rooftop solar, household batteries and replacing gas ...

Almost half of Australian small businesses plan to raise prices following the introduction of the card surcharge ban, with two-thirds expecting the changes to increase their operating costs, ...

As mortgage demand slows, brokers have flagged a re-emergence in cashback incentives through direct lender channels, warning the trend could skew competition and undermine borrower outcomes

A Sunshine Coast broker has written a book to help young Australians navigate everything from their first payslip to buying a home.

The Supreme Court of Queensland has ruled that a default interest clause in a $395,000 short-term bridging loan was an unenforceable penalty, finding the rate was “out of all proportion” to ...

First home buyers are rethinking their path to property, with more turning to apartments, regional areas and unconventional ways to get on the ladder, according to Commonwealth Bank of ...

Asset finance demand has shown signs of recovery after several months of decline, with businesses beginning to reconsider equipment upgrades despite ongoing economic uncertainty.

One Nation has pledged to reverse Labor’s changes to the capital gains tax discount and retain negative gearing benefits for up to two investment properties if elected at the next federal ...

Solomons Capital has joined the Compass Aggregation lender panel, giving brokers across the network access to short-term private credit and property-backed lending solutions.

Brokers have backed ASIC’s push to lift standards under best interests duty but warned that judging loan recommendations on price alone risks overlooking what borrowers actually need.

As the housing market softens, lenders are piling into bridging finance, with Macquarie increasing its funding for non-bank lender Bridgit.

Bank of Queensland’s business lending book has continued to expand, but that growth has yet to translate into higher earnings.

A brokerage director is facing proposed legal proceedings over allegations that nearly $2.4 million in commissions was diverted into accounts linked to him and associated entities, and that ...

The CEO of the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia has been elected to the board of the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia.