Business Accelerator: Automate your brokerage without handing it to a machine
Automation can save brokers time, but knowing what to automate, and what to keep personal, is where the real challenge lies.
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Automation can save brokers time, but knowing what to automate, and what to keep personal, is where the real challenge lies.
Open banking is moving fast. This week’s Spotlight explores how verified banking data is fundamentally changing the way brokers work while creating new opportunities for lenders and customers.
The investor pullback is showing up in the numbers, but are borrowers actually walking away?
Building a successful brokerage takes more than writing a strong loan book, as Focus Finance’s founder and director Katie Thomas would know.
For brokers, finding the right niche can help build expertise, stand out in a crowded market, and make it easier for clients and referral partners to know what they do. But does specialising mean narrowing the business too far?
With investor activity under pressure, changing lender policies are creating new questions for brokers, from how servicing is assessed to where investors can turn as the residential SMSF borrowing rules come to an end.
As residential yields compress, investors are increasingly looking beyond traditional property plays for stronger returns, with commercial property, unit blocks, and higher-yielding regional markets drawing greater attention.
Liberty Financial’s appointment to the Home Guarantee Scheme’s 5 per cent Deposit Scheme panel is the latest move aimed at expanding opportunities for first home buyers.
Lenders are increasingly looking beyond interest rates to stand out, with new policies and product innovations reshaping the options available to borrowers. But what do these changes actually mean for brokers and their clients?
Residential lending may be showing signs of slowing, but does that mean brokers should be worried? Or is it the perfect time to start looking beyond the home loan?