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A Sydney-based brokerage has attributed its success to the group’s “family” mentality after becoming the only firm to be inducted into Vow Financial’s $1 Billion Dollar Loan Book Club.
Citywide Lending’s major milestone was recognised earlier this month at Vow’s national conference in South Africa following the brokerage’s consistent loan book growth.
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Rodny Ghalie, director of Citywide Lending, said the brokerage has grown from one office to nine since forming, and its success comes down to a lot of hard work and sticking together when the going gets tough.
“Success is built on loving what you do and having a pride-like mentality. We’re all ‘family’, we stick by each other, and we help each other through the ups and downs,” he said.
“It’s easy to have friends in the ups, but it’s when people stick by you in the downs that you know they’ve become family, whether you’re actually related or not."
Mr Ghalie noted that Vow CEO Tim Brown has been instrumental in Citywide’s growth.
“As our business has faced growing pains, he has guided us along the way. We have received so much support, learned new systems and ultimately ways to run a successful business with Vow,” he said.
As for Citywide’s growth plans, Mr Ghalie said the group does not plan on slowing down.
“We’ve come a long way over the years but still have a long way to go,” he said.
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