Mortgage and Finance Brokers Blog Opinions - The Adviser

Insight: Jeff Zulman - Book Buyers Brokerage - Nov 2016

by Tamikah Bretzke • 7 Nov 2016

Jeff Zulman from Book Buyers Brokerage talks to The Adviser about his beliefs regarding the ASIC review into trail... READ MORE

The value of specialists

by Natasha Choi • 31 Oct 2016

Modern day society never questions why we pay a visit to the doctors when we are sick; because they are the specialists... READ MORE

How to write loans for first home buyers

by Cory Bannister • 28 Oct 2016

Specialist lender La Trobe Financial’s Parent-to-Child (P2C™) product is helping young people make their first step... READ MORE

How to write loans for near-prime couples

by Lee Prior • 28 Oct 2016

Meet Matt and Megan, a married couple from the Gold Coast. Although their loan application didn’t meet traditional... READ MORE

Venturing back outside the big four

by Jeremy Fisher • 24 Oct 2016

Many brokers work a lot with the Big Four banks and most consumers are happy to go with the popular option but there... READ MORE

The case to diversify

by Rob Ryan • 18 Oct 2016

Investing in the burgeoning opportunities of business and commercial lending could transform your brokerage, writes... READ MORE

How to improve your productivity

by Stuart Donaldson • 17 Oct 2016

Productivity is an average measure of the efficiency of production. It can be expressed as the ratio of output to... READ MORE

Insight: Nick Young - Trail Homes - Oct 2016

by Tamikah Bretzke • 10 Oct 2016

Nick Young, managing director of Trail Homes, talks to The Adviser about why selling trails doesn’t mean selling... READ MORE

How I generate leads on LinkedIn

by Zak Wilford • 4 Oct 2016

This is how I generate leads through LinkedIn without spending any money and just a brief amount of time. READ MORE

Steve Keramidas, Mortgage Compare Plus

by Francesca Krakue • 30 Sep 2016

Breaking into specialist lending with Bluestone Mortgages has been delivering significant benefits for this broker’s... READ MORE

Cory Bannister, La Trobe Financial

by Cory Bannister • 30 Sep 2016

La Trobe Financial officially launched its aged care finance offering in February this year. Vice president and chief... READ MORE

8 surprising benefits a company uniform can have on business...

by Fiona Anchal • 26 Sep 2016

The way we dress in the corporate world, specifically the finance industry can say a lot about our level of... READ MORE

A practical guide to streamlining the commercial process

by John Kolyvas • 23 Sep 2016

Brokering commercial deals can be a lot more complex than their residential equivalents. So how do you streamline the... READ MORE

Working in the brokerage and on the brokerage

by Jeremy Fisher • 19 Sep 2016

Mortgage brokers, as business owners, need to juggle the tasks of working in the business and working on the business. READ MORE

How to be a better networker

by • 12 Sep 2016

When you’re building your profile as a professional mortgage broker and competing against the marketing budgets of... READ MORE

Insight: Stuart Donaldson - Sep 2016

by Francesca Krakue • 8 Sep 2016

Ahead of his appearance at The Adviser’s Boot Camp – New Revenue Streams events, Banyan Co director Stuart... READ MORE

Grow your income with this simple action

by Debbie Mayo-Smith • 8 Sep 2016

Highly sought-after trainer and speaker Debbie Mayo-Smith shares strategies on how brokers can rekindle relationships... READ MORE

Renee Poppett, Liberty Network Services

by Francesca Krakue • 2 Sep 2016

Renee Poppett has been a Liberty adviser for Brisbane for three years now and in that time she’s moved from... READ MORE

Brokers are too busy to diversify

by John Maxwell • 30 Aug 2016

Being part of a one-stop-shop financial services hub does not mean you must go out and study more to get a range of... READ MORE

Brokers fearful of the unknown say ‘no’ to fintech flurry

by John Maxwell • 26 Aug 2016

If you haven’t noticed, technology start-ups are focused heavily on the financial services industry. Needless to say,... READ MORE

Insight: Vow Financial's Glenn Mitchell

by James Mitchell • 18 Aug 2016

Vow Financial’s head of commercial & leasing explains why brokers will soon be writing half of all commercial... READ MORE

Michael Russell's 3 tips to first home buyers

by Michael Russell • 12 Aug 2016

Almost every day, I read commentary from self-proclaimed property experts shining a light on Australia’s dwindling... READ MORE

How the ASIC review benefits consumers

by Nick Young • 4 Aug 2016

There’s expectedly been a lot of chatter about the recent ASIC inquiry into the mortgage broking industry. READ MORE

Delegation works

by Douglas Driscoll • 1 Aug 2016

Let’s face it – there’s only a limited amount that you can achieve on your own, however hard you work. READ MORE

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