4+ hour, 24+ min ago   (464+ words) Mortgage frauds keep stacking up across Australia's lending landscape. The news comes off the back of reports this past fall that mortgage fraud was accelerating in Australia's lending market, putting brokers and lenders on alert, and prompting many to take…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (357+ words) This year's Australian Mortgage Awards (AMAs) are fast approaching, and if you haven't locked in your hotel room yet, consider this a friendly warning. The Australian mortgage industry’s biggest night of the year is now less than five weeks away,…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (487+ words) This year is becoming a year of leadership transitions in Australia's broking ecosystem. Boutique lender Bank of Sydney also rearranged its executive leadership team recently when it appointed Sam Tomaras as chief retail banking officer and Hisham Nakkash as chief…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (310+ words) Signs of further interest rate tightening abound. Hauser's comments come as the nation's central bank gears up for its September meeting on monetary policy. The RBA has already raised the official cash rate (OCR) three times so far in 2026, taking…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (391+ words) Australia's housing correction is deepening, and stretched borrowing capacity is doing much of the work in deciding where the pain lands hardest. Tim Lawless (pictured left), Cotality's head of research, Asia Pacific, writing on LinkedIn, said constrained servicing power is…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (358+ words) For Azar, the immediate priority is not to arrive with a predetermined playbook, but to understand how Prospa operates today and where there is an opportunity to make the lending journey simpler and more efficient. "I'm just really excited to…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (323+ words) Six years of positive readings came to an end in August, with Australian business conditions falling into the red for the first time since 2020. Profitability and trading conditions did most of the damage, according to the NAB Monthly Business Survey:…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (327+ words) The total value of Australia's residential dwellings has fallen for the first time in nearly four years, according to new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The ABS reported that the value of Australia's dwelling stock dropped $34.1 billion, or…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (189+ words) Bank of Sydney has restructured its executive leadership, appointing Sam Tomaras (pictured left) as chief retail banking officer and Hisham Nakkash (pictured right) as chief business banking officer, splitting oversight of its banking divisions into two dedicated roles. The appointments…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (409+ words) A new economic outlook from Commonwealth Bank points to one final rate hike this cycle in November, alongside a steeper downgrade to its national home price forecast. The report, which also weighs global growth risks and the Reserve Bank's inflation…...