5+ day, 3+ 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…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (431+ words) More than one in five new homes approved across Australia in the year to June 2026 were built in areas already grappling with high mortgage stress, according to new OurTop10 Pressure Corridors research. Of the 51 council areas analysed, 38 growth-corridor councils recorded mortgage-stress…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (396+ words) Australia's economy grew 0.4% in the June quarter and 2.1% through the year, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), a result that points to a household sector still treading carefully despite a resilient overall economy. Grace Kim, ABS head of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (256+ words) Fintelligence has launched Learn, a dedicated training and development platform, giving its national network of asset finance brokers free access to structured onboarding, on-demand learning, and automated CPD tracking. The platform was previously available only to mortgage brokers within Australian…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (383+ words) Australia's mortgage market has hit its weakest patch since 2023, with APRA figures for July showing total home loan books grew just 0.2% — the slowest monthly pace in three years. This time round, the RBA has hiked rates far less aggressively than…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (525+ words) Thinktank confirmed it is talking to investors for a potential sale. News broke last Friday that the non-bank lender, which is partially owned by Australian Finance Group Limited (AFG), has gone to market, with the help of investment bank UBS,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (19+ words) Australian Broker News Keep up with the latest news and events...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (503+ words) Self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors are increasingly turning to commercial property after the Federal Government moved to restrict SMSF lending for residential assets, prompting what one adviser describes as one of the most significant strategy shifts the sector has seen…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (467+ words) Loan approval times for LMG brokers fell 18% in July compared with the same month last year, as adoption of the aggregator's in-house AI assistants reached a new peak, across LMG's network of more than 6,000 brokers. More than 3,800 users across the…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (307+ words) Australian consumer spending grew steadily in July while sentiment improved in August as households welcomed the RBA's decision to hold rates, though optimism remains scarce, new data shows. NAB's Consumer Spend Trend report shows total consumer spending rose 1.1% month-on-month in…...