NEWS

Mortgage disputes surge as fee-charging complaints firms get busy

Paid representatives lodged three times as many home loan complaints with AFCA this year, even though their total caseload fell by more than a third

Construction costs hold pace as builders’ margins face pressure

Annual building costs climb 3.2%, with plastics leading quarterly material rises

Bizcap’s business loan limit doubles to $1m for bigger SMEs

Bizcap’s fast funding without property security now stretches to $1 million

Matt Gijselman named to customer-owned banking code committee

Mutual sector adviser Matt Gijselman brings two decades of policy experienc

PREMIUM

Unlock the green lending opportunity with Gateway Bank

Unlock the green lending opportunity with Gateway Bank

SPECIALTY

Alternative Lending

Canadian fund buys into major Aussie mortgage lender

Third institutional shareholder agrees to buy undisclosed minority stake in $27 billion non-conforming lending giant

Commercial

The ‘missing middle’ that’s reshaping property finance

Demand for flexible funding between bank debt and development finance is surging, and Pallas Capital says it’s structural, not cyclical

MPA POD

What Gerald Foley learned building nMB over 25 years

As MPA and nMB both mark 25 years, industry veteran reflects on a defining era for Australian mortgage broking

MORTGAGE INDUSTRY

Commonwealth Bank: Building tech for the 81%

Tech is helping brokers cut friction, accelerate decisions and have greater certainty on deals, says CommBank’s Joann Dakwer

Commonwealth Bank: Building tech for the 81%

Tech is helping brokers cut friction, accelerate decisions and have greater certainty on deals, says CommBank’s Joann Dakwer

As cross-border work normalizes, employers face a mounting immigration, tax, and reputational exposure without adequate governance in place

Business Growth

‘Businesses need to understand it to develop new markets and products, invest in productivity-enhancing technology and help their workers gain skills for the future’

Business Growth

BEST IN MORTGAGE

Brokers on Non-Banks

Bluestone takes a third straight gold as mortgage brokers send more business to non-bank lenders, pushed by bank credit tightening

Best Mortgage Companies to Work for in Australia | Top Mortgage Employers

The 2026 list reveals which lenders and brokerages are meeting rising staff expectations to become the best mortgage companies to work for in Australia

Female Leaders in the Mortgage Industry: Elite Women

Inside MPA’s 2026 Elite Women list: a group of outstanding professionals who are blazing a path for others to thrive

Best Mortgage Brokerages in Australia: The 2026 Top 50 Ranked

Australia’s leading mortgage brokerages proved that operational depth beats market conditions. Collectively settling $41.2 billion – a 38.6% surge on the prior year – the MPA Top 50 show what separates firms that build through hard cycles from those that merely ride the tailwind. This report ranks the country’s best mortgage brokerages, profiles their leaders and maps the market forces shaping the year ahead

2026 Brokers on Aggregators

MPA reveals Australia’s top-ranked aggregators for 2026, as voted by more than 720 experienced brokers across 11 service categories in the industry’s long-running annual survey, from commissions to technology and lending-panel quality