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How can mortgage brokers minimise referrer relationship risk?

Referral relationships can’t be set and forget amid heightened fraud concerns as peak broker association lays out guidance for mortgage professionals

Better Mortgage Management at 27: still rolling with the punches

Twenty-seven years, one GFC and an SMSF lending ban later, BMM founder Murray Cowan isn’t buying the crisis talk

Business owners brace for threefold squeeze following RBA rate hike

Tuesday’s increase was ‘a hit for small business that arrives from three directions at once’ warns COSBOA chief

CBA braces for record Australian housing market downturn

National dwelling prices tipped to fall 14% from peak as correction sweeps Brisbane and Perth

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Non-bank lending push draws FRONT Financial out of broking

Sydney firm exits broking to fund complex commercial loans for business owners directly

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La Trobe Financial lands its largest-ever RMBS

Strong international interest continues to pour into Australia’s residential mortgage-backed securities market

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Bigger brokerages chase growth without losing clients

Liberty on helping brokers navigate complex lending scenarios

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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

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‘Perfect storm’ as house prices set to march 15% lower

Brokers should brace for deeper property slump as Sydney already double-digits lower from peak

‘Perfect storm’ as house prices set to march 15% lower

Brokers should brace for deeper property slump as Sydney already double-digits lower from peak

Remaking, not replacing, the broker

Broking is emerging as an AI-proof profession for one simple reason: trust matters

Technology

AI tools may make women sound less sophisticated at work

A new study raises questions about how AI-generated writing could shape perceptions of professionalism and competence

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