William Farrington

William Farrington

Mortgage Professional Australia

William Farrington

Editor

8 years experience568,000 Total views on Mortgage Professional Australia in 2025

William's specialty topics

Australian mortgage broking Australian mortgage market Finance Non-bank lending Capital markets

William Farrington is the editor of Mortgage Professional Australia, where he covers the people, trends, and decisions shaping one of the country's most dynamic industries. With a career spanning financial journalism on both sides of the world, William has reported on mortgage markets, banking policy, and economic shifts for trade publications and news desks across UK, and Australia. He began his financial journalism career on the fast-paced London beat, working across multiple news desks and specialist trade titles, where he developed a deep fluency in credit markets and regulatory change. He returned to Australia in 2025 to lead MPA's editorial output, bringing with him a global perspective on the forces reshaping finance. William holds a BA in Journalism and Media and a Master's in Creative and Critical Writing, both from Birkbeck University, UK — and once you get to know him, just call him Billy.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“Behind every number is a story, a human, a trend and a sign of what’s to come. My job is to dig deeper to discover what they are.”

Featured content from William

Does Macquarie Bank enjoy an unfair advantage in mortgage finance? Brokers can no longer ignore looming risk in private credit Hai Money launches legal action against Finsure

Previous experience

  • Proactive Investors — Journalist
  • Capital.com — Reporter
  • Legal 500 — Researcher

Education

  • BA in Journalism and Media, Birkbeck University
  • MA in Creative Writing, Birkbeck University

Read the latest stories by William

Lending standards on notice as mortgage wars heat up

Scrutiny mounts as easing of mortgage activity ramps up competition for new customers

Lending standards on notice as mortgage wars heat up

Mortgage arrears to keep climbing, bank chiefs warn

Benefit of falling prices being cancelled out by higher borrowing costs, warns Westpac boss

Mortgage arrears to keep climbing, bank chiefs warn

Ikaya’s Janine Wade scores a three-peat

Manly-based broker collects Bradley McGougan Memorial Award, extending a winning run that started in 2024

Ikaya’s Janine Wade scores a three-peat

Commonwealth Bank sued over alleged undisclosed business fees

Banking giant to defend some aspect of the claim as corporate watchdog alleges about 42,000 CommBiz customers, many of them small businesses, were overcharged across nearly 19 years

Commonwealth Bank sued over alleged undisclosed business fees

AFG embraces human intelligence as new AI tool revealed

AFG’s Them Lam urges brokers to spend 15 minutes a day on AI but stresses human intelligence 'critical to the broker of the future'

AFG embraces human intelligence as new AI tool revealed

Mortgage applications plummet at Commonwealth Bank

Business lending outpaces mortgage growth as CEO Matt Comyn warns higher rates and cost-of-living pressures 'continuing to impact customers unevenly'

Mortgage applications plummet at Commonwealth Bank

RedZed launches PayRewards Program for home and commercial loans

SME lender launches offer in partnership with payments platform pay.com.au

RedZed launches PayRewards Program for home and commercial loans

Broker Capital secures $40m debt facility to fund trail book lending

Specialist lender to mortgage brokers moves from $3.2 million in private funds to institutional backing one year after its first loan

Broker Capital secures $40m debt facility to fund trail book lending

Thinktank lifts lending limits across residential, commercial products suites

Changes come shortly after Sydney-based non-bank lender celebrates 20th birthday

Thinktank lifts lending limits across residential, commercial products suites

Focus Finance’s Katie Thomas on the art of being underqualified

Back-to-back Broker of the Year on stepping off the tools, coaching her team and hiring her former boss’s boss

Focus Finance’s Katie Thomas on the art of being underqualified