To give you a sense of how expensive it's become, $1.4 million on the Sunshine Coast now gets you a knockdown or a complete ...

For mortgage brokers, the combination of rising household wealth, higher housing loan growth, and targeted first‑home buyer support suggests a busier year ahead in assessing equ ...

Nationally, the median house price now sits at $996,000 and the median unit at $730,000, pushing many buyers towards smaller properties, new locations, or both. For brokers, these pockets of ...

Mortgage brokers face a tougher autumn as stubborn inflation and looming rate hikes threaten to crimp borrowing capacity and unsettle first-home buyers and property investors. Australia’s latest ...

Cotality’s latest Pain & Gain report shows 95.9% of the 102,000 resales analysed in the December quarter were profitable, the highest share since 2005. The median gain hit a record $365,000, while the ...

A sharp rise in renovation finance is giving mortgage brokers new angles to talk to clients about borrowing capacity and property strategy, with granny flats emerging as a key theme. NAB data show ...

Investor demand spreads across states and price points. The report highlights that investors are not confined to their home state, with Westpac loan data showing that one in five ...

Households are bracing for fresh pressure as lenders reprice home loan rates after the latest Reserve Bank decision. RBA ...

Across the sector, output prices rose just 2.7% last year, yet “prices have risen by nearly a third since 2019,” according to Westpac’s housing and construction analysis. Residential building has seen ...

Almost two‑thirds of brokers (65%) have no documented AI strategy, more than 40% lack any governance framework, and only 3% report having formal policies to ensure AI is used safely and in line with ...

The MFAA Member Breakfast series has laid out a clear 2026 playbook for mortgage brokers, emphasising technology, trust, and deeper client relationships. At the events, brokers heard how smarter use ...

Brokers can now access unsecured Lightning Loans up to $200,000 with decisions in minutes, typically using recent bank ...