Housing is a basic need. There is a huge potential pool of clients out there who are searching for a suitable mortgage to finance their new homes and might wish to avail of your service. The demand was further fuelled by massive government incentives and record-low interest rates. However, the future can’t be guessed. The …
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Global data analytics and technology company Equifax has released its Quarterly Business Credit Demand index for September 2021, showing a jump in demand across all categories of credit. In the first 4 days out of lockdown, asset finance enquiries rose 25.1%, trade credit by 15.5% and business loans by 2.5% compared to the previous week …
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In today’s increasingly competitive economy, it is no longer good enough to simply offer a great product or great value alone. If you have a big ambition to have something different and stand out, your business must strive to create a memorable customer experience. There’s data to back this up too, 86% of buyers are …
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The latest regulatory attempt to tighten lending standards is unlikely to stop the climb of house prices. It is hardly scratching the surface of the housing affordability problem. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority increased the interest rate buffer by 0.5 percentage point to 3%. Which means, by the end of this month, lenders will start …
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In an industry where you offer the same products and services as your competitors, anyone can enter the market and drive you out of business. So how do you make sure your business stays competitive? Never underestimate customer experience. In the world we live in, a customer can go to over a dozen different places …
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Now we can all agree that generating leads is important but it’s not an end all be all. Once you have those leads, you need to put your best foot forward to capture value from them. It’s how you handle and work on those leads that determines whether they convert or not. So how do …
The value of new loan commitments for housing fell 4.3% in August 2021 across most states, driven by a 6.6% fall in new owner-occupier loan commitments, according to latest statistics released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). “The value of new loan commitments for owner-occupier housing saw the largest fall since May 2020. Despite …
The housing market in regional areas is really on its way up. More and more young and location-independent people are spreading out into smaller towns and regional areas. Such as in Orange in central-western New South Wales, they do great coffee there and there are certainly good restaurants, spectacular views and lots of orchards. Here’s …
When it feels like the world is in utter chaos, what else can you do but keep calm and hoard new digital tools to make your job a little easier. Technology is rapidly developing, and innovations appear almost every second nowadays. Many professionals across multiple industries now benefit from digital tools that make their daily …
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The mortgage industry has entered a digital transition phase. According to experts, two fundamental causes have hastened this technological shift: the necessity to solve the difficulties posed by the pandemic and the growth in tech-savvy home buyers. Here are some significant trends that, according to experts, will define the present and future of the mortgage …
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