5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (292+ words) AltX Financial Group has concluded its inaugural residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) transaction, the Horizon 2026-1 Trust, raising $400 million backed by a pool of Australian residential mortgage loans. The deal marks a milestone for AltX Financial Group and its non-bank lending arm,…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (836+ words) Blasting a deal to 50 lenders is a red flag, not a strategy, Weinberg warns The headlines are full of headwinds in the mortgage market as summer comes to an end. For brokers, the only thing that matters is finding a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (348+ words) Fintelligence's national network of asset finance brokers now has complimentary access to Learn, a training and development platform that centralises everything from onboarding to CPD compliance tracking. The tool has already been running across mortgage brokers in Australian Finance Group's…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1297+ words) Non-bank lending is increasingly being considered earlier in the advice process, but better lender selection, stronger application narratives and realistic client expectations remain essential to securing approval. As borrower circumstances grow more complex and specialist lenders broaden their offerings, non-banks…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1247+ words) New Zealand borrowers are increasingly earning, investing and structuring their finances in ways that do not fit neatly into traditional lending models, placing greater importance on individual assessment and specialist expertise. The idea of a ‘typical’ borrower is becoming increasingly…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1241+ words) ING built its entire home loan business by treating brokers not as a channel, but as the front door, explains industry veteran SINCE LAUNCHING in Australia in 1999 as the country's first branchless direct bank, ING has built one of the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (585+ words) Nesto's landmark raise and a Q2 rebound signal a more selective phase for mortgage fintech Investment in Canadian fintechs neared US$1 billion in the first half of 2026, as a concentrated burst of second-quarter activity anchored by a landmark mortgage technology deal…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (125+ words) mpamag.com What Gerald Foley learned building nMB over 25 years Gerald Foley, managing director of National Mortgage Brokers (nMB), sits down to mark a milestone year – nMB and MPA are both celebrating a quarter-century in action. Foley traces broking's journey…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (972+ words) From typewriters and car phones to a fully digital, broker-only model, Bankwest's broking story runs deeper than most LONG BEFORE broker-first was a marketing line any bank could claim, Marco Meloni was delivering commission cheques to brokers in person, because…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (714+ words) Mortgage brokers working in the wholesale channel have been working through tougher market conditions over the last few years. The predicted refi wave still hasn’t arrived as macroeconomic pressures have kept mortgage rates elevated. The rate environment is also hurting…...