Broker Bulletin

Paper credit files. A pool shed for an office. Rebecca Justice built Benchmark Finance Group from nothing, and set one rule from day one: stick to what you're best at. In the latest Broker Bulletin, LMG's State Commercial Specialist, Todd Bateman, sits down with Benchmark Finance Group's Managing Director, Rebecca Justice to unpack why she has never diversified into home loans or asset financ...

Balpreet Bal didn't set out to build a billion dollar business. He set out to give clients a better experience than the one he had as a first-time home buyer. Twelve years later, that instinct still anchors Loan Market Bal and Associates. The Perth-based brokerage has grown into a team of 15+, with over $1 billion in loans settled and 530+ five-star Google reviews. In the latest Broker Bullet...

Nine thousand commercial properties sold last year. $85 billion in transactions. And most brokers still think commercial lending isn't for them. In this episode of Broker Bulletin, Mel Griffin sits down with John Flavell, Founder & Director of Wave Money, to bust the biggest myths around commercial property lending. Uncovering why your own client database might already hold your next opportuni...

Jenna built a business around school pickups. Now it's reshaping what broking can look like for women and men everywhere. Fifteen years ago, Jenna Davenport left banking because there was no flexibility for a parent trying to do the school run…. In this episode of Broker Bulletin, Loan Market's Erin Manhood sits down with Jenna, managing director of The Finance Nest, to unpack how her and h...

Why are deals still being left on the table in the non-standard lending space, and what do brokers need to do to achieve greatness in this niche? In this episode of Broker Bulletin, Michael Wasef, Director at Ontime Finance, sits down with Aaron Taylor, Head of Non-Standard Lending at Bluestone, to talk about the customers who don’t always fit the standard lending box.  You’l...

Success in broking rarely comes down to one big moment. It's built through the habits, conversations and support systems that happen every day. In this episode of  Broker Bulletin , Alberto Gorgioski sits down with Loan Market Double Bay broker Max White to unpack the practical habits behind his growth. From committing to consistent prospecting and earning trust in every client conversation t...

Thirty year loan terms, no annual reviews, no GSAs on trading businesses, and loans up to $15 million. In the latest Broker Bulletin, Blue Crane Capital's Chris Hall sits down with Ben McKell, Head of Commercial at Brighten for LMG, to reveal how the newest kid on the LMG Lending block wins  against the banks and other non-banks on commercial deals. From specialised assets like childcare and...

The real cost of non-compliance (and why compliance-by-design works) Investigation volumes are at record highs. Lenders are suspending accreditations fast, and the fraud behind it is getting harder to spot. In this episode of Broker Bulletin, LMG Chief Risk Officer Luke Jarmaine sits down with Mel Cooney, LMG's Manager of Broker Compliance Consulting, to break down what's really driving the curren...

Your cyber insurance won't save you from a phishing link. Neither will an ISO 27001 certificate. So what will? In this episode of Broker Bulletin, Mel Cooney sits down with LMG's Group Chief Risk Officer Luke Jarmaine to unpack the real risks brokers are facing as AI adoption accelerates across the network, and what to actually do about it. In this episode, you'll hear: How not to lose an  ac...

The two-minute phone call that could save your business: inside My Lending Co's compliance-first growth story Nine systems to complete one deal. A security scare sorted from the school pick-up line. And a broker note lenders keep thanking them for. In this episode of Broker Bulletin, LMG's Luke Jarmaine and Mel Cooney sit down with Kayla Smith and Kristina Siegert, who built My Lending Co from scr...

How do you grow a brokerage without becoming the bottleneck? Growing isn’t usually the hard part.  Letting go is.  This week on Broker Bulletin, Mel Griffin sits down with Liz Zaki, Managing Director of OneSite Finance, to unpack the systems, habits and mindset shifts that helped her build a successful brokerage over 23 years. Without losing the personal service her clients know he...

Rate cuts, sticky inflation, and a federal budget that just rewrote the rules on negative gearing, CGT and SMSF lending. In this episode of Broker Bulletin, Clare George from LMG Commercial catches up with Vanessa Rader, Head of Research at Ray White. Together, they unpack why that gap is about to send serious investor capital pivoting into commercial, and where the opportunities are already emerg...

The federal budget breakdown to find opportunities for brokers following fundamental changes to capital gains tax (CGT), negative gearing and the scrapping of residential SMSF lending.  Loan Market Business Owner Blake Chandler and Thinktank's Head of Partnerships and Distribution, Joel Harrison, cut through the noise on this week's episode of Broker Bulletin. What you’ll take away...

Caroline Mundey was told that narrowing her focus was a risky move. She did it anyway, and it paid off.  Having lived through the instability of renting as a single parent, Caroline knows firsthand what it means to feel financially vulnerable. That experience gave her a clear direction on who she wants to help and Tevey Loans was born.  In the latest Broker Bulletin, LMG’s Erin Man...

High LVR: super high cost, complicated, high risk, only for first home buyers. Sound familiar? In this episode of Broker Bulletin, Kath Persoglia sits down with Mario Emmanuel, Co-Founder of Skip by LMG, to debate the realities of high LVR lending and the current sentiment in the market around these products. Busting the myths around 98% LVR lending, Mario shares some real client stories, from a f...

Jason Wylie has always been a high performer. But writing big numbers was never the actual goal. In this episode of Broker Bulletin, the Director and Principal Broker at Loan Market Capital sits down with Alberto Gorgioski and gets candid about what building a business really looks like from the inside: the hires that changed everything, the leadership lessons that took years to land, and why cult...

Most brokers shy away from complex scenarios. Sue Vuong has built her whole career on them. A chartered accountant turned mortgage broker, Sue has built her Perth-based business on the clients others turn away: the self-employed, the complex, the ones who've already heard no. In the latest Broker Bulletin, Loan Market Chief Marketing Officer Angela Tracey sits down with Sue to unpack the mindset,...

Most brokers look at gross revenue and think they're on track. MK says that's exactly the problem. In this episode of Broker Bulletin, LMG's Denya Dean sits down with Michael Karpathakis, National Head of Business Performance at LMG, discussing what it takes to run a profitable, scalable broker business. No fluff. Just numbers, frameworks, and real examples. Including how one business stripped $47...

George Massouridis, Founder and CEO of Mortgage Navigators in Sydney, has built something that most brokers only dream about; a business with real longevity, a team that stays, and a growth strategy that’s just getting started. In the latest Broker Bulletin, LMG's Grace Ormsby sits down with George to find out what nearly 27 years in the industry has taught him, as he embarks on a new era of...

Most brokers hear "trust lending" and brace for complexity.  Laura Waters, Head of Residential at Podium Money, sits down with Raj Kapoor from Apollo to strip back the confusion around non-trading trust and company lending. From succession planning families to sophisticated investors, trust structures are on the rise and brokers need to be positioning themselves now.  In this episode, yo...

Most brokers know social media matters. Very few actually make it work. Diana Hemmad went from posting "dodgy" videos to building a community of almost 12,000 Instagram followers driving significant leads through her pipeline and simultaneously scaling her team from two to seven in a year. In this episode, LMG's Natalie Viney sits down with Diana to unpack the strategies, mindset shifts, and daily...

Most brokers are running hard. But running hard without a clear strategy isn't growth… It's drift. Michael Karpathakis, Loan Market's National Head of Business Performance, joins Denya Dean to share the simple system behind some of the country’s best performing broker businesses.  In this episode, you'll hear: Why "drift" is the silent killer of broker businesses The 90-day check...

Andy Andrews didn't inherit a trail book. He left accounting because it bored him, spent five years learning his craft as a broker, took a leap of faith, and built Capital One Financial Services into a full-service, deliberately diversified brokerage in Walkerville, South Australia. The morning after winning Young Business Owner of the Year at the LMG Awards, he sat down with Erin Manhood for a ge...

He started alone in 2019. Now he's building the next generation of brokers from his own office. Rob Flynn launched Vorteil Financial Group the hard way. The Royal Commission had just wrapped. COVID was around the corner. And he was doing it solo in Perth. Six years on, he runs a lean, values-led brokerage with his wife Kat as business partner, a structured university internship programme (the only...

A VB drum for a fridge. $10,000 a month was the goal. Three mates who had no idea they were building something that would span five states, 35 staff, and over a decade of industry-leading repeat business. In this episode of Broker Bulletin, Tom Caesar sits down with Angus Askew, Will Overman and Andrew Dodwell — the co-founders of Magnolia Lane, to unpack what it really takes to build a cult...