Construction loans
Building your own house can be a wonderful and fun experience – but it can also be a long and expensive process. However, most people cannot afford to pay for the cost of home construction up front, and getting a mortgage can be tricky. After all, you’re asking a bank or a mortgage lender to […]
AFG Mortgage Index – December Quarter 2016
Tale of two seaboards AFG (ASX: AFG) has today released the AFG Mortgage Index for the final quarter of the calendar year 2016. The data shows year on year growth in lodgement volume for the company of 9.9%. AFG Chief Operating Officer David Bailey explained the results. “2016 saw the eastern seaboard lead the way […]
AFG Competition Index – December 2016
Refinancers flock to non-majors AFG (ASX: AFG) today reported a jump in the number of Australian mortgage holders looking to leave the country’s major lenders. Following on from the previous quarter, consumers refinancing their home loans have again turned their backs on the major lenders in their search for savings, according to the latest AFG […]
What do I need to consider when it comes to website design?
Having a great website is imperative in terms of both connecting with your existing customers and attracting new ones to your door. When customers research home loans these days, it’s more than likely they will be researching online, and if your website looks unprofessional and hard to use, customers will assume you are too. When […]
How to get ahead on your down payment
With the number of first home buyers in the mortgage market continuing to languish near record lows and property prices peaking 1, it’s clear first home buyers need a savvy savings strategy to round up a deposit. But getting ahead is often easier said than done. Life has to be lived and bills need to […]
Partner marketing – what is it and how do I do it?
Partnering with other complementary businesses from a marketing or sales perspective can be a tremendous way for you both to achieve what neither of you could achieve alone. Successful partnering can help generate referrals, grow your databases (with each client’s consent of course), and provide a means to share business solutions to similar issues you […]
Family friendly — how to optimise a family business
The majority of Australia’s SMEs are family businesses, but very few seek specialist advice. As the saying goes, you can have a successful family or a successful business, but you can’t have both. So it’s a true optimist, then, who decides to run a family business. It’s estimated more than 70 percent of companies in […]
Don’t wait to innovate – how innovation could be driving your business further
Australian firms are striving to do things better despite a lack of time, a recent study concludes. The country’s biggest and smallest companies see themselves as the most innovative, according to the National Australia Bank’s Business Innovation Index. The index, compiled by NAB Labs in partnership with the University of Melbourne, surveyed more than 500 […]
AFG successfully completes $300m RMBS issue
Australian Finance Group (ASX:AFG) has today priced its AFG 2016-1 Trust Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS) issue. AFG Chief Operating Officer David Bailey said the securitisation program is an important contributor to the company’s overall growth strategy. “To execute a transaction under the terms achieved, in a market which has been relatively volatile in 2016 […]
Jump aboard the analytics train to help your business grow
Big business has been analysing consumer habits for years to boost sales and expand their customer base. Now there’s a host of powerful analytical tools available to small business too. It is an event that saw the rather dry world of business analytics make international headlines. Back in 2012 data crunchers at Target in the […]