Australian mortgage & finance brokers

Forty lenders. One answer that fits you

Every lender on our panel prices your file differently. We find the one that says yes at the sharpest rate — and stay on it through to settlement.

Panel comparison · live Indicative · Mar 2026
$750k
$250kDrag to re-rank the panel$2m
#Lender typeRateMonthly
Sharpest vs panel average $0 a year, on this amount −0.00%
40+Lenders compared on every file
94%Approved on first submission
6 daysMedian time to approval
$0Cost to you — the lender pays us
4.9
Google rating across 127 client reviews
40+ lenders
Banks, non-banks and specialist funders
12 years
Broking in the Australian market
$680m settled
Residential and commercial lending placed
MFAA member
Australian Credit Licence 000000
Why Lending Institute

A practice, not a panel of scripts

Any broker can pull a rate sheet. The work that changes an outcome is structuring the application so the right lender says yes the first time.

Approval rate, first submission
94%vs 71% industry average
01

Real lender comparison, in writing

Your file is run against the pricing and credit policy of every lender on our panel — not the three a bank branch can offer. You receive a written shortlist with the rate, the fees and the reason each lender made the list.

40+lenders on panel 100%shortlists in writing
02

A lending strategy built around your position

Offset versus redraw, fixed versus variable, split structures, ownership through a trust — the structure is chosen for the next five years, not just the first repayment.

5 yrstructure horizon 1broker owns the file
03

Guidance from people who read credit policy

Every broker here holds a Diploma of Finance and Mortgage Broking Management and has placed files with the lenders they recommend. We know which policies bend and which do not.

12 yrsaverage experience 94%first-submission approvals
04

We stay on the file until it settles

Valuations, underwriter queries, solicitor timelines and settlement bookings are ours to chase. You hear from us before you have to ask.

6 daysmedian to approval 24 hrsquery turnaround
How it works

Four stages. No black box

Trace the file from first conversation to settlement — what we do, what you do, and how long it holds.

Stage 01 of 4

Understand your goals

Twenty minutes, no forms. We establish what you are buying, what you earn, what you owe and what you have saved — enough to know which lenders are worth approaching.

Typical durationDay 0
Credit impactNone
We handle
  • Establish objectives and timeline
  • Flag anything that would block an application
  • Give an honest view on price range
You provide
  • A rough sense of income and savings
  • Any credit history you are aware of
Lender choice

Forty lenders. One accreditation list

Major banks, second tier, non-banks and specialist funders. Accreditation is verified annually — we only recommend lenders we can actually submit to.

4 Major banks CBA, Westpac, NAB and ANZ — full accreditation across all four.
11 Second tier Regional and customer-owned banks with sharper policy on niche income.
18 Non-banks Faster assessment and alt-doc appetite where a bank will not move.
9 Specialist funders SMSF, commercial, bridging and credit-impaired lending.
Selected lenders on panel Accreditations verified March 2026

Lender names shown are placeholders pending brand approval. Being on panel does not imply endorsement by that lender.

Who we help

Five situations we see every week

Select the one closest to yours — the panel below changes to the lenders and structures that actually apply.

You have the income but the deposit is the problem

Most first home buyers can service a loan comfortably — the barrier is the deposit and the lenders mortgage insurance that comes with a small one. We work the schemes and the LMI waivers before we work the rate.

Check your scheme eligibility →
What usually gets in the way
  • A 20% deposit is years away at current prices
  • LMI can add tens of thousands to the loan
  • Guarantee scheme places are capped and go quickly
How we place it
  • First Home Guarantee places tracked weekly
  • Family guarantee structured without risking the whole property
  • LMI waivers for eligible professions — no insurance at 90% LVR
Borrowing power calculator

What a lender will actually lend you

Not a rate table — a serviceability model using the 3% assessment buffer lenders are required to apply. Move the inputs and watch the ceiling move.

$135,000
$45k$450k
$140,000
$20k$900k
$900
$0$6,000
Dependants
Estimated borrowing power
$0
Assessed at 8.89% — the 5.89% product rate plus the 3% serviceability buffer.
Indicative purchase price$0Loan plus your deposit, before costs
Loan to value ratio0%
Monthly repayment$0Principal and interest over 30 years
Estimated stamp duty$0Varies by state and buyer status
Repayments as a share of income0%

Estimate only. Every lender applies its own assessment rate, living-expense benchmark and income shading. This is guidance, not an offer of credit or a pre-approval.

Client outcomes

What the files actually looked like

4.9 ★★★★★ 127 Google reviews
First home buyer ★★★★★

Approved on a 5% deposit with no LMI at all.

Purchase price $740,000
LMI avoided $31,400

A First Home Guarantee place secured before the quarterly allocation ran out. Two lenders declined on casual income history; the third accepted it with twelve months of payslips.

SM Sarah M. Brunswick VIC · settled Nov 2025
Refinance ★★★★★

They told us to stay put and just reprice. It saved us the switch.

Rate before 6.84%
Rate after 5.94%

A reprice request with the existing lender beat every switch on the table once break costs and discharge fees were counted. No new application, no credit enquiry.

DJ Daniel & Jo Ryde NSW · settled Aug 2025
Self-employed ★★★★★

One year of returns and a growing business — the bank said no twice.

Loan amount $1.12m
Time to approval 9 days

A non-bank lender accepted one full year of company returns with an accountant declaration. Retained profits were argued as add-backs with the financials attached.

AP Anthony P. Fortitude Valley QLD · settled Jan 2026

Client names abbreviated and figures rounded at the client's request. Past outcomes do not guarantee a particular result on your own application.

Meet our lending experts

One broker owns your file

Not a pooled queue. You get a named broker, their direct line, and their specialisation matched to your file.

See the full team →
Marcus Reid 18 years
Principal broker

Founded the practice after a decade in major bank credit. Handles complex structures and commercial security.

Commercial Trust & company SMSF
Priya Anand 11 years
Senior broker

Specialises in first home buyers and the guarantee schemes. Tracks scheme allocations weekly across every state.

First home buyers Low deposit
Tom Fairweather 9 years
Senior broker

Investor and self-employed files. Knows which lenders shade rental income least and which read financials properly.

Investment Self-employed Alt-doc
Common questions

The things people ask before they call

If yours is not here, ask it directly — you will get a straight answer, not a callback form.

Ask a broker →

Nothing, in almost every residential case — the lender pays us a commission on settlement, and that commission does not change your rate. Where a file genuinely requires a client fee, typically complex commercial or SMSF work, it is quoted in writing and agreed before any application is lodged. You will never receive an invoice you have not already seen.

Twenty per cent avoids lenders mortgage insurance, but very few first buyers wait for it. Five per cent is workable through the First Home Guarantee, and some lenders waive LMI entirely at 90% for certain professions. The right question is not the minimum deposit but the total cost of borrowing with the deposit you have today versus waiting two years.

No. Comparison is done on a soft enquiry, which is visible to you but not to other lenders and carries no score impact. A formal credit enquiry is only recorded when you instruct us to submit an application — and by then we already know your file meets that lender’s policy.

Median time from first conversation to conditional approval across our last 214 residential settlements was six business days. Unconditional approval typically follows within a week of valuation. Complex files, particularly self-employed or SMSF, run two to three weeks longer.

Often yes. Several lenders will assess a single full financial year where the trading history supports it, and alt-doc products accept BAS statements or an accountant declaration instead. The bank that declined you is applying one policy — there are thirty-nine others.

Neither is universally better; it depends on how likely you are to sell, refinance or make large extra repayments in the fixed period. Break costs on a fixed loan can be substantial and are rarely explained upfront. We usually model a split so you keep flexibility on part of the balance.

The file stays open with us. We diarise your rate for review at twelve months and again before any fixed period expires, and we contact you first — you should not have to notice your rate has drifted.

Get started

Twenty minutes now saves you months later

No forms, no credit enquiry, no obligation. We will tell you what you can borrow, what it will cost, and whether now is the right time to move.

20 minutesThe first conversation. No documents needed.
No credit enquiryNothing touches your file until you instruct us.
One brokerNamed, contactable, owns your file to settlement.