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Bank Closures

October 25, 2016

Well, if it’s not dying, it certainly is taking an almighty battering and needs life support. The big banks are closing branches and agencies. Even the smaller banks like Bank of Queensland have…

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Why Should I Refinance My Home Loan?

September 21, 2016

If you have answered NO to any of these questions, then refinancing is something you should definitely consider.

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Planning on buying a new asset for your business?

September 14, 2016

Almost every business has, or should have, some type of equipment finance. It may be as simple as the car that you use to run around town with, all the way through to manufacturing and transport…

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Finalists for the 2016 New England North West Regional Business Awards

September 11, 2016

We are proud to announce we have become Finalists for the 2016 NSW Business Chamber New England North West Regional Business Awards. We are finalists in the following categories.

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How your home loan can improve your local community

September 4, 2016

Let’s face it, commercial banks are a commercial enterprise, they are there to make a profit – and they are very good at doing it. Every home loan adds to that profit, and near on every dollar in…

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Why brokers write more than half the home loans written in Australia?

August 26, 2016

Mortgage brokers are professionals at what they do. They are required to hold a minimum of Certificate IV in Finance and Mortgage Broking as well as undertaking a minimum of 25 hours in continuing…

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Qantas Frequent Flyer Home Loan

August 8, 2016

We have formed an alliance with a lender that allows us to provide Qantas frequent flyer points on your home loan. You can team that with the lenders credit card to boost your points quicker.

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Commercial Property on the rise

May 16, 2016

Have you ever considered taking on a commercial property investment? Or owning your own commercial premises. At least one major bank is predicting increased demand in this sector.

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Deals Not On Wheels

May 16, 2016

It’s not just about financing equipment without wheels. We recently funded a range of manufacturing equipment for a food manufacturer in the Tweed Valley including a labeller, bar former and these…

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Email Scammers

May 16, 2016

I recently had cause to call into Gizmo’s for a phone charger. There was a fairly robust discussion going on as a customer had just exposed themselves to the crypto locker virus by opening an email…

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What software do our accountants use?

May 16, 2016

Barry Hockey, Barry Hockey Accounting, Team Xero – “I like that it has the ability for the accountant to view how the business is going in real time and publish reports for external sources such as…

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Building wealth in an SMSF

April 1, 2016

An Interview Q&A with Peter Hallen – Skybridge Financial Planning

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It's a pity GE didn't read our newsletter

April 1, 2016

If they had, they might not have lost $50 million in assets recently!

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The Phantom

April 1, 2016

Given my exciting online life of looking at lender websites all day, it seems that more and more, Facebook feels the need to display a lot of ads from a lot of different lenders.

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Best tips to avoid gazumping

March 1, 2016

In a rising market, with limited stock, the practice of gazumping often rears its ugly head. Whilst I have heard a few attempts to gazump, I am yet to see a client miss out on a purchase due to…

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Negative Gearing on Negative Gearing

February 15, 2016

Negative gearing has been getting a lot of press recently. Here at Regfin, we’re seeing both major political parties giving consideration to changes in property tax concessions.

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Tepper's Whoppers

February 1, 2016

There has been substantial media exposure given of late to UK Economist Jonathon Tepper, including a very biased 60 Minutes article designed to strike fear into the Australian housing market.

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What Is Love

February 1, 2016

We asked that old romantic, Brendan Hoy from WB Financial, to tell us what love really means…

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