Speaker 1: Good morning, everyone, and welcome back to another episode of
Speaker 1: Sugar Mama's Fireplay. I am your host's financial planner, Cannah Campbell,
Speaker 1: and today we have our number one favorite mortgage broker
Speaker 1: in the studio this morning, getting to pick his brain
Speaker 1: and ask all of those very important questions you need
Speaker 1: to know about the mortgage industry, how to get the
Speaker 1: monkey off your back, and how to actually use your
Speaker 1: financial assets to build well. Now, to make sure that
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Speaker 2: All right, Adam, good morning, how are you?
Speaker 3: Good morning, Cannon. I'm well. How are you.
Speaker 1: I'm well, I'm well. I actually have something to read
Speaker 1: out to you. So recently you looked after a friend
Speaker 1: of mine and going through a bit of a tough time,
Speaker 1: and she sent me a message and it was a
Speaker 1: really beautiful message. So I wanted to read this out you.
Speaker 2: Hi, darling.
Speaker 1: I can't thank you enough for putting me in touch
Speaker 1: with Adam. It was so nice to finally feel like
Speaker 1: someone has my back. And he was so patient with me,
Speaker 1: explaining everything in a non intimidating way. Nothing was too hard.
Speaker 1: He really is incredible at what he does.
Speaker 3: Excellent. I love that. Yeah?
Speaker 2: Is that nice?
Speaker 3: Yeah? Really good? Thanks for sharing.
Speaker 1: All right, I have a lot of questions to ask you,
Speaker 1: and I really want to get stuck into this straight away.
Speaker 1: So the most important question that's not only burning on
Speaker 1: the tip of my tongue as well as everyone else's
Speaker 1: taking into consideration. Of course, you don't have a crystal ball,
Speaker 1: but what does your professional and personal intuition and guart
Speaker 1: think will say is going to happen to interest rates,
Speaker 1: I should.
Speaker 2: Say this year.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a tough one.
Speaker 1: I want to hear what you genuinely think. I don't
Speaker 1: want to hear what the politically compliant correct.
Speaker 3: Right, you have to come down.
Speaker 1: Okay, that's the answer I'm looking for. I mean, obviously
Speaker 1: we're not holding you accountable to that.
Speaker 3: Obviously, no, no, And there's many factors that contribute to
Speaker 3: the decisions RBA make around that. But if you look
Speaker 3: at all of the conditions, we've had the most interest
Speaker 3: rate rises over eighteen months in a long period of time.
Speaker 3: People are struggling, the cost of living is extremely high,
Speaker 3: inflation is coming down. It's been a bit stubborn over
Speaker 3: the last you know, maybe four months, but in the
Speaker 3: whole it's been improving. We had I think there was
Speaker 3: the January, the quarterly or the March quarterly. CPI figures
Speaker 3: were a bit stubborn, but that can happen from quarter
Speaker 3: to quarter. They change and fluctuate a bit. But I
Speaker 3: think in the whole, all the conditions are pointing to
Speaker 3: some rate cuts are needed, and I think by the
Speaker 3: end of the years when we should see that.
Speaker 2: So we still have to keep waiting Look, it.
Speaker 3: Was hopeful to be sooner than that, and I still
Speaker 3: wouldn't rule it out because you look, you look at
Speaker 3: the GDP figures, which I think most recently was point one,
Speaker 3: and that's on the back of immigration. Really otherwise we're
Speaker 3: in a recession essentially. Well, I think it's fair to
Speaker 3: say so. Unemployment is a part of that as well.
Speaker 3: So yeah, look, watch, watch and wait with the other
Speaker 3: see what they do. I just I just don't think
Speaker 3: it's responsible for them to increase again.
Speaker 1: Is not sustainable anymore. I mean, people are really living
Speaker 1: off the scent of an oily rag and now starting
Speaker 1: to go backwards, and the financial stress and the cost
Speaker 1: of people's mental health and the burnout. I think that
Speaker 1: we are now potentially staring down the barrel of like
Speaker 1: nine hundred and seventy four thousand Australians now have a
Speaker 1: second or a third job just to get by, right.
Speaker 3: That's incredible. Yeah, Look, it's proven to be a blunt
Speaker 3: instrument the interest rate rises, you know, so many of
Speaker 3: them are, and it's taken so long to get the
Speaker 3: inflation on the downward trend. Putting them up again, I
Speaker 3: just don't see what that will achieve. Yeah, I think
Speaker 3: it's more about patience and making some responsible decisions around
Speaker 3: the case rate.
Speaker 1: I'm going to ask you a question which I didn't
Speaker 1: tell you I wanted to ask, but I'm interested to
Speaker 1: know if you can explain this. Why are interest rates
Speaker 1: always directed by inflation?
Speaker 3: Well? This is beyond my years. You know, I've been
Speaker 3: a broker for twenty two years and from my knowledge understanding,
Speaker 3: the target inflation rate band of two to three percent
Speaker 3: came from New Zealand, I've heard a long time ago.
Speaker 3: So the number was plucked out of thin air.
Speaker 1: Isn't that sad that we're placing so many people under
Speaker 1: unnecessary financial pressure on this like ambiguous, like they like
Speaker 1: floating number that really doesn't actually mean anything or actually
Speaker 1: offer anything that's relevant or accurate necessarily.
Speaker 3: Well, the difficulty is that, you know, the inflation and
Speaker 3: the interest rate of the cash rate increases are impacting
Speaker 3: a small percentage or a small percentage, but not the
Speaker 3: whole of the population. It's mortgage holders. So yeah, I
Speaker 3: think that and the government have probably shown their hands
Speaker 3: a been in regards to the RBA meetings and making
Speaker 3: some changes around that. Things need to change. We can't
Speaker 3: just keep managing it and dictating the cash rate by
Speaker 3: the same measures that we have in the past, because
Speaker 3: times are changing. You know, you mentioned how many people
Speaker 3: have three.
Speaker 2: Jobs now nine hundred and seventy four.
Speaker 3: Yeah, so the unemployment figures don't accurately reflect that. I
Speaker 3: don't believe you.
Speaker 1: Don't look, that's awed, like you know, there's just six
Speaker 1: and damn lies. And actually forty eight percent of Australians
Speaker 1: are considering, well seriously considering taking up a second job
Speaker 1: in the next six months. Like, so it's this is
Speaker 1: a trend that's here to stay. What do we need
Speaker 1: to know right now about interest rates and our mortgage
Speaker 1: probably more so our mortgage, Like what's a good rate
Speaker 1: right now? What are people doing? What are you seeing
Speaker 1: people use effectively?
Speaker 3: A good rate at the moment? Is still that from
Speaker 3: that six percent to low sixs. You can't can't actively
Speaker 3: constantly chase the best rate on the market all the time.
Speaker 3: So if you're in that band, that's good, and then
Speaker 3: over time you'd like to keep sharpening that, getting closer
Speaker 3: and closer to the best in the market. But you know,
Speaker 3: we're looking at fixed rates at the moment. Some banks
Speaker 3: are providing or some lenders are providing some good one
Speaker 3: YW rates, so that's something you can.
Speaker 2: What it's a good rate fixed one mid to.
Speaker 3: High fives, No way, I've seen a few of those.
Speaker 3: But then you've got other lenders who are high sixers, so.
Speaker 2: It is quite a big a gap there is to
Speaker 2: shop aroundtage to help you.
Speaker 3: But those those fixed rates can be manipulated around, you know,
Speaker 3: the bank or lender's appetite for market share. Really, so
Speaker 3: those who have a high fixed rate are basically saying,
Speaker 3: you know, we're not touching this market at the moment,
Speaker 3: we're happy with our market share, stay away. Whereas whereas
Speaker 3: the lenders who are providing a lower fix rate, it's
Speaker 3: another reason to join them. So it means that it
Speaker 3: gives you some flexibility and takes the pressure off cash flow.
Speaker 3: That might be something to consider.
Speaker 1: Well, what would you recommend then for people right now
Speaker 1: who are terrified of future interest rate rises and don't
Speaker 1: trust the RBA and the government.
Speaker 2: What's there sort of saying is.
Speaker 3: Potential stop reading the news.
Speaker 1: Exactly, but it means should people if they're worried, they
Speaker 1: consider fixing part of their loan, Like, what are you
Speaker 1: recommending to people you're saying no, we're probably looking at
Speaker 1: interest rate cuts, like hang in there, you know, and
Speaker 1: then we can relook at, you know, revisit the idea
Speaker 1: of fixing some rates. If you're still concerned, like what
Speaker 1: are your what are your thoughts around this?
Speaker 3: It's my opinion rates will come down. It's just a
Speaker 3: matter of time. So I think with that the best
Speaker 3: the best thing that you could do as a mortgage
Speaker 3: holder is check with your lender what their available fixed
Speaker 3: rates are. If they've got a one year rate that
Speaker 3: is really considerably lower than your current variable, then look
Speaker 3: at fixing part of it because it can help you
Speaker 3: take to take some pressure off in in terms of
Speaker 3: cash flow. That's if you've got a bad variable rate,
Speaker 3: and it depends on who your lender is, as I said,
Speaker 3: some of them are their fixed rates are still too high.
Speaker 3: But that's that's about as good as you could do
Speaker 3: in terms of without leaving your lender or changing Otherwise,
Speaker 3: you're looking at refinancing, taking a better mortgage, better rate
Speaker 3: out could look. Extending your loan term not ideal and
Speaker 3: I wouldn't recommend it.
Speaker 2: No, please don't know that, listeners.
Speaker 3: But at the same time we've got to be mindful
Speaker 3: that some families are really struggling.
Speaker 1: Of course, I mean, if it's the last resort, it
Speaker 1: is the last resort that means you can stay continue
Speaker 1: on living in the family home.
Speaker 3: Of course, we're hearing of families skipping meals, kids going
Speaker 3: to put all or the parents are giving meals to
Speaker 3: be able to feed their kids. You're in that situation,
Speaker 3: then extending a term isn't the worst thing in the
Speaker 3: world exactly. You know you can catch back up in
Speaker 3: future when things get better, of course, So they're some
Speaker 3: of the options that you've got.
Speaker 2: Great wise advice. Thank you, Adam. All right.
Speaker 1: On that topic of asking for discounts, how often can
Speaker 1: you call your bank and ask for a discount or
Speaker 1: a better deal?
Speaker 3: Like?
Speaker 2: Is it every six months? Is it every month? Like?
Speaker 3: Whose schools have thought one? As often as possible annoy them.
Speaker 1: I like the idea of annoying my bank because I
Speaker 1: get really annoyed seeing the interest that I page month
Speaker 1: on my everyone does.
Speaker 3: Look, it's I think you need to be sensible about it.
Speaker 3: I don't know this for a fact, but I think
Speaker 3: the more that you ask, the less that you'll get
Speaker 3: long term. Really, yes, I wouldn't be more than every
Speaker 3: six to twelve months, you know, once twice a year
Speaker 3: at a push, I think is probably sensible. I think
Speaker 3: the banks in their system somehow probably flag how often
Speaker 3: you're asking a little fun It wouldn't surprise me. I'm
Speaker 3: not saying it's true, but.
Speaker 1: Once twice a year if there's any mortgage not mortgage brocus,
Speaker 1: but if there's anyone who works for the bank, it
Speaker 1: happens to know the answer to happen, Please send me
Speaker 1: a DM.
Speaker 2: I'd be intrigued to know.
Speaker 1: All right, how often then do you ask on behalf
Speaker 1: of your clients for a further discount with the.
Speaker 3: Banks generally speaking, once or twice a year, unless circumstances change,
Speaker 3: such as lower loader value ratio with reducing debt or
Speaker 3: selling property, things like that. When things change, we can
Speaker 3: ask again because of those changes, and it puts you
Speaker 3: in a different pricing interest rate bracket. We will Otherwise
Speaker 3: we're using some AI technology that track our clients interest rates. Wow,
Speaker 3: and then as the as the rate balloons out of
Speaker 3: a competitive band, then the software will trigger a request
Speaker 3: to the bank to ask for a better rate.
Speaker 2: That's brilliant.
Speaker 3: It's fantastic.
Speaker 2: Is that something that you guys do that's quite unique.
Speaker 3: I wouldn't say unique. I think more and more brokers
Speaker 3: are starting to use it because it's a really good
Speaker 3: service and it's a part of looking after your customers.
Speaker 3: So but on the whole it's not. I don't think
Speaker 3: it's widely used, but definitely more and more.
Speaker 2: I definitely want AI helping me pay off you.
Speaker 3: So look, we love it, Our clients love it. The
Speaker 3: communication updates around the monthly save monthly or annual savings,
Speaker 3: when we're getting those rates passed on communicated out three miles.
Speaker 3: Everyone loves it. So why wouldn't we use it? All? Right?
Speaker 1: The other day I saw something in the media and
Speaker 1: it was about a z bank having these low risk
Speaker 1: mortgages in affluent areas that can borrow with as little
Speaker 1: as five percent deposit? Is this true or is it
Speaker 1: too good to be true and there are some nasty
Speaker 1: strings attached?
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's true.
Speaker 2: Really, it's more.
Speaker 3: I understand it in a bit of a trial phase,
Speaker 3: but there are some catches. You know, it's a minimum
Speaker 3: minimum own size of two million, so then you're looking
Speaker 3: at I think you know your income to support that
Speaker 3: would be up around the five hundred thousand mark, So
Speaker 3: they're targeting the wealthy.
Speaker 2: And the top two percent of the coma.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and in those affluent suburbs where the property prices
Speaker 3: are increasing, so the bank's de risking that in that sense,
Speaker 3: they're waiving them Morgane insurance because you know, if it's
Speaker 3: east in suburbs of Sydney, well when did the property
Speaker 3: prices last go down there?
Speaker 2: Wow?
Speaker 1: That seems so unfair that. You know, essentially, if you're
Speaker 1: living in an affluent area, you're getting potentially a cheaper
Speaker 1: interest rate because you're buying borrowing a large amount of money.
Speaker 1: You can get away without having to pay mortgage insurance,
Speaker 1: which is exceptionally expensive and a massive waste of money.
Speaker 3: Price range a little bit a lot.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and like better terms and conditions on your homelane.
Speaker 3: Look, I don't I haven't seen the figures. It wouldn't
Speaker 3: surprise me if the interest rate is inflated.
Speaker 2: Okay, alright, that makes me a little bit better, But.
Speaker 3: I mean it's inflated interest rate, it's not you know,
Speaker 3: how many how many people are going to qualify for this?
Speaker 3: You know, at that two million dollar five and a
Speaker 3: K family income. But at the same time, we may
Speaker 3: end up cutting this out. But you know, they wouldn't
Speaker 3: have got an extamp duty concessions, they'd never be eligible
Speaker 3: for the first home by our grants. Maybe don't put that in.
Speaker 2: No, No, I think it's I think it's really important.
Speaker 1: Okay, Well, maybe I'm being a bit sometimes, maybe I'm
Speaker 1: being a bit pull poppy syndrome.
Speaker 3: And look, at the end of the day, the bank
Speaker 3: are targeting that that they've indicated they want that target market. Yeah,
Speaker 3: they want their business. Maybe it's because they wanted to
Speaker 3: do sell them financial products as well insurances. Yeah, so
Speaker 3: look they can totally and you know, good on, good
Speaker 3: on whoever qualifies for that and saves all that mortgage insurance,
Speaker 3: you know that's off to them.
Speaker 2: All right.
Speaker 1: Well, that then spurs on my next question, and that's
Speaker 1: really back. It's about the inspiration behind like just desperately
Speaker 1: wanting to get into the mortgage market. So for anyone
Speaker 1: who has say a five to ten percent deposit ready
Speaker 1: to go, what are your thoughts of just biting the
Speaker 1: bullet and copying the mortgage insurance to get your foot
Speaker 1: in the door at least and then work to head
Speaker 1: down bar and try and pay the mortgage rop as
Speaker 1: quickly as possible or as much as you possibly can,
Speaker 1: so that that LVR drops and then you go back
Speaker 1: to the bank and go, hey, I've knocked off you know,
Speaker 1: X amount of dollars off my homelann and my property's
Speaker 1: gone up by this much. Can I, you know, look
Speaker 1: at refinancing and potentially get a refund on my mortgage insurance?
Speaker 1: Is that something that I know people have done in
Speaker 1: the past. Is that something people can do? And do
Speaker 1: you actually think it's a worthy strategy considering?
Speaker 3: Yes, I think and I've always had this view that
Speaker 3: mortgage insurance some time time is just a necessary evil.
Speaker 3: You know, it's an opportunity cost, and you've got to
Speaker 3: weigh it up. So, if you don't want to pay
Speaker 3: mortgage insurance, how much longer is it going to take
Speaker 3: you to save that extra fifteen percent in that period?
Speaker 3: If it's three years in that period, what did you
Speaker 3: forego in properly growth?
Speaker 1: Yeah, And that's the thing is we can't save as
Speaker 1: fast as what the property market's doing, and it doesn't
Speaker 1: look like it's slowing down anytime soon. So unfortunately, as
Speaker 1: you said it, you have to sort of accept what
Speaker 1: it is.
Speaker 3: I think, get in. Yeah, get in, because as as
Speaker 3: you wait and try and save more to avoid mortgage insurance,
Speaker 3: the property market so the price range that you're looking
Speaker 3: at today could be two hundred thousand dollars more in
Speaker 3: three years time, you know, would you then fifteen percent
Speaker 3: target extra that you had wouldn't be enough.
Speaker 2: You'd need more again, Yeah, just chasing your tail.
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, And as you said, the property market's a
Speaker 3: bit of a speeding train, and you know, so just
Speaker 3: jump on board. I think if you can, if you
Speaker 3: can get in secure the place that you desire, you
Speaker 3: and your family, and you're aware of the mortgage insurance
Speaker 3: costs and you pick it up, you get your house,
Speaker 3: move on, as you said, target paying it off as
Speaker 3: quickly as you can, all right.
Speaker 1: That then then leads me to my next question for
Speaker 1: first home owners that just want to get in the market.
Speaker 1: Are people really using this super Safest scheme? Or is
Speaker 1: it just like a bit of a hoken offering from
Speaker 1: the government knowing that really going to use it but
Speaker 1: it makes them look good.
Speaker 3: No, it's good. I've had a number of clients that
Speaker 3: are using it. Really, you get tax savings as you contribute,
Speaker 3: so I think it's fifteen thousand per year. You can
Speaker 3: contribute per applicant, per borrower, and then you can draw
Speaker 3: I think it's fifty up to fifty thousand and eight
Speaker 3: at the end of it when you're ready to.
Speaker 1: Buy, So potentially you get one hundred thousand dollars deposit
Speaker 1: tax free.
Speaker 2: Wow.
Speaker 1: But it's got to be used for purchasing a home, correct,
Speaker 1: and a home that you move into, correct, not an
Speaker 1: investment property.
Speaker 3: No, that's right.
Speaker 2: Are there any other terms and conditions that people need
Speaker 2: to be aware of?
Speaker 3: You can also at the time that you're buying, you
Speaker 3: can also withdraw the earnings of those funds that you're
Speaker 3: deposited into SUPER. So you know, if it was in
Speaker 3: an interest bearing account at ten percent, you can take
Speaker 3: that back out. Why buy?
Speaker 1: And is there do you need to see a mortgage
Speaker 1: broker that actually specializes in this or do most mortgage
Speaker 1: brokers do this?
Speaker 3: Oh? Look, it's not a mortgage broker, not a mortgage
Speaker 3: broker product or you know basically basically via your accountant
Speaker 3: that you need to do that or through your super
Speaker 3: fun your contributions, and then when you're ready to buy,
Speaker 3: it's called a determination, So you apply through your super
Speaker 3: fund or the ATO to get that fund those funds
Speaker 3: released and go, wow.
Speaker 1: Okay, definitely something that's worth considering. But obviously you've got
Speaker 1: to be so careful then of the damage done to
Speaker 1: your superannuation. You know, you've got to make sure that
Speaker 1: you try and rebuild it back up again so that
Speaker 1: you can eventually one day retire. But at least, as
Speaker 1: you said, you've got your foot in the door of
Speaker 1: the market.
Speaker 3: Yeah, but you're putting those in as it's part of
Speaker 3: your savings for your deposit, so and it's a traducing attack,
Speaker 3: so you can either have your you know, if you've
Speaker 3: got thousand in your savings account that you're holding for property,
Speaker 3: you can start putting that into your super as a
Speaker 3: way of saving on tax and building up a bigger deposit.
Speaker 2: I guess it also helps remove temptation to spend it.
Speaker 2: And belood that's true too, which is you know, a
Speaker 2: lot of people is a big risk.
Speaker 1: All right, Is there anything else we need to know
Speaker 1: for first home buyers right now to help them get.
Speaker 2: Into the market.
Speaker 3: Really, Look, there's there's one lender policy and product that
Speaker 3: I really like for first time buyers, which is the
Speaker 3: genuine savings rules. So if you don't have genuine savings
Speaker 3: normally either three or five percent, you need to have
Speaker 3: genuine savings up to the purchase price for that three
Speaker 3: or five percent, and you need to have it in
Speaker 3: your account for at least six months if you don't.
Speaker 3: If you don't have that genuine savings for six months,
Speaker 3: there are ways that you can get around it, which is,
Speaker 3: if you're a tenant and you've got a registered lease
Speaker 3: with an agent and you can verify that you've been
Speaker 3: paying your rent on time for six months, you get
Speaker 3: around that genuine savings rule. So that's really powerful.
Speaker 2: That's really helpful.
Speaker 1: I mean that takes a lot of stress and pressure
Speaker 1: of people can say, well, they can't actually show any savings,
Speaker 1: but because they're paying a ridiculous amount of rent each week,
Speaker 1: and we see.
Speaker 3: This because you know they might have they come across
Speaker 3: any inheritance or a gift from their parents to help
Speaker 3: them buy instead of having to wait six months. There's
Speaker 3: ways around it. So we're using that a bit at
Speaker 3: the moment, which has really been really successful.
Speaker 2: That's good.
Speaker 1: And Adam, what would you say that people are really
Speaker 1: asking to help with right now.
Speaker 3: Aside from the obvious, which is refinancing, making sure they're
Speaker 3: getting the best deal if it's not investing or first
Speaker 3: time buyers, we're doing a lot of equity releasing for renovations.
Speaker 3: Really yeah, well, there's you know, you talk to people
Speaker 3: and real estate agents in the market, there's a there's
Speaker 3: an under supply of property, and there's a lot of
Speaker 3: clients that just are tide of paying small stand duty
Speaker 3: moving home. You know, it's not as easy as it sounds.
Speaker 1: There's also the stress of selling and then making sure
Speaker 1: you get straight back into the market, and then the
Speaker 1: stress of well what if we find something we want
Speaker 1: to buy but then have trouble selling or not getting
Speaker 1: the right price that we want for our existing home,
Speaker 1: like it's a anxelet it is.
Speaker 3: And there's obviously bridging finance available to cover that gap,
Speaker 3: but that's expensive as well because you're paying interest on
Speaker 3: the whole all both properties. So yeah, renovating it's something
Speaker 3: we're doing seeing a lot of at the moment. It
Speaker 3: saves you moving builder spec it out as you know,
Speaker 3: as you prefer now you're like you're home to be.
Speaker 2: So we're doing for a bit of that and increase
Speaker 2: the value of your home.
Speaker 3: Increase value of your home. So yeah, there's a lot
Speaker 3: of lenders that are willing to give you the money
Speaker 3: which gives you, gives you a bit of control over it,
Speaker 3: paying your builder quickly, keeping things moving instead of going
Speaker 3: through the building construction line pros. As long as it's
Speaker 3: not major instruct major structural stuff, we're doing a fair
Speaker 3: bit of that.
Speaker 2: Wow, that's really interesting.
Speaker 1: All right, Adam as always, thank you so much for
Speaker 1: letting me pick your braid. And I know I probably
Speaker 1: like poked quite hard in asking for some maybe uncomfortable,
Speaker 1: maybe controversial answers from you, So thank you.
Speaker 2: For opening up and being so honest.
Speaker 3: Pleasure with us.
Speaker 1: Now, for anyone who wants to talk to you about
Speaker 1: their home loan or their homeland application or how they
Speaker 1: can try and I guess negotiate a better deal with
Speaker 1: their bank. How well, what is the best way to
Speaker 1: get in contact with you? And how do you work
Speaker 1: and what's you charge? Like, what's the process involved?
Speaker 3: Yeah? Look, the best way to get in touch is
Speaker 3: either an email, probably an email at first, because you know,
Speaker 3: we're always quite busy.
Speaker 2: What's your email address?
Speaker 3: It's Adam at Blue Lantern dot com dot au. So
Speaker 3: send me an email there and I'm more than happy
Speaker 3: to get back in touch and we can arrange your
Speaker 3: time to either have a meeting on zoom or general
Speaker 3: chat over the phone initially, and we charge We don't
Speaker 3: charge any please ever. So as mortgage brokers, we are
Speaker 3: mmunerated by the bank we're successful obtaining a loan for
Speaker 3: our clients, and that is all disclosed within our documentation
Speaker 3: that we share with our clients what we call our
Speaker 3: compliance forms our loan proposals, so all those commissions are
Speaker 3: disclosed in there, so we don't charge any fees at
Speaker 3: all ever.
Speaker 1: All right, well, look, thank you everyone for listening today's episode,
Speaker 1: and thanks again for Adam. Please feel free to reach
Speaker 1: out to Adam if you have any questions at all,
Speaker 1: and we will probably chat with you in the next
Speaker 1: four or five weeks again to pick your brain about
Speaker 1: Australian mortgage money.
Speaker 3: Can't wait. Thanks Canna