Past News

Monday 22 October 2018 Thriving national mortgage broking franchise, MoneyQuest, held its National Conference last week on the Gold Coast where it revealed the winners of its 2018 national business awards. MoneyQuest Managing Director Michael Russell said, “Our National Conference is the perfect opportunity to recognise our champion performers and celebrate their success. Now in Read the full article…

Paul and Matt Wright’s maiden flights in mortgage broking took off in 2002 & 2003 respectively. Today Paul continues to pilot one of Wollongong’s largest finance businesses as does Matt in Dubbo. Together they settled an impressive $175million in 2017 servicing regional NSW and join MoneyQuest with the intention of taking their businesses from 20,000 Read the full article…

Melbourne, 16th February, 2018: A little over a week ago, our Federal Treasurer called out APRA’s macro-prudential controls implemented to cool housing price growth as ‘malleable’ and on that basis a great thing compared to changes in the tax system. By way of background, in December 2014 APRA imposed a 10% annual growth cap on Read the full article…

It’s all too easy to rack up debt – credit cards, HECS, car loans – and may seem all too hard to pay it off. Debt can also have a big impact on how much money you can borrow for a home loan, so reducing your debt is essential when you set out to buy Read the full article…

Looking for ways to pay off your mortgage in record time? Whether you’re a seasoned investor or buying your first home, an offset loan can help you reduce interest payments, save on tax and pay your mortgage off years ahead of schedule. What is an offset loan? With an offset loan (also called an offset account, Read the full article…

Melbourne, 19th August, 2017: Thriving national mortgage broking franchise, MoneyQuest, is proud to announce the winners of its 2017 national business awards. The winners were revealed at the MoneyQuest Group National Conference held earlier this week in Melbourne. MoneyQuest Managing Director, Michael Russell, said, “Our National Conference is the perfect opportunity to recognise our champion performers Read the full article…

Melbourne, 19th October, 2017: Thriving national mortgage broking franchise, MoneyQuest, is proud to announce the winners of its 2017 national business awards. The winners were revealed at the MoneyQuest Group National Conference held earlier this week in Melbourne. MoneyQuest Managing Director, Michael Russell, said, “Our National Conference is the perfect opportunity to recognise our champion Read the full article…

How many of us get excited about purchasing our first home, or even our new family home?  We arrange the loan, settle on finance and move in – awesome! The change is great, the family are happy, the excitement is overwhelming.   All care has been taken to ensure a good purchase price, competitive interest rate and Read the full article…

Managing Director of national broking franchise MoneyQuest, Michael Russell, is calling upon the inquisitive minds from across the country to question, scratch beneath the surface and illuminate what we are not being told about living in a world of Big Data, Algorithms, Robo-Advice and AI. “In recent months hordes of financial analysts & market commentators Read the full article…

Melbourne, 14 August 2017: Investment banks aren’t in touch with the home loan market in Australia says leading broking group. Michael Russell, Managing Director of national broking group MoneyQuest cautions organisations against passing judgement on key participants in Australia’s residential mortgage market without first having a thorough understanding of the market. In particular, Mr Russell’s rebuff Read the full article…