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Background

Before entering broking, Mel had an extensive career in banking working across branches, credit and lending.

After making the leap to broking - she was a CSM (Client Service Manager) within a brokerage before opening Zest Mortgage Solutions with the same aggregator she worked with in her previous role.

It was an easy transition to make and she was writing healthy volumes of business. But she wanted to scale further.

In early 2020, she went out and interviewed several aggregators to understand their offerings and how they would suit her operation and growth ambitions.

Challenge

One of the main reasons Mel left banking was that she longed to break out of the rigid customer service process that prevailed across the industry.

“I knew clients would appreciate an educational experience that empowers them in their financial journey - as opposed to the transactional nature of going direct to a bank - but I didn’t fully comprehend the demand that was out there for my proposition,” she said.

Looking for more than just a CRM and an ACL, which you can get with any aggregator, Mel wanted a partner to help with her development, business and marketing.

“Tech is really important and what Loan Market offers keeps me compliant, closer to my clients and more productive than before. But I was really drawn to how Loan Market had the support and coaching structures to help me grow - to really partner with me and lean in to where I wanted to get to.”

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Solution

Loan Market has invested significantly in enabling brokers to deliver an exceptional customer experience.

For instance, Loan Market prepared its brokers to adhere to the Best Interests Duty - a byproduct of the Hayne Royal Commission - by approaching compliance and customer experience in equal measure.

All brokers are onboarded under the Loan Market Blueprint. The operations playbook helps brokers guide clients through every step of the loan journey in a paperless process. The process also pays attention to Kaizen-influenced productivity measures, meaning client outcomes are delivered faster, helping brokers win back more time.

Mel utilises her extra time to focus on what she couldn’t do in a bank environment. She wanted to educate clients so they could be empowered on their journey; so they knew what each and every step in the process was about, and how the right decisions would put them in a strong financial position now and for the future.

Her proposition resonated with the marketplace

Mel’s been able to sustain constant growth and her standard of customer experience along the way by scaling up her team. As well as helping her with business coaching, Loan Market has helped Mel identify areas she needs to address to continue to scale, with her team now growing to seven (Mel, a loan writer/broker, an operations manager, two Client Service Managers, a settlements officer and an administrative specialist) as well as a part-time marketing consultant.

Loan Market’s also assisting Mel in expanding into new markets

“I’m in the Springfield market, and I’d like to be able to expand into another marketplace with a strong focus on community and families - helping these clients is really important to me.”

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150%

YoY Growth since working with Loan Market

Results

In FY21 Mel settled loans for 98 clients; in the most recent 12 months, she secured loans for 243 clients - an increase of 148%.

Mel’s goal to grow continues at a rapid pace. In FY21 she settled $46m in loans for clients, which surged to $116m over FY22 - an increase of 152%, year-on-year.

Her results have won her accolades across the industry, less than three years after opening, including:

Better Business Awards

Best Newcomer

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Better Business Awards

Best Newcomer

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Better Business Awards

Best Newcomer

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Mel was also recognised amongst Loan Market’s Top New Talent at the aggregator’s international conference in Brisbane this year.

“This is an example testimonial from a customer or a mortgage broker that was extremely happy with the service Loan Market provided them. They were so happy they provided this testimonial.”

Jane Smith

Mortgage broker - Sydney Australia

“This is an example testimonial from a customer or a mortgage broker that was extremely happy with the service Loan Market provided them. They were so happy they provided this testimonial.”

Jane Smith

Mortgage broker - Sydney Australia

“This is an example testimonial from a customer or a mortgage broker that was extremely happy with the service Loan Market provided them. They were so happy they provided this testimonial.”

Jane Smith

Mortgage broker - Sydney Australia

“This is an example testimonial from a customer or a mortgage broker that was extremely happy with the service Loan Market provided them. They were so happy they provided this testimonial.”

Jane Smith

Mortgage broker - Sydney Australia