How To Correct a Mistake On Your Credit Report
A mistake on your credit report can be remedied. If your credit file has incorrect information, or the default listing [...]
Bad credit affects refinancing market too
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-07-05T14:34:17+00:00 July 5th, 2012|Broker, Consumer, Industry News|
Refinancing numbers are at a record high. But any home owner looking to refinance needs to consider they could have [...]
Help I have applied for my first home, but I have been declined! How do I fix bad credit?
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-07-05T13:13:55+00:00 July 5th, 2012|Broker, Consumer, Industry News|
Bad credit is common, affecting millions of Australians and sometimes it goes undetected until you apply for a loan. This [...]
Future thinking…building your brokerage business through relationships
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-06-26T13:15:59+00:00 June 26th, 2012|Broker, Industry News|
Building a great brokerage business, or any business for that matter starts one client at a time. We look at [...]
Veda warns small businesses not to overcommit in lieu of Federal Budget
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-06-26T12:45:55+00:00 June 26th, 2012|Broker, Consumer, Industry News|
Credit reporting agency, Veda Advantage is warning small businesses in the lead up to the end of the financial year [...]
How You Can Give Yourself the Best Chance of Being Approved For Your First Home
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-06-25T14:08:25+00:00 June 25th, 2012|Broker, Consumer|
A great deposit and a great income is not enough to ensure you get the home loan that’s right for [...]
Credit file education could help consumers save money and reduce default numbers
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-06-25T12:08:06+00:00 June 25th, 2012|Broker, Consumer, Industry News|
Media Release Credit file education could help consumers save money and reduce default numbers 19 June 2012 Brokers who provide [...]
Telco consumer code on third rewrite for June deadline
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-09-18T12:01:11+00:00 June 21st, 2012|Broker, Consumer, Industry News, Legislation|
A third shot at a telecommunications consumer code has recently been submitted by Telcos to the Australian Communications and Media [...]
More Australians under financial pressure and less to use credit for luxuries says D&B
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-06-21T13:05:02+00:00 June 21st, 2012|Broker, Consumer, Industry News|
Despite a 20-year high in household savings, Dun & Bradstreet’s latest Consumer Credit Expectations Survey reveals more Australians are worried [...]
Beware banks last-ditch attempts to raise credit limits
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-06-19T11:31:49+00:00 June 19th, 2012|Broker, Consumer, Industry News|
As of July 1, the Government has banned unsolicited offers to raise people’s credit limits. So no longer will people receive [...]
The Top 7 Credit File Myths Costing Brokers More Than $50,000 Every Year
By GrahamDoessel| 2013-05-23T14:20:17+00:00 June 18th, 2012|Broker, media releases, Press Releases|
Media Release The Top 7 Credit File Myths Costing Brokers More Than $50,000 Every Year 7 June 2012 By Graham [...]
More Aussies struggling with less people candidates for mainstream credit
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-06-12T14:07:41+00:00 June 12th, 2012|Broker, Consumer, Industry News|
A recent survey shows the number of Aussies struggling to meet their credit commitments is increasing. Will late payment notations [...]
Mortgage stress eased by RBA cuts to interest rates…if passed on
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-06-05T15:57:55+00:00 June 5th, 2012|Broker, Consumer|
The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut the cash rate by 25bps today - which should ease mortgage stress and [...]
Default rates soar amongst over 65’s
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-06-04T12:31:58+00:00 June 4th, 2012|Broker, Consumer|
A study on generational trends in credit activity over the past ten years put out by credit reporting agency Veda [...]
A wait and see approach to logistics of new credit laws
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-09-18T12:02:19+00:00 May 31st, 2012|Broker, Consumer, Legislation, Privacy Commissioner|
Most people are very positive about changes to Australia's Privacy Laws which are coming through Parliament, effectively bringing Australia out [...]
Report shows more Australians are forced into accessing fringe credit
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-05-29T15:45:46+00:00 May 29th, 2012|Broker, Consumer, Industry News|
If anyone thought having bad credit meant people were merely unable to purchase big ticket items such as a home [...]
Credit reporting changes introduced into Parliament
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-09-18T12:03:56+00:00 May 24th, 2012|Broker, Consumer, Industry News, Legislation|
Further to news on changes to Australia’s Privacy Laws, the Attorney-General Nicola Roxon announced that much awaited changes to the [...]
Financial worries could loom over economy: Consumer Advocate for credit reporting accuracy
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-05-17T12:24:34+00:00 May 17th, 2012|Broker, Consumer, Industry News|
On the whole it seems Australians are feeling insecure about their finances. Is this the catalyst for or as a result [...]
How To Save On Your Home Loan and Prevent Mortgage Stress
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-05-15T11:23:32+00:00 May 15th, 2012|Broker, Consumer|
A drop in house prices across many parts of the country could see some families owing more than their homes [...]
Liar liar…why honesty is the best policy when obtaining and repairing credit
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-05-10T15:01:31+00:00 May 10th, 2012|Broker, Consumer|
We look at the dangers of being less than honest when it comes to finance and how you can lose [...]
How to fix a bad credit rating – in Australia
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-05-01T12:22:31+00:00 May 1st, 2012|Broker, Consumer|
How do you fix a bad credit rating? Well it depends on where you live. In Australia it can be [...]
Credit Rating Repair Customer Costs – A Tale of Two Business Models
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-04-26T21:40:32+00:00 April 26th, 2012|Broker, Consumer, Industry News|
“It was the best of times, and it was the worst of times.” Nothing could be truer for this time [...]
New Credit Rating Repair Industry Body CRIAA positive step for Brokers and consumers
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-04-26T20:57:59+00:00 April 26th, 2012|Broker, Consumer, Industry News|
It is exciting to see where the credit rating repair industry is heading and I am proud to be a [...]
Emergency loans from family and friends are rampant – where’s the backup plan?
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-04-24T11:54:07+00:00 April 24th, 2012|Broker, Consumer, Industry News|
When times get tough, we all hope our friends and family would be there to lend a helping hand. But [...]
A consumer advocate shows Aussie singles how to recover from post-relationship credit crisis.
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-04-20T14:57:16+00:00 April 20th, 2012|Broker, Consumer, Industry News|
Being lumbered with relationship debt is a common cause of bad credit. People can be stuck to a bad relationship [...]
Graham Doessel – consumer credit advocate – reveals the gap has widened between the haves and the have nots
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-03-29T15:48:44+00:00 March 29th, 2012|Broker, Consumer|
For those people on a low income, statistics coming from the Australian Bureau of Statistics report that home ownership has [...]
How to help more clients… A former award winning broker shows why the millions of Aussies with bad credit are not lost
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-03-25T22:18:38+00:00 March 25th, 2012|Broker|
Those brokers who are just in it for the money are few and far between in this market. Those that [...]
One in four Australians short of cash would default on mortgage
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-03-20T12:39:51+00:00 March 20th, 2012|Broker, Consumer, Industry News|
More struggling Australian families than ever do not expect to manage their existing debt levels in the coming months. The [...]
Small business credit hard to obtain
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-03-14T16:27:40+00:00 March 14th, 2012|Broker, Industry News|
An interesting article featured in Broker News today, for those interested in small business lending criteria, and small business credit [...]
Housing finance falls: ABS Statistics reveal drop for January
By GrahamDoessel| 2012-03-13T22:15:15+00:00 March 13th, 2012|Broker|
Despite predictions housing finance would flatten or continue to show rises for January, Australian Bureau (ABS) Housing Figures January 2012 [...]