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Complimentary Assessment
This can be done on your mobile, tablet or desktop and takes a few minutes to complete. Completing an enquiry will allow us to more accurately assess your scenario and provide a personalised response when we first contact you. Submitting a detailed enquiry is recommended for clients looking to make a serious purchase in the next 3-6 months or refinance to capture rate savings today.
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Guides
Self-Employed Lending Guide
Next Home Buyers Guide
Calculators
FAQs
Why use SF Capital?
SF Capital is an award winning Mortgage Broking firm that provides a full suite of residential and commercial lending services. While many mortgage brokers may claim this, our key points of difference are:
- We can handle large and complex transactions where other brokers would be too lazy, unwilling or unable to find a solution
- We single-mindedly focus on approving your loan in one go and giving you the best service experience possible. SF stands for “Service First”
- We team extremely well with your other advisers – accountants, solicitors, financial planners, real estate agents – to give them a great experience as well
- We focus on providing education and advice that adds value to your requirements, rather than being a transactional salesperson looking to ‘close the deal’
See About us to read more about our points of difference.
What does a mortgage broker do?
A mortgage broker is a professional adviser that finds you the best loan for your financing needs. ‘Best’ is often more than just price, but can mean loan amount, loan features, loan structure, and most importantly, the ability of the lender to accept your unique scenario.
An exceptional mortgage broker should be focused on delivering three main things.
- Understanding your requirements and solving your scenario
- Opening up the market for you and giving you choice
- Managing the process for you so you can focus on the most important decisions, not the distractions
Why should I use a mortgage broker rather than go directly to a bank?
Using a Mortgage Broker has many distinct advantages to going directly to the bank. These advantages include:
- Extensive product and lender choice. In turn, this gives you access to better rates, unique products, and more flexible policies.
- Top brokers are problem solvers and know the policies of many banks, not just one. This means you will find a home for your scenario where your bank might get stuck.
- Brokers offer more personalised service and are available when the bank is shut. You can pick your broker, but often you can’t pick your banker!
- For complex loans and commercial loans, especially property development, banks also prefer to work with brokers because they know how to structure and package a deal where a client would have no time or get stuck
- Often your branch based banker will change jobs, switch banks or get promoted, meaning you will be referred to a new banker who has to relearn your scenario each time. A mortgage broker usually stays with you for as long as they remain in the profession, and this is especially true where they are the principal of the business or accredited with a specific firm.
How does a mortgage broker get paid for their services?
A Mortgage Broker is paid a fee from the bank for successfully settling your loan; this fee is usually a percentage of the loan size.
The service provided by the SF Capital Mortgage Broker is a professional service to ensure you achieve certainty of financing, on the most competitive terms possible and in a timely manner.
There is no charge for an initial assessment of your scenario. However, to be able to deliver our level of service and expertise, we charge an application fee if you instruct us to prepare and submit your application.
Additional fees may apply for construction loans, small loan sizes, expat loans, bridging loans, family guarantees, SMSF loans, purchasing in a company or trust, very complex structures or business lending.
