Brisbane’s best mortgage broker revealed

We asked our readers to vote for Brisbane’s best mortgage broker. After a week of voting, our readers have crowned a new winner! See the full list and read what our winners had to say.

Arch Brokerage, Best of Brisbane. Picture: Social Lab

We put the call out to our readers to nominate Brisbane’s best mortgage broker and after hundreds of responses we narrowed the list down to a group of finalists. We can now reveal, as voted by our readers, Brisbane’s best mortgage broker!

10. Brisbane Home Loans

9. Mortgage Choice Brisbane City

Speciality: Home loans, investment loans, personal loans and car finance

Opened: 2015

Suburb: Brisbane

Instagram: Mortgage Choice Brisbane City

Mortgage Choice Brisbane City, Best of Brisbane. Picture: Kristina Wild

Five quick facts:

1. Owner Matt Cunliffe said nobody working in the business is over the age of 40.

2. The business is run by a husband and wife team.

3. More females work in the business than males.

4. Mr Cunliffe graduated from the OPM program at Harvard Business School in April last year.

5. They describe themselves as “mad Brisbane Broncos supporters.”

8. Dream Financing

7. Lending Solved

6. 360 Mortgage Solutions

5. Bespoke Money Broking

Speciality: Complex and self-employed home loans

Opened: 2014

Suburb: Tarragindi

Instagram: Bespoke Money Broking

Bespoke Money Broking, Best of Brisbane. Picture: Joanna Bowden

Five quick facts:

1. Owner Michelle Ryan said she has referral partners in every area required for purchasing real estate. “From conveyancers, building and pest through to buyers agent for those who want the entire process taken out of their hands. We can assist the most astute investors building portfolios and the most complex self employed structures,” she said.

2. She is a one-woman show with a “brilliant support team.”

3. She keeps the process as smooth as possible for clients.

4. She has access to more than 45 lenders.

5. She has access to nonconforming lenders “to assist those who may sit outside the mainstream box,” she said.

4. Dan Liao

3. Youeil Shol – Loan Market LMS

Speciality: Debt recycling, auction purchases and short turnaround times

Opened: 2021

Suburb: Aspley

Facebook: Youeil Shol

Youeil Shol – Loan Market LMS, Best of Brisbane. Picture: Youeil Shol – Loan Market LMS

Three quick facts:

1. Director Youeil Shol said they have serviced nearly 700 people in just three years.

2. The home loan process has been made simple to help clients achieve their financial goals.

3. He said they are a small team but “deliver service like we are a multimillion-dollar company,” he said.

2. George Samios – Madd Loans

Speciality: First home buyers, investors and super fund loans

Opened: 2012

Suburb: Seven Hills

Instagram: George Samios – Madd Loans

Madd Loans, Best of Brisbane. Picture: Madd Loans

Five quick facts:

1. The business name stands for “Making A Difference Daily.”

2. Mr Samios said they hold a charity ball annually, and have raised more than $300,000 for the Children’s Hospital Foundation.

3. They were awarded #1 Mortgage Broker in the country by FBAA.

4. The team speaks more than six languages.

5. More than $2 billion in loans have been settled by Madd Loans.

1. Arch Brokerage

Speciality: First home buyers, self-employed borrowers and refinance specialists

Opened: 2019

Suburb: Brisbane

Instagram: Arch Brokerage

Arch Brokerage, Best of Brisbane. Picture: Social Lab

Five quick facts:

1. Director Colin O’Loughlin said they hold a First Home Buyers Seminar for free once a year.

2. All clients become part of the family. He said they after settlement clients receive a branded hoodie “as a token of our appreciation for choosing us as their mortgage broker,” he said.

3. They take on clients at all stages of their financial journey.

4. The team has decades of experience.

5. The is named after a family pet. “The name Arch Brokerage actually originates from our dog, Archie. We wanted a name that epitomised what we are as a business which is a family run one,” he said.