February 2009 - BRW Fast Franchises Refund Home Loans #1 Article
Mortgage brokers may be viewed as a casualty of the global economic crisis but as the financial services industry continues to face more challenges, two mortgage brokers, Refund Home Loans and...
January 2009 - Refund Ranked 1st in BRW Fast Franchises by Revenue
Refund Home Loans (Refund) this week added further to its performance credentials when it topped the rating for “Fastest-Growing Franchises by Revenue” in the prestigious BRW magazine annual survey...
January 2009 - Radio Interview 2UE
What CBA is doing is removing the freedom of choice, independence and transparency that mortgage brokers have so far been able to give to their customers...
November 2008 - Latest awards reveal Refund Home Loans growth
Refund Home Loans (Refund) received two significant business awards that reflect homebuyers’ acceptance of the company’s innovative business model and underline the continued growth...
November 2008 - Refund Ranked 10th in BRW Fast 100
Discount fees and high yields mean good business for a lending entrepreneur.
October 2008 - Success for mobile mortgage
brokers
When Refund Home Loans entered the competitive mortgage market in April 2004 it launched a business model that included Refunds of up to 50% of the commission received...
October 2008 - The Smart Company Awards
Wayne Ormond launched Refund Home Loans in September 2003 after starting his career with the big banks where he became a successful lender of home loan products and services...
September 2008 - Refund chief questions CBA move
Founder of Refund Home Loans Wayne Ormond has issued a press release expressing dismay at Commonwealth Bank’s acquisition of a 33% stake in Aussie Home Loans...
August 2008 - Rivals implicated in ANZ price-fixing accusation
Refund Home Loans managing director Wayne Ormond told BusinessDay that Westpac and St George had also attempted to stop both brokers from giving part of their commission to customers, but withdrew their objection after the complaint was lodged with the ACCC...
June 2008 - Commission Cuts No Impact on Refund Home Loans
Refund Home Loans (Refund) is adamant its business model will remain unchanged despite reductions of up to 30 per cent in bank commissions ...
“The cuts have made no difference,” he said...
May 2008 - The Courier Mail: Why lenders might say no
MORTGAGE brokers agree recent years have been the easiest in living memory for Australians to secure a home loan. Wayne Ormond, executive chairman of Brisbane-based brokers' franchise Refund Home Loans, says banks are zeroing in on those with only short...
May 2008 - Refund Home Loans and Wayne Ormond: Backgrounder
At a time when economic uncertainty is widespread and housing affordability is under the spotlight, a relative newcomer to the market, Refund Home Loans, is steadily increasing its share of a growing segment of the market...
April 2008 - The Australian: Getting set to sizzle
HE has been dubbed the "Loan Hero" on television current affairs shows, but business life has not always been easy for Refund Home Loans entrepreneur Wayne Ormond. Head of a mortgage broking outfit listed in BRW's 2008 rankings as the fastest-growing franchise for outlet growth and fourth for greater revenue.
...affairs shows, but business life has not always been easy for Refund Home Loans entrepreneur Wayne Ormond. Head of a mortgage broking outfit...
April 2008 - AusBroker: Franchise groups prefer not to compare
The most recent BRW Fast Franchise report listed three mortgage broking franchise groups among the fastest growing franchise models in Australia. Top of the pile was Queensland-based Refund Home Loans which was the fourth fastest growing business in revenue terms and...
March 2008 - Refund Home Loan chief - “Government does not understand mortgage transfer situation”
Wayne Ormond, founder and executive chairman of the fast growing Refund Home Loan mortgage broking company says the Government’s actions intended to make the transfer of mortgages easier and less expensive is ineffectual and shows a lack of understanding of the refinancing process...
March 2008 - The Courier Mail: Franchisors' slim pickings
THE hunt for franchisees has become a battle of the big spenders, with franchisors plunging tens of millions of dollars a year into recruitment. A study by market research firm 10 Thousand Feet found the sector spent $44.
...the Gold Coast and in Brisbane. In contrast, local mortgage broker Refund Home Loans, recently named Australia's fastest-growing franchise by...
February 2008 - Mortgage broker tops ratings
A Queensland company that started up just four years ago and took on the big names in the ultra competitive mortgage broking business has come out on top...
January 2008 - Business Review Weekly: Refund Home Loans
Refund achieves #1 Fast Franchises, #12 Fast 100, and #16 Fast Starters.
January 2008 - Refund Home Loans assures franchisees with potential home loan business
The Refund Home Loans franchise assures its franchisees of earnings scopes, exclusive territory, low-cost start-up, minimal overheads, professional advice and training, national advertising, and website development.
December 2007 - The success story of the Refund Home Loans
The Refund Home Loans franchise is one of the mortgage brokers based in Australia, which was set up in September 2003. The financial services business was started by Wayne Ormond...
August 2007 - The Courier Mail: ANZ Bank 'still anticompetitive'
The accusation from Brisbane-based mortgage broker Refund Home Loans revolves around money given to customers who take up financing. "Because we give refunds to customers, we still can't be accredited with ANZ," Refund managing director Wayne Ormond said yesterday...
July 2007 - Your Mortgage Magazine Article: Home Loan Rates
Home Loan Rates - Where are they headed?
June2007 - Your Mortgage Magazine Article: Fixed Rate Mortgages
Overview of fixed rate mortgages.
April 2007 - MPA 7.5 Article: Refund buys defunct Mortgage Refunds
News article regarding Refund Home Loans.
January 2005 - MP slams banks for refusing to deal with Refund
Four of Australia's major banks have come under fire from the floor of federal parliament for refusing to deal with Refund Home Loans - the Brisbane-based company that refunds up to half of its upfront commission to home loan clients.
July 2004 - Refund Refusal
Wayne Ormond is the new kid on the mortgage broker block. His business, Refund Home Loans, is the latest broker to hand cash back to its clients. It gives up to fifty per cent of the commission it receives from a lender for a loan...
June 2004 - The Mortgage Wars
The managing director of Refund Home Loans, Wayne Ormond, sees Symond as the champion of his sector. "The banks are..." |
