The mortgage finance industry has come together to celebrate the year’s top performers at the Australian Mortgage Awards.
While it didn’t have the same glitz and glamour of the usual awards venue The Star, hundreds of people went online on Friday night to discover the winners of the 2021 AMAs.
Hosted by TV and radio presenter Erin Molan, and supported by event partner Westpac, awards were presented to brokers, brokerages, major and non-major banks, non-banks, BDMs and aggregators in 30 categories.
Westpac Group CEO Peter King said he was proud that 2021 marked the 12th year of Westpac’s support for the Australian Mortgage Awards.
“It’s a great opportunity to celebrate our achievements over the past 12 months,” King said.
The most highly anticipated awards of the night were the Westpac Australian Broker of the Year and the Liberty Australian Brokerage of the Year.
Westpac Australian Broker of the Year was won by highly experienced and multi-award winning broker Louisa Sanghera (pictured)
The Liberty Australian Brokerage of the Year Award went to Home Loan Experts, led by Prakash Rai.
Among the other broker winners were Kevin Wheatley of Bayside Commercial Mortgages (La Trobe Broker of the Year – Commercial); John Contarino of Mobile Finance Broker (Broker of the Year – Regional) and Luke Whitbread, Mortgage Choice Erina, who won MFAA Young Gun of the Year – Franchise.
In the brokerage awards, winners included Everlend (NextGen.Net New Brokerage of the Year) and Empower Wealth (Resimac Brokerage of the Year – Diversification). Home Loan Experts won CBA Brokerage of the Year (Over 20 Staff); Brokerage of the Year (6 to 20 Staff) went to XIN Mortgage, while PFS Financial Services was crowned winner of Brokerage of the Year (1 to 5 Staff).
Bankwest won MSA National Bank of the Year, while Pepper Money was awarded Non-Bank of the Year and 86 400 was crowned Fintech Lender of the Year. Better Choice Home Loans won Loan Services Team of the Year.
Finsure won OnDeck Aggregator of the Year (Over 500 brokers), while the Prime Capital Aggregator of the Year (Up to 500 brokers) Award went to MoneyQuest.
Pepper Money won the Best Industry Marketing Campaign and Best Industry Service went to NextGen.Net.
The awards were proudly supported by Adelaide Bank, Bankwest, BOQ Broker, Commonwealth Bank, Equity-One, FBAA, La Trobe Financial, Liberty, MFAA, Mortgage Choice, MSA National, NextGen.Net, OnDeck, Pepper Money, Prime Capital and Resimac.
See here for the full list of 2021 Australian Mortgage Award winners:
Westpac Australian Broker of the Year
Liberty Australian Brokerage of the Year
FBAA Broker of the Year — Independent
Pepper Money Broker of the Year — Specialist Lending
Equity-One Broker of the Year — Productivity
Broker of the Year — Regional
MFAA Young Gun of the Year (Franchise)
Adelaide Bank Young Gun of the Year — Independent
Resimac Brokerage of the Year — Diversification
Brokerage of the Year (1—5 staff)
Brokerage of the Year (6—20 staff)
CBA Brokerage of the Year (>20 staff)
Brokerage of the Year — Regional
NextGen.Net New Brokerage of the Year
BOQ Broker Best Customer Service from an Individual Office
Most Effective Digital Strategy — Brokerage
Best Industry Marketing Campaign
Best Industry Service
Prime Capital Aggregator of the Year (Up to 500 brokers)
OnDeck Aggregator of the Year (Over 500 brokers)
Best Major Bank BDM
Best Non-Major Bank BDM
Mortgage Choice Best Non-Bank BDM
Non-Bank of the Year
Loan Services Team of the Year
Most Effective Digital Strategy — Lender
Fintech Lender of the Year
