AUSTRALIAN MORTGAGE AWARDS WINNERS 2O15
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BROKER OF THE YEAR – FINANCE
BROKER OF THE YEAR – INSURANCE (MORTGAGE PROTECTION AND LIFE)
BROKER OF THE YEAR – NON-CONFORMING
GEORGE KARAM
PEITA DAVIES
GIULIO AVIAN
BYBLOS FINANCE
CHOICE HOME LOANS BLUE MOUNTAINS
FUNDSNATIONAL
Bursting into the limelight as one of Australia’s best commercial brokers is something that George Karam attributes to his clear service proposition. “We know what our client is looking for as soon as he walks into the office, and if he’s a good client with good character and good credibility then we’ll fight for the deal,” he says. Karam came first in this year’s MPA Top 10 Commercial Brokers and has been expanding and improving Byblos Finance to capitalise on the Western Sydney construction boom.
As a multiple AMA winner in the franchise and brokerage categories, it’s interesting to see that Peita Davies is now leading the way in insurance, and she’s loving it. “To win an award outside of your core business, and to know you’re protecting your clients, is awesome,” she says. Davies thinks all brokers should consider insurance: “Why shouldn’t you protect your clients? Every client is going into debt; it’s our job to make sure they protect that debt.”
It’s the second time Giulio Avian has walked away with the Non-conforming AMA, cementing his place as an expert in this field of lending, which “can be considerably more complex than a normal deal, but sometimes it can be very simple as well,” he says. “You can be making an enormous impact on an individual; someone who doesn’t meet the general lending criteria of a bank.” His brokerage Fundsnational is set up specifically to assist these types of clients.
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