The 2017 Young Guns on track to become industry leaders

These brokers aren’t just exciting prospects; they’re writing huge volumes and winning accolades

The 2017 Young Guns on track to become industry leaders
These brokers aren’t just exciting prospects; they’re writing huge volumes and winning accolades

Eight new brokers recognised by MPA’s Young Guns report, sponsored by Suncorp, have gone on to be recognised in other awards.

Just nine months since the report was published – and less than three years since these brokers became accredited – a number of brokers were finalists for the Australian Mortgage Awards and MFAA Excellence Awards.

Nick Ash of Loan Market, Sam Panetta of Yellow Brick Road Dee Why and Paddy O’Sullivan of Mortgage Choice were finalists for the AMA Young Gun of the Year (Franchise) award. 

Finalists for the ING Young Gun of the Year (Independent) award included ex-MPA young guns Mustafa Haddad of Anne Street Partners, Natasha Choi of the Australian Lending & Investment Centre, Nathaniel Nhan Truong of The Loan Lounge and Joe Xianjun Zhou of The Financiers Group. Zhou’s brokerage was also a finalist for the ANZ Brokerage of the Year (1-5 staff) award.

At the MFAA’s Excellence Awards for NSW/ACT, MPA Young Gun Michael Xia won the Newcomer Award – beating other MPA Young Guns in the process. 

The new industry elite

MPA’s Young Guns aren’t just the best newcomers; they’re outperforming many established brokers. On average, 2017’s Young Guns wrote $35.7m in loans over 12 months.

The average across broking, according to the MFAA’s Industry Intelligence Service report, is $11.8m.

In fact, the Young Guns’ volumes puts them in the top 9% of the entire population of brokers, the MFAA’s IIS report shows. 

2018’s Young Guns

MPA is currently looking for the next generation of Young Guns.

Applications are currently open online, until December 1st: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YoungGuns2018

The Young Guns report is not ranked, but brokers do need to meet certain criteria, including being under 35, in their first two years as a broker, and writing at least $15m in loans over the year.

Young Guns are selected by the quality of recommendations they provide: those that make the list will be featured in the magazine, online and on MPA’s consumer-facing sister website Your Mortgage.

Want to join the industry elite? Here’s where you start.