Opes Financial

A mortgage broker for Gold Coast borrowers, on a national lender panel.

A mortgage broker covering home loans, refinancing, investment and SMSF lending for the Gold Coast and south-east Queensland. Delivered virtually. Same panel, same broker, no in-person office in Queensland.

Burleigh Heads headland at blue hour with Norfolk pines silhouetted against the dusk sky.

How the service works for Gold Coast clients.

Every meeting is by video or phone. Document collection runs through a secure portal. Loan and supporting documents are e-signed. Submission to the lender is electronic. Physical proximity does not change processing time at any major Australian lender.

A typical Gold Coast file runs across three contact points. An introductory call to map income and target. A working session to compare lender options. A submission walkthrough and email updates until settlement.

Hours run 8am to 7pm AEST. We keep slots open outside the standard 9-to-5 for borrowers who can only talk after the working day.

No Gold Coast shopfront. Same national lender panel.

The practice operates from Docklands, Melbourne. Lender access does not depend on broker postcode. The panel is national. Gold Coast owner-occupier and investment files are submitted, priced and assessed under the same lender policies as a file from anywhere else in Australia.

Cross-border files into Tweed Heads and northern New South Wales are routine. The lender sees the property, not the broker's state.

What does not change
  • Same 50+ lender panel.
  • Same broker, the whole way through.
  • No upfront fee for residential lending.
  • Same Credit Guide before any submission.

Loans we arrange for Gold Coast borrowers.

01

Owner-occupied home loans

Variable, fixed, split, offset. Gold Coast owner-occupier files often involve interstate relocators bringing existing equity north.

02

Refinancing

Rate review, cashback offers where available, equity release, debt consolidation. Loans older than two years are usually above market.

03

First home buyer loans

Federal First Home Guarantee scheme and Queensland state assistance, including the First Home Owner Grant for new builds.

04

Investment property loans

Interest-only, P&I, portfolio structuring. Sydney and Melbourne investors buying Gold Coast assets are a recurring file type.

05

Commercial property loans

Owner-occupier commercial and investment commercial. Self-employed clients with stable cash flow are the typical fit.

06

SMSF property loans

Residential and commercial LRBAs through specialist SMSF lenders. Queensland trustees are treated identically to interstate files.

07

Construction and bridging

Progress draws, end debt, short-term bridging. Useful for upgraders sitting on equity from a long-held property down south.

08

Car and personal loans

Through the same panel where it makes sense. Less common than residential, but available when needed.

The 50+ lender panel for Gold Coast borrowers.

50+ lenders via Outsource Financial. The six listed are the lenders we send the most volume to. SMSF-specialist lenders sit on a smaller, more cautious panel. Lender selection depends on credit profile, LVR and loan purpose, not on the borrower's state.

Used regularly
  • ANZ
  • NAB
  • ME Bank
  • Bendigo Bank
  • Mortgage Ezy
  • La Trobe Financial
SMSF specialists
  • La Trobe Financial
  • Mortgage Ezy
  • Pepper Money
  • Granite Home Loans
The Gold Coast book

Loan profile we see most often.

Practice-wide loan sizes land between $500,000 and $800,000. Gold Coast beachside files at Burleigh, Mermaid Beach and Palm Beach often run above the upper bound, and hinterland files at Tallai and Currumbin Valley sit at the higher end too. The home loan repayment calculator is the simplest first read on what those sizes look like monthly.

Investment lending is a meaningful share of the Gold Coast book. A material portion of buyers are Sydney and Melbourne households purchasing here for lifestyle or for yield. Cross-state coordination on stamp duty, land tax and absentee-owner positions is routine.

Refinancing volume from established owner-occupiers is strong. Loans held for more than two years are very often above market, both because rates have moved and because retention pricing inside the major banks does not reward the inattentive borrower. The refinance break-even tool usually settles the question.

SMSF and broker fees explained.

SMSF lending

End-to-end for Queensland trustees.

30+ SMSF loan clients across the practice. Queensland trustees access end-to-end SMSF lending and, where relevant, the broader strategy under one adviser. Coordinated with the trustee's accountant.

Broker fees

No upfront fee on residential.

Broker commission is paid by the lender on settlement. The arrangement is disclosed in the Credit Guide before any application is submitted. Commercial and SMSF can carry advice fees, agreed in writing before work starts. Queensland first-home buyers should also have a look at the first home buyer page.

What Gold Coast borrowers usually ask first.

No. The practice operates from Docklands, Melbourne. All Gold Coast engagements are by video and phone. There is no in-person option in Queensland, by design, and it has not changed how loans are submitted or assessed.
No. Lender submission is electronic. Document upload is electronic. The assessor at the lender does not know, and does not care, where the broker is sitting. Turnaround times depend on lender service-level and file complexity, not broker location.
For residential lending, the lender pays the broker an upfront commission on settlement and a trail commission while the loan is active. The borrower pays nothing to the broker for residential. This is disclosed in the Credit Guide before any application is submitted.
Yes. Queensland transfer duty concessions for first home buyers, the First Home Owner Grant for new builds, and the federal First Home Guarantee scheme are part of standard intake. We coordinate with Queensland conveyancers on the property side.
Yes. A meaningful share of files are interstate buyers. The lender sees the property and the borrower, not the broker location. Cross-state coordination on land tax and absentee positions is part of the work.

Start with a free first call.

A first conversation. Income, deposit, target property if you have one. The same call Gold Coast clients have had with us for years.