Your award winning local mortgage and home loan broker serving all Melbourne suburbs including Oakleigh.
Mortgage Choice Oakleigh is owned by Marvin Coleman, a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years finance experience, including 6 years with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, a global accountancy firm.
Marvin was thrilled to win a 2008 Mortgage Choice Victoria Business Excellence award. He is also the only Mortgage Broker endorsed by Pauline Barrow, President of the Australian Institute of Conveyancers.
Marvin has clients throughout Australia, particularly from Melbourne's south eastern suburbs including Malvern East, Ashburton, Carnegie, Burwood and Hughesdale.
After leaving London (with a Melbourne wife and 2 young children by his side!), he wanted to run his own business. It was important to him to become involved in a business which was transparent to clients in its practices and values and took advantage of his finance skills and property investment experience. That's why he chose Mortgage Choice!
Whether you're a first home buyer, upgrading or downsizing to your next home, buying an investment property or looking to refinance, our job is to help you find a home loan that best suits you, and take care of all the running around. Marvin will help you choose a home loan that suits you, and get the paperwork done with the minimum of fuss.
This is a free service as he is paid by the lenders. However, he receives exactly the same payment regardless of the lender. This means that there's no financial incentive whatsoever for him to recommend one lender over another.
Call Marvin on 9553 6354 or 0431 376 008 to arrange an appointment. His office is on the corner of North and Warrigal Roads in Oakleigh.
Testimonials
From Sam & Lauren Bugden
As first home buyers we were daunted by the number of home loans on the market. Marvin helped us decipher what type of home loans we should look at and then helped us compare them.
He was great at explaining the more complex details of the home loans; on a level that we could understand so that we could make an informed decision.
Marvin guided us all the way through the home loan application process, contacting the lenders on our behalf and applying for the first home buyers grant. From the beginning right through to settlement
Marvin kept in contact with us to ensure that we were informed at each stage of the process.
We would definitely use Marvin again and highly recommend his service to others considering to enter the property market.
From Antoinette Poulton
We had already approached a lender and had been approved for a home loan when we first spoke with Marvin. We were not altogether sure we'd secured the best loan for us, but we had already found the lender concerned not especially forthcoming with information and their customer service certainly left something to be desired.
So we asked Marvin to check loan products just in case he could find us a better deal. Within the space of a morning, he'd found us three cheaper products and we'd decided to go ahead with one of them. He was more than happy to come to our home that same day to complete the paperwork which he lodged on our behalf.
While we waited for approval, Marvin telephoned and emailed regularly to update and reassure us.
When we dealt with the first lender, communication was always an issue, whereas having Marvin made the process seem more personal. He offers a great service that ensures buying a home is less stressful.
From Douglas Martell
Also forgot to THANK YOU. Now it's all done it really has made the whole management of my loans very easy and efficient and has allowed me to put a plan in place to be able to pay off within a MUCH shorter period.
So a great outcome and thankful for your professional advice and assistance in making this happen.
Oliver and Bee Newbery
From initial consultation, to collecting the keys to our new apartment, Marvin was always on hand for help and advice, often beyond business hours, which demonstrated his dedication to ensuring first class service.
As first-home buyers, it was refreshing to have Marvin explain the available options patiently and succinctly.
Thank you!
How to choose a home loan
Here are 5 essential tips that you should consider when choosing a home loan:
1. Interest rates
Interest rate is obviously important, but remember that you are not simply looking for the home loan with the lowest interest rate because there are many other considerations.
For example, the mortgage lender with the ‘best’ interest rate may have high ongoing fees and therefore your home loan may cost you more in the long term than a similar one with a higher interest rate.
Be sure to consider ‘break and switch’ costs as well because if you decide to pay out your home loan or refinance before time will you be charged exorbitant fees to do so.
Also, be wary of an introductory rate. It may be ‘cheap’ at the start but it may also revert to a much higher rate after once the introductory term has finished. You should try to negotiate an interest rate discount with your mortgage lender over the longer term.
2. Features and flexibility
What are the home loan features that you need? Home loans with the ‘best’ interest rate may not have all the features you need or be as flexible as you need it to be. For example, do you want the ability to pay extra so you can prepare yourself for future rate rises and also create a buffer if your financial circumstances change?
You also need to consider the accessibility of your mortgage lender in terms of ATM, internet, face-to-face contact, etc. Decide what you need and ask whether your chosen home loan lender has the features available.
3. Consider the current home loan approval times
Is your home loan approval time critical? If so, the lender with the ‘best’ home loan may not be able to get your loan approved in time. During peak processing periods, lender service times can vary between 2 to 20 working days.
4. Compare home loan products
Visit a reputable mortgage broker with more than 20 lenders on their panel. This way, you can research and compare a broad range of home loans and lenders all within the one visit.