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ABOUT US

Active Finance is a small business offering personalised service.
Principal, Stuart Litchfield offers a unique skill-set developed from a wide experience base.
  • Bachelor of Commerce (Accountancy) University of NSW
  • Diploma Financial Planning (7 modules)
  • Successful corporate career - final 10 years in senior executive roles
  • 8 years in private practice as management consultant
  • 6 years as owner operator of large supermarket
  • Last 11 years operating Active Finance – highly qualified as Financial Planner and Mortgage Broker
Stuart offers sound, common sense advice to all loan clients :
  • Strategic advice for the proposed transaction
  • Client education (if required)
  • Effective loan structuring ( to meet tax and other objectives)
  • Regular reviews (loan "health checks")
  • Negative gearing to build property portfolio
  • Do’s and don’ts of property selection
  • How to negotiate a purchase (or sale)
  • Cash flow budgeting (as required)
  • Active Finance offer over 600 loan products. We will "shop" your loan to multiple lenders, often negotiating "off the card" rates.
We love Off-Set accounts for almost every loan. Call and we’ll tell you why an off-set account can be so powerful!
We love a challenge
Many of our clients have been advised they don’t qualify for finance. There is no better satisfaction for us than confirming with a client their loan application is now approved. We have the experience and tenacity to get the hard ones over the line! Test us!

Active Finance Fees Charged
Active Finance do not charge any fees for this general advice or loan approval. Sometimes we have advised clients for several years before a purchase or refinance actually occurs.

We are paid be the lenders, as are all brokers. We receive an initial commission when your loan settles and a smaller, ongoing, trail commission every month, based on balance of the loan. Hence, since this trail commission is very important to us, we will always be available to assist you in follow up service. This includes our popular Home Loan Health Check Reports.

There are a couple of circumstances where a fee may apply.

Lenders will often "claw-back" broker commission on a loan if the loan is discharged (paid out) within a short time (usually less than 12 or 18 months). Our client engagement agreement permits us to claim this claw-back from the borrower.

There are some very rare transactions where a fee is appropriate – clients are advised of this prior to commencement.

Why Use a Broker?
A. Selecting the Lender:
⇒ Often there is only one lender who will do the deal?
⇒ Perhaps they will lend more than their competitors?
⇒ How do you find them?

Lenders all have varying policies, for example :
• Time in job
• Credit worthiness – defaults
• Cash out
• Construction
• Owner builders
• Self Managed Superannuation Funds
• Type of property - Acreage, studio apartments, dual residency

Acceptable income to service the loan :
• Casual Income
• Centrelink income
• Child support
• Overseas income
• Investment income
• Contractors
• Self employed
• Lo-doc

Perhaps you are solid enough to qualify with all lenders?
If you have the time you can contact all lenders (over 30) and review all of their product offerings (over 600 different loans).

Or if you prefer we will do it for you Free of Charge.

A good broker will consider hundreds of loans for you and select several appropriate loans for your circumstances. We at Active Finance have often negotiated “Special Deals” for our borrowers. These deals are not advertised and are not available on the lenders rate cards. Ask us how?
B. Loan structure – for tax benefits now or later!
⇒ What if you rent the house down the track?
⇒ What can you do now to maximise the tax position later?
⇒ Should you consider a Fixed Rate?
⇒ Should you choose Interest Only or Principle and Interest?
⇒ What about an off-set account?
⇒ Should you consider a lender “package”?
⇒ What about Exit Fees?

See Home and Investment Loans for more information on our services (Link)
C. Other Services Offered
⇒ Referral to professional Low Cost conveyancing services
⇒ Referral to Credit Repair Service that has achieved results for our clients
⇒ Referral to consultant to provide Depreciation Schedule accepted by ATO (investors)
⇒ Referral to honest reliable insurance consultant to ensure you are covered against risks
that, should they occur, would lead to financial distress and possible ruin.

Testimonials
My name is Tim. I am a self employed carpenter from the Gold Coast. At the age of 24 owning a home was just a dream for me. With the help of Active Finance my dream became reality when they achieved what I was told by other financial lenders was impossible.

I made several attempts to get finance but all the lenders advised me it wasn’t achievable. I persisted but all I got was rejection. After a lot of humiliation and disappointment I gave up. It wasn’t until I was talking to another home owner that I was told about Active Finance.

The friendly service and professional treatment made me feel my application was important. Better than that – my application was approved!

Tim Johnstone
Gold Coast


I can’t believe the way you guys communicated with me. I was kept fully up to date at each stage of the approval process.

Julie Roberts
Brisbane

Thanks for all the help in purchasing my first investment property. I bought my home 5 years ago and it was not a good experience. The bank really put me through heaps of pressure. You made it easy with your no nonsense approach. I’m a tradie and, though I knew I could save some tax, you clearly explained how it all works with the tax man. It was amazing to realise I don’t really need to put too much cash in each week. I had thought it would be all good in the end but a big burden at first. I’m handling it easy. Thanks again. I’ll be back.

Bill
Kingsgrove

I had defaults on my Credit Report and, when my friend suggested I call you, I really thought it would be a waste of time. You were honest and told me the bank was right – I couldn’t get approved with the defaults. But then you blew me away – you were actually interested enough to help me get my report cleared up. No one ever went that far before. We’re in the house now and it’s all because you went the extra yard.

Frederic and Celeste
Melbourne

I thought I was savvy to finance but when my girl friend told me how you helped her refinance and save a lot on interest I thought I’d give you a try. I started to have a bit of confidence in you when the first thing you asked was about my exit fees from the current lender. When you showed me I could cover those fees in 4 months of savings with the new lender it was an easy decision. I’m on track to pay off my home 6 years sooner. Thanks heaps.

Heather Robinson
Coburg

Thank you so much for all your help. I was stressing but you made it easy. Thanks for your cool head and all that advice.

Cameron (and Candice)
Cairns

Thanks for being so understanding – I know I was a pain with all those questions. You just seemed to understand. You really helped me get through it. We really love the house.

Simon and Rebecca
Wollongong

Stuart was very helpful. We were first home buyers and our knowledge was less then it could have been. Stuart helped us every step of the way. He even coached us in negotiating strategies that helped us to buy for less than we expected. We really were a bit scared of it all but Stuart took it all in stride – none of our questions seemed to bother him. He made it all so easy. We are both working people so we appreciated the “plain talk” approach.

Tom and Helen
Engadine

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Contact Us

Active Finance Pty Ltd
114 Jacaranda Ave, Tweed Heads West, NSW, 2485

Ph: 07 5599 8044
Fax: 07 5599 8055
Mob 0421 288 866
Email: stuart@activefinance.com.au

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