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Feb 3rd, 2015 – Former young rich lister Wayne Ormond finds just what the doctor ordered with new medical service
Former BRW Young Rich Lister who was once voted Queensland’s richest bachelor is tapping his franchising expertise to oversee a fast-growing new medical service.
April 11, 2014 – City Beat: Wayne Ormond Works His Way Back on Corporate Circuit
He was on the BRW Young Rich List for three years running and voted one of Queensland’s Richest Bachelors.
November 2012 – How to deal with the banks
I recently had the opportunity to swim with sharks at a water park on the Gold Coast. It sounds pretty simple. Put on wetsuit, get in the tank and prepare to be terrified, easy really.
October 2011 – Wayne’s world of woe
Wayne Ormond has always loved bashing the banks. Despite working with a range of lenders to secure loans for home buyers, the founder of mortgage broking business Refund Home Loans has never been shy of criticising the big four’s record profits and high fees.
ALL News Articles
- 2011 – Japanese Banks
- October 2011 – Former Queensland richest bachelor Wayne Ormond battles to save Refund Home Loans
- October 2011 – Refund Home Loans to seek buyer
- September 2011 – Ain’t no time for love
- September 2011 – Address to Refund Group at the official opening of Refund Real Estate, Queensland
- July 2011 – Eight ways to turbo-charge your team’s performance
- July 2011 – Smart50 alumni storm on to BRW Young Rich list
- May 2011 – Jobs queen Sarina Russo has finally offloaded her aquamarine-coloured Porsche 911 after many years – and traded up in some style.
- January 2011 – Wayne Ormond: Refund Home Loans
- December 2010 – Borrowers count the cost of a switch hit: home lenders
- September 2010 – Dorry Kordahi offers the Facebook generation’s “it’s complicated” explanation when asked his relationship status. “I always say a relationship is like another job,” Kordahi says. “It’s probably a tougher job than running a business.”
- August 2010 – A good deal from banks?
- September 2010 – BRW YOUNG RICH LIST
- 2010 – Refund Home Loans is a mortgage broking service with a difference. They actually pay you to do business with them!
- November 2009 – Sourcing from banks ‘without fear or favour’ or shop front overheads, Refund Home Loans has grown rapidly in the Australian mortgage market by offering 50 per cent commission refunds on home loans
- November 2009 – Wayne Ormond, the founder of Refund Home Loans, Mortgage franchise and #1 BRW Fast Franchises – January 2009 (by revenue), has scooped a ‘highly commended’ in Brisbane Business News magazine’s inaugural Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards
- November 2009 – Sourcing from banks ‘without fear or favour’ or shop front overheads, Refund Home Loans has grown rapidly in the Australian mortgage market by offering 50 per cent commission refunds on home loans.
- Oct 2009 – Are mortgage brokers working in your interest
- September 2009 – Wayne Ormond is the country boy from Innisfail made good, quickly and efficiently amassing a fortune through his mortgage broking firm, Refund Home Loans.
- September 2009 – MEET Queensland’s richest bachelor. He’s successful, driven, young and worth a cool $25 million according to the latest BRW Young Rich List
- September 2009 – Wayne Ormond was nominated for Mercedes-Benz Award for Young Business Person of the Year
- July 2009 – The Commonwealth Bank has told thousands of mortgage brokers they won’t be allowed to offer the banks loans if they don’t write enough business for the CBA
- July 2009 – THE independence of mortgage brokers may be threatened by the big banks forcing them to write a minimum number of loans or face “reaccreditation” classes costing up to $500
- July 2009 – CBA squeezes brokers
- July 2009 – Post financial inquiry into Australia’s big banks
- Mar 2009 – The Story of Refund Home Loans
- Developers are offering a huge range of freebies to get you into a new home, but some fear they will only add to the debt buyers take on.
- August 2008 – Rivals implicated in ANZ price-fixing accusation
- August 2008 – 5000 mortgage brokers to go in market mayhem
- June 2008 – Commission Cuts No Impact on Refund Home Loans
- April 2008 – The Australian: Getting set to sizzle
- March 2008 – Refund Home Loan chief – “Government does not understand mortgage transfer situation”
- March 2008 – The Courier Mail: Franchisors’ slim pickings
- January 2008 – Refund Home Loans assures franchisees with potential home loan business
- Aug 2007 – Rivals implicated in ANZ price-fixing accusation
- 2007 – ANZ Bank ‘still anticompetitive’ on mortgages
- Aug 2005 – Some of the big banks and lenders in Australia are not advising their clients that they are entitled to a refund on their mortgage insurance if they refinance within 2 years
- July 2006 – Refund Home Loans shares their commission with customers, and now they are looking for new brokers to join the team with a Refund Home Loans franchise
- 2005 – Lender Mortgage Insurance Refunds – when do they expire, what am I eligible for, and should I be told
- Dec 2004 – Michael Johnson MP tells the House of Representatives that the Big Four Banks do not support Refund Home Loans giving away ‘their money’ to customers. The Big Four Banks were using commercial intimidation against Refund Home Loans, and this matter has been taken to the ACCC
- June 2004 – The home-loan market is shrinking, the banks want their profits back, and the mortgage brokers will be fighting for survival, writes James Kirby.