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Aussie Launches National Franchise Program
Australia’s leading non-bank lender, Aussie Home Loans, has launched an exciting franchise program to expand its national retail presence.
Aussie Home Loans has already launched two franchised outlets in Brisbane and discussions are underway with a range of potential franchisees in other cities and regional areas.
The franchised “Aussie Shops” will add another distribution channel to Aussie Home Loans’ very successful network, historically based on its mortgage advisers, who now number 600 people, visiting customers at their home or office, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Founder and Managing Director of Aussie Home Loans, Mr John Symond, said “This is the first time we have offered industry professionals the chance to benefit directly from the huge brand equity we have built up in the Aussie name.
“We are seeking the best, most experienced franchisees in the industry, to participate in this exciting venture – which will see many more Aussie Shops open up across Australia in major shopping areas”, he added.
Aussie’s research has shown that more than 50 per cent of its customers would still prefer to visit a mortgage adviser, rather than have them come to their homes.
Like the 10 Aussie Shops already operating in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, the franchised retail outlets offer a complete home finance advisory service, a huge selection of competitively priced home loans and advice for customers about how to save thousands of dollars off their home loans.
The Aussie Shops are effectively a one-stop solution for all the information customers need to find the right home loan. The shops are especially popular with first home buyers who can choose their home loan from a wide range of loans from Aussie’s panel of 18 major banks, other lenders and its own brand.
The Aussie Shops’ expert team of mortgage advisers help customers through their use of Mortgage Explorer, a computer-based, do-it-yourself home loan comparison and savings calculator, designed to let customers find out how much they could be saving on their home loans.
Customers now have the choice of seeing Aussie’s expert mortgage advisers during the shops’ opening hours or 24 hours a day, seven days a week at their home or workplace.
Mr Symond, said “Our Aussie Shops provide smart business owners the opportunity to tap into the valuable brand name of Aussie, which research shows is recognised by 98 per cent of Australians.
“We continue to support the Aussie brand with more than $10 million worth of advertising and promotion each year and franchisees will enjoy the benefits of our continued strong presence in the home loan market”, he added.
Aussie’s accredited mortgage advisers are providing up to $10 billion worth of settled home loans each year across Australia.
For further information on Aussie Franchises, please call:
Mark Hooper
Aussie
(02) 8297 0727