company traded as asx moc founded 1992 founder rodney higgins & peter higgins headquarters sydney australia area served australia key people peter ritchie ao chairman john flavell ceo services mortgage broking financial planning website www.mortgagechoice.com.au mortgage choice limited asx moc commonly known as mortgage choice is a publicly listed australian mortgage broking firm . mortgage choice is a current member of the franchise council of australia 1 as well as the mortgage & finance association of australia ; 2 and holds a credit license number 382869 issued by the australian securities & investments commission . 3 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 financial information 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was founded in 1992 in sydney by rod higgins and peter higgins . 4 after two years in operation the company became a franchisor in 1994 by selling its first franchise license in wollongong . that grew to a national footprint in 1996 . in 1998 mortgage choice launched a website and ran its first tv advertisement one year later . in 2004 the company officially listed on the australian stock exchange . in 2008 it launched a diversified product offering commencing with mortgage protection insurance ; in 2011 that offering runs across commercial and personal loans asset finance and risk and general insurances . in 2009 mortgage choice acquired mortgage aggregator loankit 5 . this re launched in 2010 as the company s aggregation arm . in 2010 mortgage choice acquired australian home loan and insurance comparison website helpmechoose.com.au ; 6 and launched its first white label product bluegum home loans . 7 operations edit in australia mortgage choice is a national mortgage broker with a customer base in excess of 350 000 and a residential home loan panel of over 28 lenders . 8 the franchisor s head office is in sydney with state offices in brisbane melbourne adelaide and perth . there are approximately 405 mortgage choice franchises in operation across australia in all states and territories . financial information edit financial highlights for the 12 months to 30 june 2014 net profit after tax npat on a cash basis was 18.7 million an increase of 18.6 % on fy13 . mortgage choice s loan book reached 47.4 billion . this was up 4.6 % from 45.3 billion at 30 june 2013 . 12.2 billion worth of housing loan approvals were written by mortgage choice in the year up from 10.4 billion in fy13 . mortgage choice s settlements hit 10.4 billion up 18.1 % from 8.8 billion in fy13 . shareholders rewarded with a fully franked final dividend of 8 cents per share which takes the total dividends for the year to 15.5 cents per share up from 13 cents per share in fy13 . ifrs highlights for the 12 months to 30 june 2014 npat was 18.5 million down 1.4 % on 18.7 million in fy13 excluding gain on sale of loankit . this result can be attributed to the fact that mortgage choice was required to realign its valuation assumptions to reflect the changing economic factors . earnings per share is now sitting at 16.0 cents up from 15.2 cents in fy13 including the sale of loankit . total group revenue was 178.5 million up 14.8 % on fy13 . references edit current fca members . franchise council australia . retrieved 2011 07 04 . find an mfaa member . mfaa . retrieved 2011 07 04 . credit licensee mortgage choice . asic . retrieved 2011 07 04 . mortgage choice about us . mortgage choice . retrieved 2011 07 04 . mortgage choice acquires loankit . business spectator . retrieved 2011 07 04 . mortgage choice acquires helpchooseme . smart company . retrieved 2011 07 04 . mortgage choice launches bluegum home loans . predictive text . retrieved 2011 07 04 . about mortgage choice . mortgage choice . retrieved 2011 07 04 . external links edit mortgage choice website help me choose website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mortgage choice & oldid 694121910 categories financial services companies of australiahidden categories use dmy dates from may 2014use australian english from may 2014all wikipedia articles written in australian english navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 december 2015 at 06 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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