Australia’s biggest bank, Commonwealth Bank, has increased its mortgage market share over the past financial year, with mortgage brokers accounting for just shy of half of new mortgage flows.
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CBA’s full year results, the major bank grew its Australian home loan portfolio by 6.8% in FY2016, to $409 billion. Over the financial year, the bank settled $101 billion worth of new home loans, bringing its mortgage market share to 25.3%, up from 25.2% market share at the end of the previous financial year.
The results also showed brokers were responsible for 49% of new home lending over the year, increasing their share of CBA’s new business by 4% from FY2016. The proprietary channel, on the other hand, decreased their share of CBA’s new home lending by 4% over the financial year, accounting for 51% of new business.
This has brought broker market share of CBA’s total Australian mortgage portfolio to 45%, up from 43% at the end of June 2015.
The major bank reported a statutory net profit after tax of $9.2 billion for FY2016, up 2% from last year. It reported a fully franked final dividend of $2.22 per share, taking the full year dividend to $4.20, which is flat on the prior year.
