Headland Financial
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Case studies.

Every scenario below is a real client — names and identifying details removed. From Palm Beach to Mosman, here's how we put the right loan, with the right lender, in front of the right deadline.

40+
Lender relationships maintained
26 days
Median time to settlement
Palm Beach — Bridging · Premium acquisition
Palm Beach
Bridging · Premium acquisition

Bridging finance for a Palm Beach purchase before the family home sold.

Situation

A Mosman family secured an off-market Palm Beach property and needed to settle before listing their existing home.

Complication

Mainstream bridging products would have required a sale contract already in place.

Outcome

We structured a private bridge with a 12-month term — drawn at settlement, repaid on sale.

Loan amount
$6.4M
Settlement
14 days
Mosman — Refinance · Self-employed
Mosman
Refinance · Self-employed

A $4.2M refinance with three trusts and a tight settlement.

Situation

A self-employed client with income spread across three trusts needed to refinance before a fixed-rate cliff.

Complication

Two major banks declined on serviceability calculations that ignored retained earnings.

Outcome

Placed with a second-tier lender that took a commercial view — saving 1.1% on rate.

Loan amount
$4.2M
Settlement
26 days
Have a complex scenario?

Trusts, self-employment, multiple entities, tight timing — the harder it looks, the more useful we are.

Manly — Investment · Restructure
Manly
Investment · Restructure

Six investment properties consolidated under one facility.

Situation

An investor was holding six properties across four lenders, each with separate revaluations and offset accounts.

Complication

Cash flow visibility was poor, and overall borrowing capacity had been understated.

Outcome

Consolidated to a single lender with a master facility, releasing $480k of equity in the process.

Loan amount
$3.8M
Settlement
42 days
Freshwater — First home buyer · FHBG
Freshwater
First home buyer · FHBG

A first home buyer into Freshwater with a 5% deposit.

Situation

A young couple had been told repeatedly they needed 20% to buy anywhere on the Beaches.

Complication

Stamp duty and LMI on a sub-20% deposit would have wiped out their savings.

Outcome

Secured a place under the First Home Guarantee Scheme — no LMI, no stamp duty, settled in 31 days.

Loan amount
$1.35M
Settlement
31 days
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Avalon — Construction · Architectural build
Avalon
Construction · Architectural build

Construction finance for an architect-designed Avalon rebuild.

Situation

Owners knocking down a 1970s cottage to build a contemporary family home with progressive drawdowns.

Complication

Their bank's construction product capped LVR at 70% and required quantity-surveyor sign-off at each stage.

Outcome

Moved to a specialist construction lender, lifted the LVR, and matched the drawdown schedule to the builder's invoicing.

Loan amount
$2.6M
Settlement
38 days
Your scenario

Your story doesn't have to be standard.

If your situation looks anything like the cases above — or looks nothing like them at all — send us an enquiry. We'll tell you straight whether we can help, and how.