Client Reviews

Craig and Louise

We were buying our first home and really appreciated Craig’s advice throughout the process – especially with one of us coming from overseas so not knowing much at the beginning about how things worked in Australia. We were able to get a loan at a good rate and avoid paying LMI which saved us several thousand dollars that we can now put towards other things. Very helpful and informative about all aspects of the process, not just the loan, which we really appreciated as it made the whole thing a lot easier for us. From the initial basic enquiries through to the nitty gritty of settlement he was available for questions and quick to reply. Craig also has lots of links to other providers eg soliciters which helped things go smoothly.

Devan & Amanda

Craig, we couldn’t have done it without you! You made us a priority, taking the time on your holidays and on a weekend to chat with us. Throughout the entire process we were blown away by your quick and professional guidance and responses to our questions. You delivered above and beyond our expectations – and are ultimately the one to thank for achieving our tight timeline and allowing us to move directly into our new house. I know we will recommend your services to all of our family and friends, and will utilise your services for any future home loans. Thank you!

Gemma & Steve Leonard

We would highly recommend MAP home loans. We worked with Craig and he was our knight in shining armour! After purchasing our dream property (and then madly saving $ for months) we were knocked back by our bank when it came to getting a construction loan to build our dream home. We were devastated as we were virtually told that what we wanted to do was impossible (unless we came up with a much higher deposit). On a whim my partner and I did some ‘googling’ and came across MAP home loans. Before we knew it, we were in contact with Craig who not only found us a loan, but at a much lower rate. He was so organised throughout the whole process, honest, dedicated and obviously very passionate about the work that he does. He was always quick to respond to emails and was available to chat whenever was required. We are now living in our beautiful home and we honestly would not have been able to do this without him. Thank you so much!

Andrew and Fiona Minniss

After years of difficulty with home construction finance, Justin Thom navigated a solution for us. His flexibility, perseverance and willingness to work with us and accommodate our needs is unmatched by any other broker who we have worked with. This goes without even mentioning the great rates that he negotiated for us. We are very grateful to Justin, who in his great service, changed the trajectory of our life by finding a solution to the finance for our housing project.

jasmyn wright

We could not be happier with map home loans, great communication throughout the entire process and always a helping hand when needed. Justin Thom made buying a house incredibly easy and made sure we got the best deal possible, he went above and beyond to make sure we understood everything and to make sure we were satisfied. Will definitely be going through Justin again when we want to buy a new property!

Terry Hou

My name is Terry Hou from Victoria, I met many dodgy brokers in the past 10 years. I almost desperate with loan brokers until I met Craig. Young, professional, knowledgeable. Compared with the private financial planner that CBA allocated to me, Craig shown his strong knowledge of the CBA’s product and policy during our conversations. Before Craig, I tried asking my CBA financial planner to organise a loan top-up several times, every time I got same answer: NO you cannot do it, it exceed your serviceability! And then I almost gave up until met Craig accidentally.

With his motivation, knowledge and great understanding of bank’s policy, he helped me a lot to achieve the top up finally at CBA, which avoided lots of hassle of getting re-finance to another Bank. I would like to say Thank you so much Graig! You are the best!!! Your service is A+++.

Tom and Sophie

Craig at MAP Home Loans was recommended to us and since that recommendation we have not looked back. We wanted to use a specialist in home loans after we had struggled to achieve a good refinance deal when dealing directly with the bank ourselves.

Craig quickly understood our requirements and provided a number of clear recommendations, some of which we hadn’t considered ourselves or thought were not achievable. Craig seemed to handle our complicated refinance process with ease and we especially liked that he constantly keep us informed of the status without the need for us to chase up.

Ultimately, the refinance process was made very easy for us and we are now enjoying the monthly savings through a very competitive interest rate that we believe we could not have achieved by negotiating ourselves.

Thanks Craig, we now recommend you to others and we look forward to working with you in the future.

Russell and Natalie McGrath

Fantastic service all round from Craig Vaughan. Craig was extremely reliable, courteous and wonderfully knowledge in all areas of purchasing a home. We are fairly new to Australia and this was our first house purchase so discovering MAP Home Loans was a stroke of luck and we couldn’t of done without Craig – So thanks very much.

Kristofer and Eilonwy

Hi Craig,

Thanks for your precious help along the process. MAP has been really great. Your honesty and continuous feedback helped us a lot. Before meeting Craig it was really hard to find some accurate information from different lenders and financial institutions ( I am on a visa 461 and my partner is a PR). I was told at first that we wouldn’t get the FHOG and that the bank would not provide more than 80% …which would make it impossible for us to purchase the property we wanted. Craig was able to explain clearly the pros and cons of buying off the plan and his objectivity was much appreciated. At the end of the day and thanks to Craig knowledge regarding temporary visa status, we got the FHOG approved and a 95% loan from the bank (+LMI) ! Everything went well as expected and we were able to understand all the requirements to ensure that the deadlines were respected in a prompt and timely manner. It has been a pleasure to deal with them and I would definitely recommend them should you be looking to purchase a new property.

Anjuli & Kris Balachandran

Finally, we were able to buy our own place in Sydney. THANKS to Craig Vaughan. We were given the run around by various banks (we had a unique situation and despite good income and stable one, loan wasn’t coming easy).

When we almost finally gave up, we had nothing to lose and made one last call and it was to Craig. Our hopes were back in two days from there, and had our loan approved with in next few days. We appreciated all the prompt and helpful responses to all of our queries in relation to purchasing with a Temporary Visa. He even made a bank valuation possible in 24 hours or so.

If we ever need help again with our finance, Craig will be the first person we would call.
Kindest Regards,
Anjuli & Kris