Mortgage Broker Essendon West
Integrated Finance Group is a boutique, director-led finance firm serving Essendon West from our Coburg North office. Directors Brian Hermosilla and Frank Marin — former business bankers with 45+ years of combined experience — personally handle every file, from first home loans to commercial and complex lending. Strategy first, no fees to you.
About Essendon West
Essendon West occupies the riverside edge of the Essendon district, running down to the Maribyrnong River trails and Canning Reserve. It's a small, predominantly residential pocket of interwar and post-war family homes, with the Rose Street shops and Essendon's amenity minutes away.
Our specialty in Essendon West: family upgrader finance
Low-turnover suburbs reward preparation: pre-approval that's genuinely reliable, equity structured in advance, and the ability to move unconditionally when the right home finally lists. That's the standing arrangement we keep for Essendon West upgraders — set it up before auction season.
The Essendon West property market
One of the district's smaller markets, with correspondingly few listings in any year — buyers often wait seasons for the right street. River-adjacent positions carry a premium, and renovated family homes are the suburb's strongest trade.
Established families upgrading within the Essendon district, buyers prioritising river parkland access, and renovators taking mid-century homes to their potential.
Lending services in Essendon West
Everything we do across Melbourne, we do for Essendon West clients: first home buyer loans (including the 5% deposit scheme), refinancing and debt consolidation, investment lending, self-employed and alt-doc loans, construction and development finance, commercial lending, SMSF loans and vehicle & equipment finance. Start with our calculators, then bring the numbers to a director.
Your Essendon West brokers
Director
20+ years in banking & finance — business banking since 2003, formerly NAB. Commercial, construction, development and complex lending.
0401 333 636
Director
20+ years in banking & finance — business banking since 2003, formerly NAB. SMSF lending and SME business finance specialist.
0413 032 898Nearby areas we serve
Essendon · Aberfeldie · Avondale Heights · Essendon North — or see all service areas.
Essendon West Home Loan Questions
- How do I make a strong offer in a tight market like Essendon West?
- Certainty wins: a rock-solid pre-approval against the specific property type, deposit ready, and finance clauses you can genuinely shorten. We prepare Essendon West buyers to compete with cash-like confidence — and we tell you honestly when a price has run past sense.
- Can I use my current home's equity for the Essendon West upgrade?
- Usually, yes — equity release or a bridging structure can fund the deposit before your sale settles. Which is cheaper depends on timing and your servicing position; we model both against your actual numbers.
- Who will handle my application?
- A director — Brian Hermosilla or Frank Marin — personally, from first conversation to settlement and beyond. No call centres, no handoffs; that's the point of a boutique firm.
- Can we meet locally?
- Yes — our office is in Coburg North and we regularly meet clients across Melbourne's north and west, or by phone and video if that's easier. Most of the process runs digitally once we're underway.
Talk to a director about buying in Essendon West
A free, no-obligation conversation about your suburb, your scenario and your strategy — with the person who'll actually handle your file.
Book a Free Consultation or call 0401 333 636 (Brian) · 0413 032 898 (Frank)
Reviewed by Brian Hermosilla, Director — 20+ years in banking & finance · Credit Representative 485802 · MFAA Member #716100. General information only — not credit, financial or taxation advice. Market commentary is qualitative and current at publication.