Jhoanna Hines

Jhoanna Hines

Australian Broker

Jhoanna Hines

cover team leader

5 years experience

Jhoanna's specialty topics

housing market and rental conditions economic indicators

Jhoanna leads a team of freelance cover writers at Key Media, specialising in B2B editorial across North American, Australian, and Asian markets. She writes across verticals herself, covering HR, education, wealth, mortgage, and insurance. Her bylines appear in Human Resources Director, The Educator, Wealth Professional Canada, and more.

She has a certificate in freelance journalism from the British College of Journalism and also holds a Bachelor's degree in English. Jhoanna brings that editorial foundation to writing for the web, helping Key Media's articles reach the right professional audiences online.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“I know what it means to trust a broker with a major life decision. That's the reader I write for — mortgage professionals who stay sharp on market trends to better serve their clients”

Also published by

Human Resources Director · Canadian HR Reporter · Investment News · Benefits and Pensions Monitor · Mortgage Professional · Insurance Business

Featured content from Jhoanna

Australian house rents re-accelerate as rental market splits in two

Previous experience

  • Key Media — SEO editor and content writer
  • Key Media — Jr. SEO editor

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts in English, University of the Philippines
  • Certificate in Freelance Journalism, British College of Journalism
  • Subediting Masterclass, National Council for the Training of Journalists

Read the latest stories by Jhoanna

Record rents confirm rental stress warning; FBAA tells government to act

Record rents confirm rental stress warning; FBAA tells government to act

National rents hit a record high in June as rental stress tightens its grip on first home buyer deposit timelines across Australia

Westpac: Australian housing market in 'air pocket', not a crash

Westpac: Australian housing market in 'air pocket', not a crash

Westpac's chief economist says the Australian housing market is softening fast — but rate cuts ahead of 2027 should limit the impact

Finance and property firms face growing customer expectations

Finance and property firms face growing customer expectations

Mortgage brokers face clients who arrive pre-researched and expecting instant service – new data shows finance leads all sectors on customer pressure

Customer Owned Banking Code of Practice review tightens hardship rules

Customer Owned Banking Code of Practice review tightens hardship rules

Final report sets binding new financial hardship protections for Australia's mutual banks and credit unions

Arca releases financial abuse credit report principles for brokers

Arca releases financial abuse credit report principles for brokers

New guidance gives brokers a pathway for clients whose credit files carry debts from domestic abuse they never consented to

Australia's wage growth steady as labour market cools, CBA data shows

Australia's wage growth steady as labour market cools, CBA data shows

Brokers face tighter serviceability assessments as jobs growth slips below break-even and the RBA weighs its next move

Australian house rents re-accelerate as rental market splits in two

Australian house rents re-accelerate as rental market splits in two

Landlords in Sydney, Brisbane and Darwin pushed Australian house rents higher while affordability caps growth elsewhere

Cost of living causing separation traps couples in shared homes

Cost of living causing separation traps couples in shared homes

Nearly one in five separated Australians can't move out – single-income borrowers face the steepest climb back

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