Mina Martin

Mina Martin

Australian Broker

Mina Martin

Journalist

18+ years experience41,526 Total views on Australian Broker in 2025

Mina's specialty topics

Mortgage rates and lender rate movements Property market data and valuation trends Housing policy and regulatory reform

Mina Martin is a journalist at Key Media, where she has been covering the financial services industry since 2016. She now focuses on the mortgage and lending sector across Australian Broker and New Zealand Adviser — reporting on non-bank lending, reverse mortgages, property market trends, securitisation, and the evolving role of technology in broking. Earlier in her Key Media career, she reported for Insurance Business Australia and New Zealand and served as a global profiles writer.

Before joining Key Media, Mina worked as a development editor at a leading educational publisher, authoring published social studies textbooks and magazine features. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication, majoring in Journalism with a minor in Speech Communication, and a Master of Education majoring in English — a dual foundation that sharpens her investigative rigour and ability to translate complex financial subject matter into clear, authoritative prose.

Outside the newsroom, she is an avid reader of non-fiction and a devoted fan of dramas and variety shows — a curiosity for real stories and human behaviour that informs the depth and accessibility she brings to every piece she writes.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“The best stories in this space rarely come from a single report — they come from connecting the dots between what the data shows, what the experts are saying, and what it actually means for a broker's next conversation with a client.”

Featured content from Mina

China pulled out. Now they're coming for local investors too. Australian buyers are searching further than ever in 2026 Rising bank impersonation scams put borrowers – and brokers – on alert

Previous experience

  • Key Media
  • Bookman Publishing — Editor-in-chief
  • Vibal Group of Companies — Development editor

Education

  • M.A. Education Major in English, De La Salle Araneta University
  • B.A. Communication Major in Journalism Minor in Speech Communication, University of the Philippines - Baguio

Read the latest stories by Mina

Sydney and Melbourne lead deepening price falls as national downturn broadens

Sydney and Melbourne lead deepening price falls as national downturn broadens

National dwelling values fall for a second straight quarter as Sydney and Melbourne lead the slide

Buyer's market emerges as listings pile up across most capitals

Buyer's market emerges as listings pile up across most capitals

Total property stock rises nationally even as new listings slow, REA data shows

Fatigued but spending: Westpac flags stalled consumer momentum

Fatigued but spending: Westpac flags stalled consumer momentum

Sentiment sits near historic lows even as spending holds up, Westpac's August Red Book finds

One in three business owners don't know if they're profitable, Xero finds

One in three business owners don't know if they're profitable, Xero finds

New research exposes a widening financial literacy gap among Australian small business owners

Business exodus looms as $3.5 trillion ownership shift begins

Business exodus looms as $3.5 trillion ownership shift begins

Nearly half of baby boomer owners plan to exit within five years, but few are ready

Brett Miller on the emotional weight of broking

Brett Miller on the emotional weight of broking

Adelaide broker Brett Miller reflects on burnout, resilience, and what he wishes he'd known early in his career

Buyer demand surges in affordable pockets even as national prices soften

Buyer demand surges in affordable pockets even as national prices soften

Enquiries have doubled in some regional suburbs while capital city prices keep falling

AFG creates new sales leadership role, promotes Ross McDougall

AFG creates new sales leadership role, promotes Ross McDougall

Thirteen-year AFG veteran to head newly created broker services sales function

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