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A home for all your teacher home loan needs.

A home for all your teacher home loan needs.

A home for all your teacher home loan needs.

Teachers have stable, reliable incomes and a strong track record with lenders. We help Melbourne educators use that to their advantage, find the right home loan, and build a property future that works as hard as they do.

Teachers have stable, reliable incomes and a strong track record with lenders. We help Melbourne educators use that to their advantage, find the right home loan, and build a property future that works as hard as they do.

Elephant Advisory Home Loans For Teachers services
Elephant Advisory Home Loans For Teachers services

Our Values

Home loans for teachers built on values that actually mean something

Home loans for teachers built on values that actually mean something

Teachers invest in others every day. We invest just as much in our clients. Here is how we approach every teacher home loan.

Transparency

We explain every option in plain language so you always know what is happening and why before you commit to anything.

Transparency

We explain every option in plain language so you always know what is happening and why before you commit to anything.

Expertise

We understand how teacher income works including salary packaging and allowances and know which lenders assess it most favourably.

Expertise

We understand how teacher income works including salary packaging and allowances and know which lenders assess it most favourably.

Availability

We work around school terms and after-hours commitments. Consultations by phone or video at a time that suits you, always.

Availability

We work around school terms and after-hours commitments. Consultations by phone or video at a time that suits you, always.

Commitment

We stay with you long after settlement with regular reviews, refinancing checks, and a team that genuinely cares about your long-term financial position.

Commitment

We stay with you long after settlement with regular reviews, refinancing checks, and a team that genuinely cares about your long-term financial position.

Honesty

We tell you what is right for your situation, not what is easiest for us. If there is a better deal or a better time to buy, we will say so.

Honesty

We tell you what is right for your situation, not what is easiest for us. If there is a better deal or a better time to buy, we will say so.

Our Values

Home loans for teachers built on values that actually mean something

Teachers invest in others every day. We invest just as much in our clients. Here is how we approach every teacher home loan.

Transparency

We explain every option in plain language so you always know what is happening and why before you commit to anything.

Expertise

We understand how teacher income works including salary packaging and allowances and know which lenders assess it most favourably.

Availability

We work around school terms and after-hours commitments. Consultations by phone or video at a time that suits you, always.

Commitment

We stay with you long after settlement with regular reviews, refinancing checks, and a team that genuinely cares about your long-term financial position.

Honesty

We tell you what is right for your situation, not what is easiest for us. If there is a better deal or a better time to buy, we will say so.

With over 60+ lenders on our panel, some you've never heard of.

As a mortgage broker, we are governed by our 'Best Interest Duty', which ensures that we are looking out for you, your needs and goals versus a banks bottom line.

TOP LENDERS WE WORK WITH

Our Servives

Finance services built for teachers and educators.

The finance services educators rely on to make the most of their stable income and secure the right home loan.

Home Loan Pre-Approval

We secure a fully assessed pre-approval tailored to your income and career stage so you can bid at auction and make offers with complete confidence.

Teacher Income Assessment

We know which lenders treat salary packaging most favourably and present your income to maximise your borrowing capacity.

Business Solutions

We know which lenders treat salary packaging most favourably and present your income to maximise your borrowing capacity.

Home Loans

We compare 30+ lenders to find the right rate and structure for your situation, whether you are buying your first home, upgrading, or investing.

Refinancing

We review your loan regularly to make sure you are always on the most competitive rate.

Construction, House and Land

Specialists in both. We manage the full finance process so you can stay focused on your career.

Property Wealth Planning

Your teaching income puts you in a strong position to build a portfolio. We create a plan that maps out exactly how.

Our Servives

Finance services built for teachers and educators.

The finance services educators rely on to make the most of their stable income and secure the right home loan.

Home Loan Pre-Approval

We secure a fully assessed pre-approval tailored to your income and career stage so you can bid at auction and make offers with complete confidence.

Teacher Income Assessment

We know which lenders treat salary packaging most favourably and present your income to maximise your borrowing capacity.

Home Loans

We compare 30+ lenders to find the right rate and structure for your situation, whether you are buying your first home, upgrading, or investing.

Refinancing

We review your loan regularly to make sure you are always on the most competitive rate.

Construction, House and Land

Specialists in both. We manage the full finance process so you can stay focused on your career.

Property Wealth Planning

Your teaching income puts you in a strong position to build a portfolio. We create a plan that maps out exactly how.

Our Solution

If these problems sound familiar, you're not alone.

The home loan challenges most teachers face and exactly how we solve them.

Without Elephant
  • Salary packaging not fully counted
  • Broker doesn't understand teacher income
  • Not borrowing to your full capacity
  • No time to manage finance around teaching
  • Loan never reviewed after settlement
With Elephant Advisory
  • We find lenders who include your full income
  • We get how teachers earn and borrow
  • Full income assessment including allowances
  • We handle it around your schedule
  • Regular reviews as your career grows

"At Elephant Advisory, we help teachers make the most of one of their biggest assets  when it comes to property, a stable, reliable income that lenders genuinely value."

"At Elephant Advisory, we help teachers make the most of one of their biggest assets  when it comes to property, a stable, reliable income that lenders genuinely value."

"At Elephant Advisory, we help teachers make the most of one of their biggest assets  when it comes to property, a stable, reliable income that lenders genuinely value."

Our Peeps

Our Peeps

Our crew, is yours too.

It is easy to end up with a broker who does not understand how government employment and salary packaging affects a home loan. We do, and we use that knowledge to get you a better outcome.

Shehan Wijayasinghe
Shehan Wijayasinghe
Managing Director
Oz Karabadjak
Oz Karabadjak
Director of Accounting
Mia Burgess
Mia Burgess
Director of Digital
Marissa Moro
Marissa Moro
Director of Bookkeeping
Sam Draper
Sam Draper
Director of Accounting
Gavin Hepponstall
Gavin Hepponstall
Director of Finance
Georgia Upperton
Georgia Upperton
Operations Manager

FAQ

Let's clear a few things up.

No jargon, no runaround - just honest answers.

Do teachers get any special home loan benefits?
Does salary packaging affect my borrowing capacity?
How much can a teacher borrow?
Can I get a home loan on a fixed-term or contract teaching position?
Should I get pre-approval before looking at properties?
How do you work around a teaching schedule?
Do teachers get any special home loan benefits?
Does salary packaging affect my borrowing capacity?
How much can a teacher borrow?
Can I get a home loan on a fixed-term or contract teaching position?
Should I get pre-approval before looking at properties?
How do you work around a teaching schedule?
Do teachers get any special home loan benefits?
Does salary packaging affect my borrowing capacity?
How much can a teacher borrow?
Can I get a home loan on a fixed-term or contract teaching position?
Should I get pre-approval before looking at properties?
How do you work around a teaching schedule?