Silton congratulated all nominees for this well-earned recognition and looks forward to celebrating their outstanding achievements.

“It’s a pleasure to recognise excellence in the mortgage and finance sector, and acknowledge those helping to deliver better outcomes for customers.

“Advisers showed great resilience over the recent period and have positioned themselves for more growth going forward, signalling a bright future for the NZ mortgage industry.”

The following 20 awards are up for grabs:


Success and Adviser Innovator of the Year

CFML Loans Loan Administrator of the Year



First Mortgage Trust New Adviser of the Year



Commercial Mortgage Adviser of the Year



Pepper Money Adviser of the Year – Residential



Avanti Finance Adviser of the Year – Specialist Lending



Xceda Adviser of the Year – Regional



Link Financial Group Best Bank BDM



NZFSG Best Specialist Lender BDM



Best Aggregator BDM



Newpark Home Loans Lifetime Achievement



Finbase Lender of the Year (Major/Non-Major Bank)



Specialist Lender of the Year



Success and Adviser Regional Brokerage of the Year



Bizcap Brokerage of the Year – Diversification



Brokerage of the Year -1-5 staff



Prospa Brokerage of the Year – 6+ staff



Finsure New Zealand New Brokerage of the Year



Basecorp Finance Best Customer Service of an Individual Office



Aggregator of the Year


2025 winners included Pero Mortgages for Loan Administrator of the Year; The Mortgage Girls for Basecorp Finance Best Customer Service of an Individual Office; and Satyan Mehra, who swept up Commercial Mortgage Adviser, Avanti Finance Adviser of the Year – Specialist Lending, and Liberty Adviser of the Year.

View the judging criteria here. For ticket sales and general enquiries, please contact Bianca Tan at [email protected].