The Melbourne numbers that shape low doc home loan leads
The ABS counted 1.1 million independent contractors in August 2025, 7.6% of everyone employed. Victoria lost 685 people to other states in the year to December 2025, and its population grew 1.7%, on the ABS population release. The self employed here are mostly established locals with a history a lender can read.
Victoria wrote 23,539 new owner occupier loans in the June quarter of 2026 at an average of $664,000, on the ABS lending indicators. For a self employed Melbourne enquirer the question is not the loan size but whether income can be shown at all, and that is what the screen asks first.
What a Melbourne record carries
Beyond the fields every record carries, a Melbourne campaign for this lead type captures the details that decide the first call.
- How long they have been self employed or contracting
- Which documents exist: tax returns, activity statements, accountant's letter, bank statements
- Sole trader, company or trust
- Purchase, refinance or cash out, and the amount
- Suburb or region of Melbourne
- Timing, time stamp and consent record
What is checked in Melbourne
Before a Melbourne record reaches your CRM it has passed three checks. The mobile was verified by SMS, the record was matched against everything already sent to you, and the enquiry was screened on finance with up to 98 data points. Of high income property enquirers we measured, 51.8% fail on finance. Fewer than 5% of leads that clear the screen do. The screen is not an approval.
Who this is not for
Brokers whose panel has no alternative documentation lenders. Melbourne produces steady self employed enquiries, and a panel that only reads payslips will decline most of them.
Pricing
The price is a fixed cost per verified lead, agreed before anything runs. There is no retainer and no lock in. Records are exclusive to you and arrive live in your CRM. A lead that turns out to be wrong is reviewed within five business days and replaced or credited when confirmed.