Bede Taylor

Mortgage Lending Advisor

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Bede is a Mortgage Lending Advisor at Empower Wealth with over 20 years of experience in mortgage advisory. He holds a Certificate IV in Financial Services (Finance/Mortgage Broking) and a Diploma of Finance and Mortgage Broking Management.

Born in Melbourne to a large family, Bede then grew up in Sydney and more recently spent 12 years in Newcastle before moving back to Melbourne, which he now calls home. He grew up with a family of home renovators and has enjoyed success developing his own property investment portfolio over the years. Having a keen interest in art and architecture, Bede particularly enjoys the satisfaction of refurbishing homes with modern conveniences, whilst retaining their own period charm, whether it’s a federation home from the turn of the century or 1950’s post war modern.

With a background in banking and financial services, Bede has received training and experience with respected institutions including Macquarie Bank and NAB, working closely with financial planning networks to provide complimentary mortgage broking services tailored to individual client circumstances. He has built strong relationships from this work and is proud of the long term client associations he enjoys as a result.

Bede is passionate about helping individuals to make informed decisions, ensuring their financial security and peace of mind. He finds nothing more satisfying than seeing his clients’ asset position and financial security grow over time.

In his spare time, Bede loves nothing more than to spend quality time with his wife Karine, and his extended family, tinkering with old cars, as well as exploring domestic and international travel destinations.

Bede and all the wonderful members of his team - Team Bede - made our investment property journey a breeze. Even though we are in a different time zone and limited availability of time to communicate on the phone (due to my work) Team Bede communicated with us regularly and promptly - explaining any queries we had. The professionalism of Team Bede is of highest standard. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Team Bede for anyone looking into getting property. Greatly appreciate your kind assistance throughout the process of acquiring our investment property. Thank you so much.

- Kiran G September 2024

My partner and I have been working closely with Empower Wealth since March 2024. Over this period, we have developed a Property Portfolio Plan and purchased our second investment property. The Empower Wealth team has been exceptional throughout every step of this process and, as an avid listener of The Property Couch Podcast, I am stoked that our experience with Empower Wealth has consistently lived up to what I had hoped. On conclusion of developing a Property Portfolio Plan with our QPIA Ben Thompson, my partner and I were fortunate to be in a position to immediately purchase our second investment property. We therefore very quickly started working with an Empower Wealth Mortgage Broker team, led by Bede Taylor and an Empower Wealth Buyers Agent team, led by Bryan Tuck. I have already written a separate testimonial for Ben, and was originally going to write separate testimonials for Bede and Bryan. However, upon reflection, I realised Ben, Bede and Bryan share very similar positive traits—testament to the quality of Empower Wealth’s employees. All are highly personable, professional, knowledgeable and enthusiastic. All are also experts in their respective field/part of the process, extremely contactable, and happy to answer numerous questions (of which I had many). Finally, alll three have gone above and beyond in terms of checking-in throughout the entire process. We look forward to working with the three Bs throughout the rest of our journey, hopefully en route to financial freedom and lifestyle by design!

- Tash G, QLD August 2024

Outstanding service from Ben, Bede and all of the team! We were very impressed with their communication and attention to detail throughout the whole process.

- Linda C, WA August 2024

Couldn't be happier with the support I have received from Bede and the team. Thanks guys!

- Regan Bridger, NSW August 2024

Bede and his team were able to assist us in buying our first Investment property. As we are new to this, it was comforting to engage a team where no questions are considered 'stupid'! We feel we have put the our trust in the right people here, and are happy with the advice given. Once they secured us the Finance required, the process to purchase was managed very well and I was kept in the loop all the way through. I highly recommend Bede and his team to any new or seasoned investors, thank you Bede!

- Steven C, WA June 2024