Melbourne-based adviser Mark Davis has topped MPA’s Top 100 Broker list after settling a staggering $170m of home loans in 2010/11.

That phenomenal figure – an all-time Top 100 record – saw Davis edge Sydney pair Jeremy Fisher ($131m) and Justin Doobov ($122m) into second and third respectively.

Former ANZ-employee Davis only set up The Australian Lending & Investment Centre two years ago and attributed his meteoric rise to sheer hard work.

“I do 80 hours a week and if I only did standard hours I wouldn’t complete half of that number,” he admitted. “I put a massive amount of effort and hours into each and every client whereby I have been known to spend 15 to 20 hours on one client if there is a particular need to do so.”

There were 44 new and re-entries to the Top 100 this year, including three in the top 10. Just three of last year’s top 10 repeated the feat this year, proving competition is tough at the broking coalface.

To find out where you finished and to check up on the competition, pick up issue 11.12 of MPA which lands on desks on 11 November.