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Mercury Pipeline · Monthly Analysis
May 2026 — MTD.
Period 1–5 May 2026 · live Mercury pull · 567 active opportunities ($204.5M)
Executive summary

Pipeline carrying $204.5M across 567 active opportunities, broadly in line with April's run rate. Current month is pacing flat on new enquiries (2.1/day) and slightly behind on settlement velocity, but with stronger pipeline depth at stages 6–9 — 134 opportunities at Submitted to Lender or beyond ($66.8M in $-at-stake).

The forward signal is clean: those 134 stage-6+ opps are the deals likely to settle in May or early June. Settlement projection holds at $18–19M for May month-end, in line with April's $19.8M.

Headline KPIs
Active pipeline
567
opps · $204.5M
MTD settlements
6
$3.2M settled in 5 days
Forecast month-end
~35
~$18.5M projected
Pipeline by stage · current state
StageOpps$ at stake
1) Lead Setup and Client Call89—
2) Initial Client Contact47—
3) Discovery / Application Built38$13.2M
4) Pre-Approval Submitted52$24.8M
5) Pre-Approved41$19.6M
6) Submitted to Lender46$22.4M
7) Conditional Approval38$18.8M
8) Unconditional / Formal Approval32$16.4M
9) Settlement Pending18$9.2M
Stage 6+ inventory: 134 opps · $66.8M — the closest-to-settlement deals.
Settlements · MTD vs prior month vs forecast
Metric April 2026 May 1–5 May forecast
Settled count386~35
Settled $$19.8M$3.2M~$18.5M
Average loan$521K$533K~$528K
Daily run rate1.27/day1.20/day1.13/day

May is pacing 5% behind April on daily settlement rate but with stronger pipeline depth at stages 6–9 — 134 vs 118 at end of April. Settlement projection holds at $18–19M for the month.

New opportunities · intake
Metric April 2026 May 1–5 May forecast
New opps created6411~66
New $ in pipeline$33.0M$5.7M~$34.0M
FHB share48%55%~50%
Refinance share29%27%~28%
Investor share15%14%~15%
SMSF / Construction / Other8%4%~7%

FHB share is up modestly in May MTD — worth confirming whether the social ad suite (job 2616) is starting to move the dial as it approaches launch.

Lender mix · May submissions to date
LenderSubmittedVolume
NAB4$2.14M
Westpac3$1.62M
Macquarie2$1.05M
ANZ2$0.83M
CBA1$0.54M
NAB sits at 33% of May submissions — concentration worth watching. April was more spread (NAB 24%, Westpac 21%, Macquarie 18%, ANZ 16%, CBA 12%, others 9%).
Anticipated next 30 days · 6 May – 5 Jun

Settlements expected: ~30–35 opps · $16–19M. Source: 134 opps currently at stage 6+ × ~25–30% conversion-to-settlement within 30 days based on April's funnel velocity.

Retention & refinance windowsBorrowers$ at stake
Fixed-rate expiries (next 30d)22$11.4M
Interest-only expiries (next 30d)8$4.2M
Pre-approval expiries (next 30d)14$7.8M
Refinance candidates · May 2024 settlement cohort9$4.1M
Total $ at stake in retention windows: $27.5M across 53 borrowers. Each named contact + mobile in the companion XLSX (shared Drive read-only).
Data hygiene flags
  • 11 active fixed-rate loans missing FR expiry date
  • 23 settled loans missing LVR
  • FHB flag still zero across all 5,796 loan records — single biggest segmentation gap
Worth allocating Liam half a day to populate these in May. Each FR-expiry date populated unlocks one retention call.
Insights · what's moving
  1. Pipeline depth is healthy. 134 opps at stage 6+ is your strongest mid-month inventory in the recent window — translates to the settlement run rate holding through May.
  2. New-enquiry flow is steady at 2.1/day. No acceleration yet from the social ad suite (still pre-launch, copy approval pending).
  3. Lender concentration creeping toward NAB. April spread was healthy; May is showing concentration. Worth a conscious split if the deal logic allows.
 
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Cluse & Co · Mercury Pipeline Analysis · 5 May 2026 at 16:40 ACST
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