Name: SmartrFit Spotlight – What is it and what’s new?
Start: 2021-07-07T10:30:00Z
End: 2021-07-07T10:30:50.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
Rating: 5

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In this webinar we’ll be looking at the rise in adverse credit, the state of the nation’s finances, along with the top financial concerns for this year. We’ll then move along to why adverse in this area of the market, and conclude with how Bluestone Mortgages can support.

Changing the landscape of specialist lending

This webinar looks at the challenges – and many opportunities – for today’s first time buyer. While would-be homebuyers face barriers in getting on the ladder, a range of schemes and tailored support is available across the market to support them in achieving their home ownership dreams.

First Time Buyers and Affordable Housing: What’s Coming Down the Track?

Join us for an insightful and timely virtual panel discussion on the burgeoning field of green mortgages. This webinar will provide UK mortgage advisers with the latest insights and trends from leading lenders who specialise in sustainable home financing.

Our expert panel will delve into the benefits of green mortgages for both clients and the environment, explore the current landscape and future opportunities, and discuss the practicalities of integrating these eco-friendly options into your advisory services.

Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your knowledge, connect with industry leaders, and stay ahead in the evolving mortgage market.

We'll be joined by speakers from:
• Halifax
• Hinckley & Rugby
• Perenna
• Skipton
• Virgin

Register now to secure your spot in this not-to-be-missed event!

Unlocking the Future: A Deep Dive into Green Mortgages

Boosting Income and Building Stronger Client Relationships

Join us for an insightful roundtable webinar designed exclusively for mortgage brokers. Our mission is to empower you with the knowledge and tools needed to support your clients at every step of the mortgage journey, ultimately boosting your income and enhancing your professional relationships.

We’ll be joined by:
• Emma Hall from Movin Legal
• Craig Kerrigan from Paymentshield
• Michelle Fell from Lifesearch
• David Coleman from Positive Lending

In this comprehensive session, industry experts from Conveyancing, General Insurance, Life Insurance, and Specialist Lending will share their expertise on how you can refer clients to trusted professionals in areas outside your expertise. This collaboration not only ensures your clients receive top-notch service but also provides you with additional streams of income.

Key Takeaways:
• Understanding the comprehensive mortgage journey and identifying key referral opportunities
• Insights into conveyancing: How to seamlessly integrate legal support into your process
• Maximizing benefits from general insurance products for your clients
• Incorporating life insurance as a value-added service
• Leveraging specialist lending solutions for unique client needs

Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your knowledge, expand your service offerings, and grow your income. Register today and take the first step towards becoming a more versatile and successful mortgage broker.

Enhancing Success Throughout the Mortgage Journey

Getting comfortable with Complex – Unlocking a wealth of opportunity with manual underwriting: In this session from Harpenden Building Society, Business Development Manager Chelsea Pordage will aim to broaden horizons as she explores the current market trends making many mortgage cases trickier to place and how tailored, common-sense solutions can be shaped with manual lenders in order to help combat this.

Getting comfortable with Complex

Today’s mortgage market looks very different – what worked for a generation ago no longer suits the needs of today’s borrowers. As an innovator in the lending space, Hodge is committed to developing propositions that align with the unique demands of modern borrowers, with an emphasis on greater flexibility and understanding.

To help brokers understand these changes and opportunities, Hodge will be running a Webinar to highlight what’s driving the need for change and how creative propositions like the Hodge Resi & Resi Retire will open up a host of new opportunities for brokers and their clients. The Webinar will be hosted by James Enos, National Account Manager & Emma Graham, Director of Business Development at Hodge and welcome guests Steve Humphries (Proposition Director Mortgages - MAB) and Jane Simpson (Strategic Relationship Manager – L&G).
Together, we’ll discuss the changing needs of today’s borrower and the importance of adapting to these needs collectively, as the mortgage market moves into a new era of lending.

Hodge Resi & Hodge Resi Retire

Following the successful launch of Hodge Resi in August 2024, Hodge has made strides to expand into the wider specialist residential mortgage market. Now, we’re excited to introduce Hodge Resi Retire (50+), a product that replaces the 50+ mortgage, breaking down the legacy barriers of yesterday’s Later-life market. Hodge Resi and Hodge Resi Retire (50+) are designed to meet the needs of clients aged 21 to 95, providing the same forward-thinking, enhanced criteria, but with a flexible, case-by-case approach.

Embracing the changing needs of today’s borrower

This webinar covers the challenges faced by intermediaries in mid-later life lending, consumer duty and matching consumer needs to lending solutions. We'll also explain how AI can support intermediaries, reduce complexity, and how innovation can be combined with strategy..

Later Life Advising, AI, and How Product Innovation & Strategy Combine

In the current UK mortgage market, short-term products prevail. But are they always best for your customers? Tune in to see how Perenna can help provide a different option.  

Whether your customers are first-time buyers, home movers, ready to remortgage or borrow in retirement, this informative session will explore how a long-term fixed rate could help.

The ace up your sleeve: Explore how long-term fixed rates can give more options

Join Andy Rowe, Head of Sales at the BTL lender, Zephyr Homeloans, for an update on the BTL market and three specific areas where you can help landlords make the most of the opportunities available. And, of course, you’ll also get an update on Zephyr’s lending criteria and service. If you have professional landlord clients, it’s a webinar that’s not to be missed!

Professional Landlord BTL Opportunities

In this webinar we’ll look at the rise of adverse credit, the state of the nation’s finances and the benefits of advising in this area of the market. We’ll conclude with the Bluestone proposition, service, and technology capabilities to ensure both you and your customer experience best in class service.

With good quality clients having evermore complex lending requirements, it’s becoming critical for lenders to take a wider approach. Cases need to be assessed holistically rather than taken at face value and often a case that falls outside of criteria, once assessed can present a client that should be helped. Tune in to hear how Bespoke could help you and your clients by taking a pragmatic approach when assessing affordability.

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries - Bespoke in Action

Join Liza Campion, Head of National Accounts, as she delves into MFS’ latest industry research result to:
• Outline the top 10 property elements buyers currently value
• Discuss how these have shifted since 2019
• Understand what it means for UK property investors, and how specialist finance products can be used to their advantage

The Homebuyer Wishlist

Grab a fresh brew and join Harpenden Building Society in navigating the ever-changing mortgage market, including how this translates into complex client needs and broadening insight into the specialist solutions available to best suit these. In this session, Chelsea will cover a broad range of policy and products which will include Residential, BTL and Holiday Let as well as Self-Build and much more!

Navigating the ever-changing mortgage market – a helping hand from Harpenden

Specialist lending is a growing phenomenon fuelled by the intricate landscape contributing to ever more complex customer circumstances. The financial pressures experienced by homeowners and rental tenants alike have forced lenders to take a different approach to supporting those in need of borrowing for property related purposes. 

This webinar seeks to explore solutions to complex lending scenarios which will support you to place more residential, buy-to-let and second charge mortgages. We will focus on areas that brokers often find make cases more tricky to place including property type, complex income and adverse credit giving you more options when it comes to helping customers. Pour yourself a cup of coffee and tune in to find out more!

Broaden your horizons

Join us for an informative and engaging webinar where we will hear from leading mortgage lenders in the specialist lending sector. They will share their insights on the current market trends, the challenges and opportunities for brokers, and the best practices for sourcing and placing specialist cases.

You will also have the opportunity to ask questions and interact with the panellists during the live Q&A session. Whether you are new to specialist lending or looking to grow your business in this area, this webinar will provide you with valuable insights and tips to help you succeed.

We'll be joined by speakers from:
Darlington
Keystone
LendCo
Quantum
Saffron

Unlock the Potential of Specialist Lending: Tips and Tricks from the Experts

Your complex homeowner customers require specialist solutions.LendInvest Mortgage’s provide a comprehensive overview of their residential offering for those who may not be able to get a mortgage elsewhere. Gain valuable insights into their innovative approach to residential lending and discover how these products can benefit both you, and your customers. Join LendInvest Mortgages on Wednesday 11th September to find out more.

Your new home for complex customers' - LendInvest Mortgages Residential Products

Our August coffee morning will be focused upon commercial finance, and for this session, our usual host Sophie Holloman, will be joined by Mark Jones, Director of Omega Commercial Solutions.

Omega are one of L&G Mortgage Club’s specialist partners for commercial finance, development finance and commercial mortgages through its Referral Pro scheme, which helps brokers earn commission for referring clients to trusted partners to handle specific client needs. It also supports brokers in their delivery of Consumer Duty regulations by helping clients reach their financial goals. 

Commercial financing comes in many shapes and sizes, ranging from term loans and revolving lines of credit to business mortgages, equipment loans, cash advances and more. Sophie and Mark will primarily discuss the range of options available to business within the commercial finance realm. 

As a DA broker, if you have a client with a commercial finance need that you cannot service yourself, then by using the Referral Pro Scheme, you can assist them, by partnering with the right firm, and in doing so, earn commission for referring these types of clients.

Commercial Finance Spotlight with Omega Commercial Solutions

The UK’s evolving demographics, as well as shifts in the way we work, have changed the needs of mortgage borrowers and in response, lenders need to adapt their products to ensure homeownership is accessible to all.

One area where there is clearly an increasing need for better lending solutions is amongst foreign nationals and data shows that increasing numbers of skilled workers are coming to the UK to fill acute labour shortages in key areas such as healthcare and IT.

In this webinar we’ll look at:
• The data around foreign nationals and why we decided to enter this market
• The barriers many foreign national borrowers face
• The need for innovative lending solutions
• What’s coming next
• Are brokers missing out by not doing this?
• A look at the cases we’re receiving – countries, professions, etc
• Q & A

Helping brokers say ‘Yes’ to more foreign national borrowers

Food, Glorious, Food – an L&G Mortgage Club culinary extravaganza!

Compliance Manager Q&A – The current and future outlook

Cyber Risk - Understanding the threat landscape

Re-imagining how we can support vulnerable customers

Social Media Breakdown - What should you be posting where?

Being Gender Smart

Taking the Next Steps towards Working Smarter: Submission & Beyond

Diversity – so what?

Is home ownership for single parent families out of reach?

The First Steps towards Working Smarter: Pre-Submission

What are consumers telling us?

Advisers advise, lenders lend, platforms platform = Borrowers borrow

Keeping pace with regulatory change: ensuring business resilience

The Evolution of Lending Post-COVID

The View from the Top: Assessing the impact of recent events and change to come

L&G Mortgage Club Virtual Summer Conference 2021

Our latest innovation, which combines our mortgage search criteria tool with an affordability calculator, is helping advisers to work smarter every day. The L&G Mortgage Club is on a digital transformation journey and SmartrFit is no different. We have now incorporated Products into the system which represents a huge enhancement of what’s available, plus we’ll soon be launching Buy-to-Let to sit alongside our existing Residential offering. 

If your new to SmartrFit and want to learn more about how it can help you, or you’re are an existing user wanting to find out more about what new developments are on the horizon, then make sure you join our session, hosted by Jodie White and Shane Perry, SmartrFit product owners.

SmartrFit Spotlight – What is it and what’s new?

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