LendInvest partners with industry leading mortgage sourcing system Mortgage Brain to bring BTL loans to wider market
London, 9 January 2019 – LendInvest, the specialist property finance lender, has partnered with mortgage technology expert, Mortgage Brain, to bring its Buy-to-Let product to a wider audience of intermediaries as it seeks to continue to expand its distribution panel.
Mortgage Brain’s first and second charge online and desktop sourcing systems – MortgageBrain Anywhere and MortgageBrain Classic – enable brokers to source and access the best deals for their clients from the whole of the market. It’s market leading software systems streamlines the sourcing process, allowing lenders to deliver finance to those who need it at speed.
This partnership follows recent changes to LendInvest’s Buy-to-Let product in which it dropped its headline 5 year fixed rate to 3.60% with the ICR being assessed at the product pay rate, of 3.60%. The lender also reduced its product fees to 1% for all standard property and HMO mortgages.
By partnering with Mortgage Brain, LendInvest will now be able to roll out its Buy-to-Let product to the Mortgage Brain’s customer base of over 22,000 intermediaries.
Mark Lofthouse, CEO at Mortgage Brain, commented: “We’re delighted to have completed this partnership with LendInvest. By making its BTL product available our customers now have an even greater choice and the added certainty of being able to offer a first-class mortgage advice service that meets the individual needs of their clients.”
Ian Boden, Sales Director at LendInvest, added: “Partnering with a market leader in optimising the loan sourcing process like Mortgage Brain, marries directly with our goals as a lender. Internally, our team work continuously to alleviate pain-points in the application process, and we strongly believe this should start at the point of search. As we ramp up the distribution of our BTL product one year on, Mortgage Brain’s extensive and diverse member-base will be a true asset.”
About LendInvest
LendInvest is the UK’s leading platform for property finance.
LendInvest offers short-term, development and buy-to-let mortgages to intermediaries, landlords and developers. Its proprietary technology and user experience are designed to make it simpler for both borrowers and investors to access property finance.LendInvest has lent over £3bn of short term, development and buy to let mortgages.
Its funders and investors include global institutions such as HSBC, Citigroup and NAB, and, in 2019, it was the first Fintech to securitise a portfolio of BTL mortgages. The company has reported annual profitable growth since 2015 and was named Digital Innovation Award Winner at the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 Awards, and both Specialist Lender and Buy-to-Let Lender of the Year for 2019 at the last NACFB awards.