Connect partners with Knowledge Bank

Connect will provide access to Knowledge Bank for all of its appointed representatives and other supporting brokers across both its network and packaging arm.

Knowledge Bank officially launched last week, but it has been in operation for over a year and provides advisers with the ability to search lenders’ criteria in a matter of seconds.

Advisers who use Connect will be able to search more than 18,000 different criteria across more than 43 lenders at the touch of a button.

Connect’s advisers will be able to search for the following mortgage types:

•  residential mortgages
• buy-to-let
• second charges
• equity release
• self-build
• overseas mortgages
• bridging
• commercial

They will be able to search multiple criteria in one search, with results revealing which lenders will lend against one or more of the categories searched for.

It will also work as a tool for compliance, as all search results can be saved as a PDF or printed out and will be automatically time and date stamped with the broker’s name and verified by lenders.

Liz Syms, CEO of Connect for Intermediaries, said: “Technology plays an increasingly vital part for mortgage advisers and Connect is working hard to ensure that we remain at the cutting edge.

“Our collaboration with Knowledge Bank will help our advisers to streamline the process of checking which lender allows which criteria, saving them potentially hours to spend with other clients and increasing their incomes accordingly.

“Connect advisers are in the unique position of also being the only brokers in the country to be able to search the criteria of a range of specialist mortgages.”