Lenders you can’t reach directly. A good number of lenders will only take applications through an adviser, and many of the products they offer are never advertised on the high street or shown on a comparison site. Because we work across the whole of the market, we can set those alongside the names you already know and recommend the one that properly suits your circumstances.
A realistic figure for what you can borrow. An online calculator will multiply your salary and give you a number in seconds, but it knows nothing of your outgoings, your bonus or overtime, or the way a particular lender chooses to treat each of them. We check your figures against the criteria lenders actually apply, so that the budget you take with you to viewings is one a lender is prepared to stand behind.
Fewer marks on your credit file. Every full mortgage application is recorded on your credit file, whether it is approved or declined, and several of them in a short space of time can make the next lender more cautious. We take the trouble to match you with a lender whose criteria you meet before anything is submitted, which keeps unnecessary applications to a minimum.