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Benefits Of Using An Independent Whole Of Market Mortgage Broker

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The purpose of this article is to explain the benefits of seeking independent mortgage advice when looking to either purchase or remortgage a property.

So what are the different types of mortgage advice and where would you expect to find them? Non-advice – This type of mortgage broker offers the least consumer protection, they will simply ask a set of questions to narrow the customers requirements and thus filtering the number of mortgages available. They then present the customer with a small list of possible mortgages for the consumer to choose one appropriate. The consumer protection here is based on the script of questions the broker asks the script is a process determined prior to the consumer appointment and is impersonal therefore specific personal cirmcumstances are likely not to be assessed. It also assumes that the customers answers are factually correct and the final choice is made by the consumer (some further knowledge may be required by the consumer). Although no advice is offered these brokers do handle the arranging of the mortgage on the consumers behalf, and therefore dealing with all the chasing and removing stress from the process. Where would you expect non-advised brokers to exist? Well believe it or not many non-advised brokers are within the high street banks and building societies.

Advice-only
This type of services is where a mortgage adviser uses their knowledge and skills to provide the most suitable mortgage to suit a consumers personal circumstances. This will involve a full fact finding interview, affordability accessment, discussion on the consumers future plans and asperations, all of which provide key facts on a consumers requirements, and therefore a means for the adviser to identify suitable products. The adviser will not however, handle the arranging of the mortgage, and therefore the consumer would need to deal directly with the bank or buildings society to arrange the mortgage. These advisers generally do not exist alone this is often a service provided through the ‘Independent mortgage adviser’ type below. And often comes about when the most suitable mortgage is only offered direct through high street (i.e. not through mortgage advisers/brokers). The adviser would therefore offer an advice-only option to the client and often charge a fee for this service. Although the client must deal directly with the bank or building society they mortgage adviser often provides support to the consumer.

Tied mortgage advisers
These come in two forms ‘only offering mortgages from one lender or its own mortgages’ or multi-tied ‘only offer mortgages from a limited number of lenders’. This clearly limits the number of mortgage products available to match a consumers personal circumstances and in a lot of cases they may not be able to offer the most suitable mortgage product and therefore advice may result in the best mortgage they can offer, this could be woefully inadequate. Again found in high street branches. A consumer calls into their local building society branch and their in house mortgage adviser can only offer mortgage products from that building society. Consumer choice and mortgage product suitability are considerably reduced. Whats more high street branches often offer low mortgage rates/fees as a loss leader (marketing term to bring in business) and then try to sell their tied insurance products which are often also woefully inadequate and expensive.

Whole of market advice
By far the best coverage these advisers can offer mortgages from all the UK mortgage lenders (having mortgage adviser/broker routes). The vast amount of mortgages available through these advisers is likely to cover the individual circumstances of a consumer. Whole of market mortgage advisers offer advice through conducting a full fact finding interview, affordability accessment, discussion on the consumers future plans and asperations and then can arrange the mortgage through the lender thus aleviating the stress which comes when purchasing a house. These advisers are usually separate firms often found in the yellow pages or through the internet they are sometimes linked to estate agents on an initial meeting mortgage advisers should declare if they are whole of market and this will be disclosed in the ‘Initial Disclosure Document’ they provide you. If you are not sure if an adviser is whole of market then ask them.

Independent whole of market mortgage adviser
Finally this type of adviser has the ultimate scope of the mortgage market, not only can they offer mortgage advice from the whole of market (lenders with mortgage adviser routes) but can also offer an advice only process if they identify a high street direct deal is more suitable. The ‘Independent’ statement indicates that the adviser must offer the consumer a fee based service if required. This means that rather than the adviser taking commission as payment for the mortgage advice, the consumer can opt for paying a broker fee and any commission rebated to the consumer. The benefit of the fee based service is the consumer knows the adviser will not be swayed by higher commssion mortgage products when selected a suitable mortgage, however these days this is highly unlikely as the mortgage advice must prove to the regulator why a particular mortgage is most suitable. Some occassions where the commission is quite considerable this would mean the consumer could receive more money than the broker fee paid and therefore would be better of taking the fee based approach. Like the author of this document Independent mortgage advisers are usually separate firms often found on the high street, yellow pages or through the internet they are sometimes linked to estate agents. On an initial meeting an independent mortgage adviser would declare that they are whole of market and that they offer a fee based approach if required and this will be disclosed in the ‘Initial Disclosure Document’ they provide you. If you are not sure if an adviser is independent and/or whole of market then ask them.

What do independent whole of market mortgage advisers do for consumers:

1.Treat customers fairly.
2.Support and inform the consumer from initial enquiry right through to completion and beyond.
3.Take time to gain detailed knowledge of the consumers personal circumstances and aspirations.
4.Provide impartial, expert, external scrutiny of mortgage products.
5.Identify when the consumers personal circumstances do not meet the criteria of specific lenders.
6.Can identify the most likely lender in unusual situations, thus avoiding the need for multiple credit checks.
7.Assist in calculating affordability, ensuring that consumers can afford their mortgage and protection commitments, along with their other commitments.
8.Provide useful advice on the housing market in general such as dealing with price negotiation, leasehold issues etc.
9.Expert guidance in complex scenarios (shared ownership/shared equity, right-to-buy, adverse credit).
10.Protect the consumer from corporate sales tactics used by some lenders and estate agency chains.
11.Provide a fully personalised service tailored to individuals needs, not a faceless flowchart “one size suits all” (non-advised) service.
12.Understanding the urgency of some transactions and “go the extra mile” to meet deadlines.
13.Advise consumers not to do things that may not be in their long-term interest.
14.Work for the consumer – estate agents, lenders and to some degree, solicitors have a different agenda.
15.Explain the features and benefits of different mortgage and protection options.
16.Choose the best products, from multiple providers for each aspect of a consumers mortgage and protection needs, and thus increasing their ability to afford their commitments, even when things go wrong.
17.Select the best protection providers for consumers with health issues or unusual insurance histories.
18.Highlight unusual exclusions on protection and general insurance products.
19.Perform data input/entry for the consumer, minimising errors, omissions and non-disclosure.
20.Ensure the provision of appropriate and customized protection products.
21.Collate, verify and provide documentation for the lender to minimise delays in processing, speeding up the process for the consumer.
22.Liaise with other parties in the transaction and ensure that consumers are kept up to date with progress and developments.
23.Use past knowledge and awareness to predict problems and resolve them in advance.
24.Act as advocate for the consumer during the application process.
25.Explain the mortgage offer and assist in fulfilling the offer conditions.
26.Quickly find an alternative lender if declined without wasting the consumers time.
27.Free to act based on conscience and fairness as not usually directly targeted on specific areas.
28.Take responsibility for the advice and recommendation provided, thus increasing consumer protection.
29.Can arrange property insurance in ample time to be ready for exchange of contracts on purchases.
30.Can find appropriate lenders and insurers for unusual properties ( thatched roof, flying freehold flats etc).
31.Protect consumers from aggressive third-party marketing.
32.Protect consumers data and privacy.
33.Provide general support during what is acknowledged to be one of the most stressful events in life.
34.Often personally available outside of normal working hours to answer questions or resolve issues.
35.Provide a knowledgeable “Ally” in what can be a very worrying process.
36.Encourage competition and innovation from lenders.
37.Care about consumers and provide an ongoing long-term service, often several generations of the same family.

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Steve Wentworth formed his firm Wentworth Financial Services in Nov 2007 having been in the industry since Nov 2002. Wentworth Financial Services offer mortgage advice in the Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales. If you require an mortgage broker in Merseyside. Read the original article in context at http://www.wentworthfs.co.uk/articles/independent-mortgage-adviser-003.aspx

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The recent real estate boom was fueled by a period of record home appreciation and historically low interest rates. Banks, in order to compete, loosened guidelines and began offering more funding to more borrowers through riskier, non-conforming or “exotic” mortgages.

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Sellers: If you’re planning on selling your home, be prepared for an even smaller pool of qualified buyers. While some experts predict a settling of this credit crisis over the coming year, tightened credit guidelines and diminishing mortgage products could knock out as many as 15%-30% of potential qualified buyers. Now is not the time to sit and wait for the best possible price. Have a serious talk with your real estate agent. Having experienced buying/selling transactions in your area, he or she can help you price your home accordingly. He or she can also help ensure that your buyers are pre-approved and stay pre-approved throughout the entire transaction.

Buyers: Get pre-approved by your mortgage professional. While there are a lot of great deals out there, getting credit is becoming tougher and tougher, and it’s taking longer and longer to complete a transaction. Remember, what you qualify for today could change tomorrow in a volatile market. For those looking to refinance, keep this in mind. There is no time to delay! Communicate with your lender. Don’t do anything that could negatively affect your credit, and make sure you get all your documentation in on time.

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The bottom line is you have to PREPARE YOUR SELF to be successful, just like you would do it in other areas of your life in order to achieve success.

Once you are trained, you can work as a mortgage advisor and demonstrate your power of making wise decisions wherever necessary, you can make use of suitable solutions for problems arising and, you can also identify and take an action against such problems by using your knowledge. Once you are trained, you can choose to be a loan officer, loan processor, loan originator, mortgage broker or choose between many such other lucrative and respectable careers. Mortgage training can be better done with a commerce stream rather than any other. It involves money transactions and handling them in a proper way. Thus, none but a commerce stream candidate can do those best.

Being a mortgage broker, you can enjoy your rights in the share market and being a loan officer you can make your career in a bank. Thus, once you are trained and qualified in mortgage training, you have many options open for you. You can become a mortgage officer or a loan officer or have any other profession, by taking mortgage training like online training, live training, manual training and many other options. If you are really busy but yet you want to get trained, you can opt for the online training or training through the manuals option. Thus, you don’t have to join classes and you may sit at home and study. But, if you believe in getting trained live, you can go for the live training sessions offered by a number of classes in your city and become a trained mortgage official In no time. This training is generally available in finance schools or special institutes for mortgage training. With the flexibility of providing you with these courses online, these institutes also have flexible course durations thus giving you one more chance of adjusting your timings and get your course completed in no time.

A mortgage training certificate course done from a renowned institute can give you the power to enjoy your position in other countries too. Thus, you can take a course wherever you want and start your profession at some other place. But, while you do so, you should take care that the institute’s degree is recognized at the place you want to work at. Mortgage training is a good option for those who are new in the financial industry or for those who wish whole heatedly to go into the mortgage industry. Doing a mortgage training course also brings some added value to your CV while you are out looking for a job. A career in the mortgage industry is good and in demand these days as very few people select it as a career thus making it a unique career to pursue.

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In today’s real estate market, the once lucrative opportunity of being a loan officer or mortgage broker originating loans and refinancing homeowners is no longer so lucrative. The sub prime mortgage meltdown and the mortgage credit crunch has really put a damper on that traditional business model.

What you should know is the short sale mortgage business is doing fantastic right now. There are more defaulted mortgages in the marketplace right now than we have ever seen before. The transition from a residential mortgage brokers business to a short sale mortgage business is very easy. The mortgage brokers and loan officers that use my short sale mortgage system are making ten times more now per file than they used to make by only originating loans. The opportunity to make big money in real estate short sales is now.

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A considerable amount of a mortgage broker’s salary is based on the commissions they receive for completing a loan transaction.  The market continues to increase in competitiveness, since mortgage brokers now has access to wholesale markets and because of the lower overhead involved with running a brokerage firm.  Access to wholesale markets means a mortgage broker can get loan approvals from some of the largest lending institutions in the country.  A mortgage broker can instantly adjust interest in order to compete with other firms for clients.  Also, they don’t have to follow the fixed profit margins of larger firms and this flexibility has allows mortgage brokers to take over a very large share of the mortgage market.  Lending rates are constantly changing and a mortgage broker will do well to compare the day’s rates before deciding on the best lender for their clients.

On the flip side mortgage brokers face somewhat stricter regulations regarding what they have to disclose.  One example of information that a mortgage broker has to disclose and a bank usually does not necessarily have to is the yield spread premium.  Brokers make money because they set the interest rates of mortgages above the wholesale prices.  The yield spread premium is the money paid to the broker based on how much higher the interest is set above the wholesale rates.  Another even stricter mortgage broker requirement is to provide the customer with a Good Faith Estimate, which outlines in detail all the costs associated with the mortgage.  Since all mortgage brokers must provide their clients with this information it is an excellent way to compare offers between different brokers.

Recently enacted laws regarding mortgage brokering have done much to help consumers.  There are now standards in place that a mortgage broker must comply with when charging a client fees.  To avoid having the mortgage deemed as a “High Cost Mortgage” the mortgage broker must keep the fees charged under a certain threshold.  In every state except California a mortgage broker does not have a fiduciary responsibility, financial liability for giving bad financial advice,  to act in the best interests of their client.  A word to the wise looking to purchase a mortgage outside of California is to shop around.

It is especially important to be extremely cautious with the high occurrence of mortgage fraud reported by the FBI.  If a broker asks you to falsify documents, for example your monthly income, then you need to cut ties with them immediately and report this activity to the authorities.  Another area where a dishonest mortgage broker may seek to defraud a borrower is by refusing to reveal their yield spread premium or some other illegal hidden fee before the deal has been closed.  The federal government is working hard to put an end to these sorts of dishonest mortgage practices and with the help of well-informed consumers these type of predatory lenders can be stopped.  Using the information in this article can help you to choose a reputable mortgage broker to handle your loan.

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