First Complete has reported that its mortgage completions for the first quarter 2015 were up 22% on the same quarter last year.

This comes as the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported that mortgage completions across the market dropped by 3% in Q1.

Meanwhile, First Complete revealed had its most successful day in the company’s history on the last day of April, completing 214 mortgage cases and 290 life cases in a single day, more than 25% up on an average day.

Toni Smith, sales operations director for First Complete, said: “The results achieved by First Complete brokers continue to significantly exceed those of the market as a whole.

“With full credit to our ARs, mortgage and protection volumes have not slowed in the run up to the election and we expect the second half of the year to exceed the first, so we are prepared for some more record breaking months to come.”