Mortgage Brain has announced three enhancements to Halifax Intermediaries’ DIP offering on Submissions Brain, its application and submission gateway.

The change have been designed to give intermediaries the ability to submit Decisions in Principle (DIP) for applicants who are self-employed. The form will capture self-employed data and brokers will receive a decision back through Submissions Brain.

Further enhancements include the ability to edit and reprocess a case, and retrieve a DIP certificate, all via the online platform.

Claire Cherrington, head of intermediaries distribution development, said: “By working with Mortgage Brain to extend the Halifax Online DIP through Submissions Brain with these additional features, we can deliver efficiency benefits for intermediaries using this route.”

Neil Wyatt, sales and marketing director at Mortgage Brain, added: “Halifax are committed to improving the digital mortgage journey for consumers and intermediaries alike, these additional enhancements to their online DIP via Submissions Brain significantly increase the number of decisions that can be submitted via the service and as such will add greater efficiency and time savings for brokers using the service.

“We now have 10 lenders on Submissions Brain and with our current pipeline will increase this significantly by the end of the year..”