Mortgage Brain has partnered with Accord Mortgages to host the next free webinar in its Criteria Masterclass series.

Taking place on Wednesday 24 May 2023 at 11:00am, the focus will be on complex affordability with attendees being given the opportunity to put questions to the team from Accord Mortgages, in order to gain knowledge of how to navigate cases made more complicated by the current economic climate.

Chaired by Luke Jackson, national account manager at Mortgage Brain, and presented by Nicola Alvarez, senior manager mortgage distribution for Accord Mortgages, this event also features:

• Specialist underwriter, Jodie Rainbow, Accord Mortgages, presenting case studies that bring affordability scenarios to life using a common-sense approach to lending.
• Fraud manager, Ben Harvey, Accord Mortgages, outlining the impact of affordability challenges on financial crime and how to protect your business.

The Criteria Masterclass will take place as a free online webinar and is available to all brokers and introducers. For further details and to register for the event, introducers should visit: https://mortgagebrain.com/free-criteria-masterclass/

Alvarez (pictured) said: “The current economic climate with rising living costs and interest rates, along with high property prices, means it is increasingly challenging to achieve the lending required to get onto, or move up, the housing ladder. Brokers are spending more and more time and resources carrying out client fact finds and lender research in order to find exactly the right solution and having to think outside the box more than ever as cases become increasingly complex.”

Pollyanna Puddephat, head of marketing for Mortgage Brain, added: “We felt that the next in our successful series of Criteria Masterclasses must tackle the challenges around affordability given that many brokers are expressing concern over mortgage applications being declined for a whole host of clients, from people needing to borrow for longer, some into retirement, through to self-employed and zero hours contractors.

“Hopefully our webinar will provide brokers with the reassurance that we are in this together and we will help support them as much as possible to ensure that they can continue to meet the needs of their clients and the lenders simultaneously, a result that sometimes seems impossible in the current environment.”