With lending awards voted for by member partners, NatWest won best lender overall, Virgin Money was voted best residential and The Mortgage Works snapped up the best buy-to-let award.
Every month DA s using the support firm’s services voted for best provider, with those results collated over the year.
Winner’s list
• Best Overall Lender – Winner: NatWest; Runner-up: Nationwide for Intermediaries.
• Best Residential Lender – Winner: Virgin Money; Runner-up: Santander.
• Best Buy-to-let Lender – Winner: The Mortgage Works (TMW); Runner-up: BM Solutions.
• Best Specialist Lender – Winner: Precise Mortgages; Runner-up: Brightstar.
• Best Equity Release Lender – Winner: Hodge Lifetime; Runner-up: Just Retirement.
• Best Life Protection Provider – Winner: AIG; Runner-up: Zurich.
• Best General Insurance Provider – Winner: The Source; Runner-up: Paymentshield.
• Best Critical/Serious Illness Provider – Winner: Bright Grey; Runner-up: Legal & General.
• Best Income Protection Provider – Winner: Exeter Family Friendly; Runner-up: Friends Life.
Paradigm personnel also voted for their Strategic Partners of the Year awards, a special category for the business which is judged to have excelled in its support of the Paradigm Group.
The winners are:
• Strategic Lender Partner of the Year – Nationwide for Intermediaries.
• Strategic Provider Partner of the Year – Legal & General.
Bob Hunt, chief executive of Paradigm Mortgage Services, said: “The awards have been a valuable aid for Paradigm in terms of helping us gauge the feelings and sometimes the concerns of our members. The process encourages firms to contact us directly to flag up instances where they have had a great experience with a lender or provider, or likewise where they have not.”
