Hodge will start to write all residential mortgage business, including 50 plus residential, retirement interest-only (RIO) and holiday let mortgages, after temporarily suspending new business in June.
Last month, the lender said it would temporarily close to new business across all its mortgage ranges from Thursday 16 June as business volumes were at record highs and it wanted to maintain its service levels.
Hodge is open for new applications as of 9am today, with service level agreements returning to 48 hours and other service guarantees to intermediary partners back in place.
The firm said products available through its commercial lending division would remain unaffected as the announcement related to personal mortgage products.
Emma Graham (pictured), Hodge’s mortgages business development director, said: “We pride ourselves on both our service and the fact that our underwriters assess applications on a case-by-case basis.
“We remain fully committed to maintaining a personal approach but will continue to invest in technology to provide additional levels of automation while ensuring we’re able to offer the services our brokers have come to expect.”
Anna is currently the deputy editor for Mortgage Solutions and editor for Specialist Lending Solutions. She has worked as a journalist since 2019, having secured her Gold Standard NCTJ diploma from News Associates in a fast-track six-month course.
She started her career as a report at specialist publication The Insurance Insider covering a wide range of areas before joining Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions in 2021.
In her role, she helps put together and structure the news agenda for the day and writes up press releases, reports, interviews, analyses and exclusives across both titles. She also commissions blogs for Specialist Lending Solutions and hosts online masterclasses and in-person events across the business.
She has been shortlisted for three journalism awards, which include BIBA Journalist and Media Awards Scoop of Year Award in 2020, Headline Money Mortgage Journalist of the Year Award (B2B) in 2022 and 2023.
Prior to being a journalist, Anna worked in ecommerce across Snow + Rock, Cycle Surgery and Runners Need websites, and before that worked at specialist financial PR firm Rostrum.
In her spare time, Anna enjoys reading, seeing live music, and cooking for friends and family. When she gets a chance, she also enjoys hiking, skiing and indoor rock climbing.