Digital bank Tandem has launched an affordability calculator to better support intermediaries' residential mortgage applications.
The new tool from Tandem means brokers will be able to check the maximum loan available in a few steps, leading to better and faster lending processes and decisions.
The launch comes off the back of direct feedback following Tandem’s engagement with intermediaries.
Mark Shelper, national account manager at Tandem, said: “We’re delighted to launch the affordability calculator, which will again help our brokers with better and faster decisions.
“Created following their feedback, the initial results are overwhelmingly positive – I’m delighted we can listen to them and act quickly to ensure Tandem remains a leader in the market and our proposition continues to develop.”
The bank – which in early February signed the Women in Finance charter – said that it was “keen to evolve its proposition and engage directly with brokers, who remain core to the bank, through its key relationship managers”.
“The bank sees this human element as primary in underpinning its technology and experience,” it noted.
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.
