Each week Mortgage Solutions and its sister title Specialist Lending Solutions select the top comments from our readers in our Star Letter section.
This week’s comment came from Andy Wilson, under the article: Banks open for weekend underwriting as mortgage demand soars.
He said: “Mortgage lenders need to be able to adapt quickly to the ebbs and flows of demand and be able to react positively when the volume of applications surge.
“Most brokers will work long hours when business is brisk, and I am sure I am not alone to have been keying applications through at 10pm and later at various times in the past.”
“With Covid-19 forcing a switch to more home working for financial services staff, it may now be easier for lenders to ask their processing teams to work longer hours and over weekends to meet demand, and at shorter notice,” he added.
Wilson continued: “All of the technology they need can be in place, and there is no travelling to work. The ability to do so is indicative of a lender who is broker-focused, and who has built in resilience to rapidly changing market conditions.
“They are to be applauded.”
Shekina is the deputy editor at Mortgage Solutions and commercial editor at Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions. She has nearly eight years of experience in the B2B publishing market, having previously covered the hospitality, retail, pet, accounting and jewellery sectors.
Shekina has worked for Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions for almost five years. Here, she covers the market’s breaking news stories, engages with professionals in the sector, and oversees any commercially agreed content in partnership with mortgage-related companies.
This includes presenting webinars and hosting roundtable discussions on developing themes in the mortgage sector.
She is an NCTJ-trained journalist and was nominated for the Headline Money Awards Mortgage Journalist of the Year in 2021.
In her spare time, Shekina likes to read, travel, listen to music and socialise with friends.
She currently reports on current events in the mortgage market and liaises with financial clients to produce sponsored content.
Follow her on Twitter at @ShekinaMS
