Shawbrook Bank

Shawbrook Bank introduces BTL portal to entire broker panel




Shawbrook Bank has launched a new BTL portal for its broker partner panel.

The MyShawbrook BTL fintech solution offers instant indicative mortgage offers, including AVMs where applicable, in order to provide quicker, more consistent and reliable credit decisions to customers based on valuation data and sophisticated insights via API technology.

The portal further streamlines the application process by integrating with third parties, such as Companies House and Hometrack, reducing the need for unnecessary documents and data input.  

It aims to aims to support all types of cases, from single dwelling applications to more complex, large portfolio cases.

Ahead of the launch, Shawbrook worked closely with key strategic partners to pilot the technology and understand the strengths for both its brokers and underwriters. 

During this period, the lender has seen some cases move to formal mortgage offer in 24 hours and complete in as little as seven working days.

Claire Rankin, director of strategy and digital transformation at Shawbrook, said: “We’re proud to unveil our ground-breaking new portal to the wider market, following a successful pilot programme. 

“This is a key milestone in our digital journey, aimed to transform the mortgage process for both brokers and customers. 

“We want to provide an easy and frictionless journey and, to achieve this, we need to strike the perfect balance of advanced technology and expert people. 

“These are both areas we have made significant investment in over recent months, and we’re excited for our brokers to reap the benefits.”

Phil Gray, managing director at Watts Commercial, commented: “As you would expect from Shawbrook, MyShawbrook BTL is a really user-friendly system, which is straightforward and easy to use.

“It's quick, uncomplicated, and really adds value to the process for both broker and Shawbrook.”

David Tonks, director at Advocate Finance, added: “The new MyShawbrook BTL portal is a huge upgrade for Shawbrook. 

“Our advisers have found it easy to use and it is the only system in the market that we are aware of that integrates AVMs into the AIP process. 

“One of our deals went to mortgage offer with an AVM in 72 hours."

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