Everyone only gets paid once you complete
It’s standard practice across the mortgage industry for lenders, insurers, and other providers, to pay a commission when products are successfully arranged. As each provider only pays on success (and in actual fact, many will clawback commission if products are withdrawn), it is always in the advisors’ interest to recommend the right products that are appropriate and affordable.
Advisors may also charge an advice fee depending on the nature and difficulty of your application and can only ever do so in agreement with our fair fee policy – there are no fees if they cannot get the mortgage they promise.
When the advisor is paid, they pay us a share of whatever commission they make.
Are there any exceptions to this? While a success-only business model is the norm for us, during times of exceptionally high demand, we occasionally work with carefully selected partners and charge them per referral. This ultimately makes Online Mortgage Advisor less money but enables us to maintain our five-star customer service standards throughout our busiest periods.
Why do we do it this way?
How we work sets us apart from many other companies who run a business geared around selling your enquiry for an upfront fee, or to the highest bidder, incentivised on volume and a disregard for quality service or positive outcomes.
With us, it’s totally different. We’re with you on every step of the journey, from your initial enquiry all the way through to getting your mortgage approved, completed. Why? Because we care!
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- We've helped over 120,000 get the right advice
- Our form only takes a minute, then let us do the hard work
- Save up to £400 per year with the right advice (source: FCA)
- All the brokers we work with have whole of market access
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As a result, our customers are only referred to the most suitable advisor. We work tirelessly on recruitment, training, and management of specialist advisor firms, meticulously checking their customer feedback scores and numerous other Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to ensure they deliver the best service and best outcomes for customers.
Advisors love us!
We also create an incredible opportunity for specialist advisors, as we absorb all the expense of marketing, research, development, and distribution, allowing them to work with many grateful customers happy to work with them, with no upfront charge. We are proud to say that this has led to the growth of the specialist mortgage market and to the size and scale of many specialist advice firms across the UK, now working with over 40 firms and 150 advisors.
But aren’t all brokers the same?
In a word … ‘no’. There are almost as many different sorts of brokers, as there are mortgages. So there are:
All the brokers we work with have to complete the demanding 25 module Online Mortgage Advisor course and, as they say in the Bond movies, we do not tolerate failure. So if there’s one thing that sets the advisors we work with apart from the rest … it’s that they are geared up for success, which is good for you … and good for us.
Find your local broker
Although the advisors we work with can negotiate deals from anywhere in the country, we can also pair you up with one in your local area if that is your preference. We work with mortgage experts across the UK, in cities including London, Manchester, Liverpool, Edinburgh and many other locations.
Contact us today for the right advice
Speak to one of the experts today by calling us on 0808 189 2301 or make an enquiry here. Then sit back and let us do all the hard work. We’ll match you with a broker with the right expertise for your circumstances. We don’t charge a fee and there’s absolutely no obligation or marks on your credit rating.
