Can A Broker Make Money By Arranging Mortgages, Remortgages And Secured Loans?
It is a common trait for people to be nosey about how much money others earn, and this has always been the case since the dawn of time.
When we are talking about mortgage and secured loan brokers we still wonder how much they earn. Individuals always wonder if there is any money to be gained by arranging a mortgage, remortgage and also homeowner loans.
Prior to the credit crunch the profit to be made by being a secured loans broker was more than fair as the commission paid by loan providers to the broker for introducing business was perfectly reasonable..
The secured loan sector was then very different from it is at present.. Then there were umpteen secured loan deals on offer from a number of secured loan lenders such as FNB, GE, Future Mortgages, EPF, PARAGON, etc. etc., and they all gave commission to secured loan brokers for giving them secured loan business .
The secured loan broker needed the lender and in equal measure the secured loan lender needed the broker.
Many of these secured loan lenders are no longer in business, and frequently this is due to their inability to obtain funds.
One of the first of the secured loan lenders to withdraw was Future Mortgages part of a large American group who found it no longer feasible to continue to trade in the UK market due to heavy losses in the USA.
Others swiftly followed including First Plus who were virtually a household name and conducted a very high profile advertising campaigns in the press and television.
The secured loan industry at the end of 2009 is a very different industry than it was pre credit crunch, underwriting has been tightened and so has the commission paid by the secured loan lenders to the secured loan brokers.
Nowadays the commission paid to the brokers is only 1% of the total loan value meaning that for a 10,000 loan the secured loan broker would receive 100, which is not adequate to maintain an office, staff or anything else for that matter.
There are a number of processing costs to pay such as to pay the mortgage lender for answering a questionnaire regarding the conduct of the prospective secured loan borrowers mortgage account. A surveyor also has to be paid for carrying out a valuation on the property being offered as security,
The commission he receives does not even cover the costs of arranging the secured loan, and therefore the only way that a secured loan broker can make a living at present is by charging fees.
Now as before the sum that a mortgage lender pays a broker for introducing remortgage and mortgage business to them is approximately a third of one percent which again is not much, and therefore a remortgage broker has often to charge the mortgage or remortgage borrower a small fee for arranging the remortgage or mortgage. The small fee is certainly worth paying as normally the mortgage broker will call in person to see the customer and can arrange everything in the comfort of the clients home.
Stop by Champion Finance’s site where you can find all the information you need about remortgages for your needs.
August 25, 2011 | Posted by Larir Moot
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