"The refreshed platform will expand advisers’ range of features beyond criteria and affordability, with additional product sourcing capabilities."
Legal & General has announced the launch of its refreshed mortgage research and sourcing platform, Legal & General Ignite, which replaces its SmartrFit tool and delivers a raft of new features to advisers.
Ignite offers advisers a whole of market comparison service with access to 130 lenders. Advisers will also have access to second charge and bridging lending types, as well as packager, product transfer, and direct product information.
In addition, the platform will continue to provide advisers with integrated affordability calculators, client criteria, product sourcing and property checking functionality for free.
Additional features will broaden the range of quality data accessible by advisers using the platform and ensure that all users are able to compare products, affordability, and criteria, easily across the whole market. Advisers will still be able to download compliance documents including ESIS and Evidence of Research. The platform will also offer advisers the capability to switch between search streams, saving time and effort.
Jodie White, head of mortgage products and transformation at Legal and General Mortgage Services, commented: “The launch of Legal & General Ignite is an exciting step forward for us as a business, but also for our vision of a mortgage market that is fully technologically-integrated. The refreshed platform will expand advisers’ range of features beyond criteria and affordability, with additional product sourcing capabilities. On top of this, access to quality and up-to-date data will allow advisers to secure the best possible outcome for their customers.
“This launch is about combining human expertise with the power of data and technology. But I’m hopeful this new platform will go beyond just saving advisers time or improving customer outcomes, to also be a part of how we transform the way the mortgage industry works.”
