The lender has enhanced its criteria for employment history, child maintenance payments and foster income.

Customers applying for a Santander mortgage via a broker can track the real-time progress of their mortgage application through Edge Home.

James Enos, national account manager at Hodge, looks at the increasing work lenders across the market are doing to create purely customer-centric solutions.

Saffron’s owner occupied rates now start at 4.17%.

The changes offer increased flexibility and accessibility across its Optimal plans.

Residential ranges are down by up to 0.30% while buy-to-let rates have seen reductions of up to 0.35%.

Toni will take on the newly created role of distribution director.

The new feature provides visibility into the primary surveyor for any product range or lender.

The Society has also lowered rates on the Own New Rate Reducer range.

Rates have reduced across the Society's product ranges by up to 0.65%.