Connect partners with Knowledge Bank

Connect will provide access to Knowledge Bank and more than 4000 advisers across both its network and packager.

Connect partners with Knowledge Bank

Connect for Intermediaries has teamed up with Knowledge Bank.

Connect's advisers and packaging arm have now gained access to the Knowledge Bank system, which enables the comparison of lenders' criteria.

Liz Syms, chief executive of Connect for Intermediaries, said: “Technology plays an increasingly vital part for mortgage advisers and Connect is working hard to ensure that we remain at the cutting edge.”

“Connect advisers are in the unique position of also being the first brokers in the country to be able to search the criteria of a range of specialist mortgages including bridging and commercial products.”

Nicola Firth, chief executive of Knowledge Bank and its parent company Compass Systems, added: “Connect stands out as a packager and a network that constantly works to put its advisers at the heart of what they do.”

Knowledge Bank launched last week but has been in operation for over a year.

It has 18,000 pieces of criteria on residential mortgages, buy-to-let, second charge, equity release, self-build, bridging and commercial.