National Counties and its subsidiary the Family Building Society have appointed Brightstar to their packager panels.
National Counties and its subsidiary the Family Building Society have appointed Brightstar to their packager panels.
National Counties head of intermediary sales Cammy Amaira said: "Some 90% of our business is conducted through intermediaries and we seek to help them solve the challenges that their clients face.
“As innovators, concentrating in niche areas of the market, we strive to work with specialists who will add something extra.
“That is why we have decided to appoint Brightstar to our packager panel - it serves the needs of older and self-employed borrowers as well as mortgage prisoners - just the type of borrower who can well afford mortgage repayments, but have been disenfranchised by the major high street lenders."
Chris Bramham, head of specialist lending at Brightstar Financial, added: “As the specialist market continues to grow we are always looking to work with lenders which demonstrate innovative ways to provide solutions for our brokers and their clients.
“National Counties is one of these lenders which provides us with a real opportunity to do this with a refreshing approach to product, criteria and underwriting.
“It is really encouraging to see another lender who doesn’t set out to disenfranchise either the older or self-employed borrower, and we are really excited to be working with the team.”
