Specialist Hub acquire packager status for Tandem Bank’s first charge residential products

03 March 2023

Specialist Hub is delighted to announce that they now have packager status at Tandem Bank for regulated first charge mortgages.

Specialist Hub’s lending portfolio includes commercial and semi-commercial mortgages, regulated and unregulated bridging, specialist buy-to-let, and residential first and second charge mortgages. The company has nearly 40 years of experience in the specialist finance market, providing specialist financial products for mortgage brokers, Independent Financial Advisers, and other industry professionals.

Launched in 2014, Tandem is one of the UK's original digital challenger banks, providing access to simple, honest, and fair mortgage and savings products.

Tandem offer an enhanced range of specialist mortgage products, to help underserved customers who do not meet the high street approach of a minimum credit score or automated process. Their mission is to become the UK’s greener digital bank and to help customers make greener financial choices whilst at the same time utilising technology and specialist underwriters to reimagine the remortgage process. They pride themselves on their unique approach to lending with the ability to execute a remortgage from decision in principle to completion in just 10 days.

Managing Director at Specialist Hub, Tony Sutton, said: “We are thrilled to have been granted packager status at Tandem Bank for regulated first charge mortgages, and look forward to a productive and rewarding relationship working together with them. Tandem has some great USP’s and their products certainly stand out in the market.”

Roger Morris, recently appointed as Director of Mortgage Sales and Distribution at Tandem, is fully engaged in working on the company’s expanding product range which currently includes specialist residential first charge mortgages, bespoke mortgages - high value first and second charge mortgages and second charge residential mortgages.

Says Roger: “We are delighted to become a lender partner of Specialist Hub. It seems that Tony Sutton has been around for more years than I can remember. He has become one of the most reliable fixtures of our industry and is someone I have always highly respected. His business has always had a huge focus on knowledge and education and a desire to upskill the broker community which is a passion we share at Tandem. I am looking forward to working with Specialist Hub to bring the best of specialist lending to the broker market."

For more details on Specialist Hub, please visit the website at www.specialisthub.co.uk or telephone 0800 810 1888.