The Mortgage Lender Reviews 

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TrustScore 4 out of 5

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Considering 63 reviews, reviewers had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the excellent service and the highly efficient process, often noting smooth outcomes and quick turnarounds. Many highlight the staff as friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful, with underwriters frequently commended for their proactive communication and professional approach. People appreciate the common-sense lending approach, especially for complex or unique client circumstances. However, some customers also noted that underwriting and overall process times could be slow, with some experiencing delays. A few other people also felt that communication was inconsistent, leading to conflicting information and a lack of progress on their cases, causing frustration.

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Persistent and clear with what they wanted Just a bit more speed would be fantastic

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Common sense and real life lending is what you get with The Mortgage Lender. When a client's circumstances don't quite suit the High Street lenders you can count on The Mortgage Lender to look at the... See more

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  1. #24 of 24 best companies in Mortgage Lender

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People in our industry talk about ‘specialist lending’. And sure, technically that’s what we do, but ‘specialist’ isn’t how we see ourselves. Ditch the industry chat and our business is simple — it’s just lending for Real Life. We're here to help people in unique situations buy the home of their dreams and support our customers. Ours is a world of individuals - everyone is unique. We help people with unique circumstances into the homes of their dreams. Supporting the self-employed, the entrepreneurs, the help-to-buyers, and the buy-to-letters - that’s real life lending.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

ONE of the worst lender ever.

ONE of the worst lender ever.
Stay away from them, if you have been recommended by your mortgage advisor do not proceed with them.
Waste of time and money.
I have applied for the mortgage and after giving all the documents, valuation was done and everything,at the end they declined the offer without even mentioning the reason.
AVOID,

1 January 2025
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Reply from The Mortgage Lender

Hi, We’re sorry to hear that you feel you have had a poor experience with us. We’d like to discuss this further. Please get in touch with us through one of the ways listed here to allow us to look into this.

https://themortgagelender.com/customers/customer-complaints

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Common sense mortgage lender

I had Jo as the underwriter on my application. She was very efficient and called me to update me on the case. One of the best underwriters I have had the pleasure of dealing with. I had applied elsewhere before going to The Mortgage Lender, and my experience with them was 10 times better than elsewhere. Wish I had started with TML in the first place.

10 January 2025
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Reply from The Mortgage Lender

Hey Patrick, We’re delighted you’ve taken the time to leave us such a great review and 5 stars! I'll pass your feedback on to Jo. I hope we can continue to help you and your clients in the future. Thanks, Laura

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very friendly and enthusiastic staff

6 January 2025
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Reply from The Mortgage Lender

Hey David, Thank you so much for your great feedback and 5 stars! We’re thrilled to hear that you’re happy with our staff and we look forward to helping you and your clients again. Thanks, Laura

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Too slow

Too slow
No communication
BDM no help
Lack of Underwriting a real problem

8 January 2025
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Reply from The Mortgage Lender

Hey John, Thank you for taking the time to get in touch with us and leave us this feedback. I'm sorry on this occasion you feel your experience wasn’t the best. We’ll feed this back to the relevant teams. Thanks, Laura

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Niche 15% Shared Ownership share but slow slog

Great in so much as only lender willing to do a 15% Share of a Shared Ownership property purchase but dreadfully slow taking nearly 2 months to get an offer.

3 January 2025
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Reply from The Mortgage Lender

Hey Stephen, Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us. I’m sorry to hear that you found the process lengthy, we appreciate your patience and cooperation. Please know that your feedback is valuable to us. Thanks, Laura

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great service

Great service

23 December 2024
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Reply from The Mortgage Lender

Hey Nick, We’re delighted to have been able to help. Thanks for the 5-star review!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Incredible lender

Incredible lender, pragmatic and understanding.

This is the second case for HNW clients I’ve placed with TML where every other lender (I could think of), said no for one reason or another. Having spoken to an underwriter, it’s clear that they consider cases based on common sense and take each individual, assessing on their merits. Our BDM is supportive and incredibly knowledgeable. I’m really, so so impressed guys! Thank you

19 December 2024
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Reply from The Mortgage Lender

Hey Nick, Thank you so much for your great feedback and 5 stars! We’re thrilled to hear that you’re happy with our service and we look forward to helping you and your clients again. Thanks, Laura

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

You guys just showed that common sense…

You guys just showed that common sense and quick underwriting is still alive, my client was really let down by the first lender we tried, they sat on it for weeks and became unresponsive, thankfully we switched to you at the last minute and we are now at offer in 7 days, the client hit his auction deadline saving 8k in lost auction fees! You guys are awesome

23 December 2024
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Reply from The Mortgage Lender

Hey Anthony, Thank you so much for your great feedback and 5 stars! We’re thrilled to hear that you’re happy with our service and we look forward to helping you and your clients again. Thanks, Toni

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great undewriter and BDM!

Tina the underwriter and my BDM Joe Noon were both great.... definately went the extra mile to get a remo to complete within tight timescales.

23 December 2024
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Reply from The Mortgage Lender

Hey Errol, We're happy to hear from you and your excellent review of your recent experience with us. We'll pass on your feedback to Tina and Joe. Thanks, Neil

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

One stop shop for all

Efficient processing, easy communication, and competitive product availability.

20 December 2024
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Reply from The Mortgage Lender

Hey Deepak, We’re delighted to have been able to help. Thanks for the 5-star review! Thanks, Neil

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great experience

Very easy process from submission to offer

19 December 2024
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Reply from The Mortgage Lender

Hey, We’re delighted to have been able to help. Thanks for the 5-star review.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Placing a very complicated Let to Buy…

Placing a very complicated Let to Buy remortgage - Sarah McCawley and Daniel Baguley were brilliant. Understood what my client was trying to achieve and spent time working with me through the case to make sure the client was looked after. TML always try to help the client as much as possible. brilliant

17 December 2024
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Reply from The Mortgage Lender

Hey Alex, Thank you so much for your great feedback and 5
stars. We’re thrilled to hear that you’re happy with our
service. We'll pass this on to the team. We look forward to working with you again. Gillian

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Stay away from this company if you are self employed

I am self employed so finding a good mortgage was always going to be a bit more difficult. The Mortgage Lender had offered me an agreement in principle based on my pre tax profits via Haysto which gave me a good budget for a house but they leveraged this and gave me a relatively high interest rate but I accepted this. I had gone through the effort of going to viewings, finding a property we really liked and putting down a offer which was accepted but when it came time to actually go forward with the process The Mortgage Lender group had decided, despite my situation not changing, they had met their quota of people in my situation and they did not want to stick to their agreement and pulled the rug from under me. Thus I had to pull out of the purchase of a house me and my partner really loved. I would not have any confidence in any agreement in principle this company gives you if you are self employed. You can be completely transparent and they will still put you in the same situation as me.

EDIT: Wrote a complaint via the link given in the response to this review and heard nothing in the last 2 weeks. Seems like an automated response and nothing more.

16 December 2024
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Reply from The Mortgage Lender

We’re sorry to hear that you feel you have had a poor
experience with us. We’d like to discuss this further. Please get in
touch with us through one of the ways listed here to allow us to
look into this further. https://themortgagelender.com/customers/customer-complaints

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I applied for a mortgage with this…

I applied for a mortgage with this company was told the underwriter was happy and to book the valuation. Shortly after this update we was told that our case had been selected to have “internal checks” which would take 5 days this took 14 days and we was told that it had been declined and that UW’s will not tell us why it’s been declined. How can you expect anyone to understand why it’s declining if you not doing to give feedback.

16 December 2024
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Reply from The Mortgage Lender

Thank you for reaching out to us. We understand that you
have concerns regarding your application. We would encourage you to speak with your broker in the first instance about your
application. Gillian

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Lots of lenders in the specialist space…

Lots of lenders in the specialist space get the underwriting process wrong. Too often it becomes convoluted and questions are asked which delay the process but have little bearing on the decision making process. Jo at TML is an exception. She rightly asks the questions she needs to but progresses cases swiftly which is invaluable to broker and client. Application to offer on a complex portfolio in two weeks. Can't say fairer than that!

13 December 2024
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Reply from The Mortgage Lender

Hey Ayrton, Thanks for leaving such an amazing review and calling out the great service you received from Jo! We’ll be sure to pass on the feedback. Thanks, Laura

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

common sense used

common sense used, great application form, can clone previous applications, fast underwriting

1 November 2024
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Reply from The Mortgage Lender

Hey Michael, Thank you so much for your great feedback and 5 stars! We’re thrilled to hear that you’re happy with our service and we look forward to helping you and your clients again. Thanks, Laura

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Portfolio case

swift process ! easy to use portal , dedicated underwriter and very helpful BDM
6 working days from submission to offer .

29 November 2024
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Reply from The Mortgage Lender

Hey Remmea, We’re delighted you’ve taken the time to leave us such a great review and 5 stars! We hope we can continue to help you and your clients in the future. Thanks, Laura

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Slick process throuhout and quick to…

Slick process throuhout and quick to offer

2 December 2024
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Reply from The Mortgage Lender

Hey Stewart, Thank you so much for your great feedback and 5 stars! We’re thrilled to hear that you’re happy with our service and we look forward to helping you and your clients again. Thanks, Toni

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