PHOTO: Using a mortgage broker is becoming more popular. Source: Supplied

Mortgage brokers are becoming more important in the home buying process.

As banks are changing their lending policies and their interest rates regularly at the moment, using a mortgage broker to cut through the new lending landscape is on the rise.

The proportion of consumers seeing their current financial institution first in the home loan application process has dropped recently from 60 per cent to 44 per cent.

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