NAB Broker takes at least 2 weeks for approvals
According to NAB Broker’s website, the turnaround times from an conditional approval through to unconditional approval is a massive 12 business days (2 weeks) - and this is assumes you have everything that it needs.
The downturn in service levels from NAB have been attributed to “Unprecedented volumes and a recent external supplier technology failure” which have impacted upon the service delivery and turnaround times.
Naturally this is all assuming that you have an Electronic Decision being ‘Conditionally Approved’ with No LMI required and you’ve sent all the supporting documents in one batch. If you don’t have this, the blow-out times are a LOT more.
Got a “referred” decision? Add on another 2 business days.
Fax your Supporting documentation in several batches? Add another 9 business days.
Need LMI? Add another 5 business days.
For a non-standard loan application with no major issues at all, this takes the approval process to a massive 28 business days!
Let us know how your clients handle hearing that their application will take 5 weeks to get approved.









Bill May 18, 2009
Why single out NAB. How are our other “Major” banks doing? I would say not much better at all. But do share. Cheers!