NatWest’s decision to place home-buying guidance inside ChatGPT is a story with large implications.
It shows how quickly the first conversation about a mortgage can move away from a branch, a broker website, or a phone call and into...
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint against The Professional Development Consortium Ltd, trading as CPD Standards Office, over paid-for social media...
Landlords and second-home buyers now account for the majority of stamp duty receipts in more than half of English local authorities, according to analysis...
Buy-to-let landlords should consider rent guarantee insurance after the Renters’ Rights Act came into force on 1 May, Karis Insurance has said.
The real estate...
Rural housing markets in England and Wales are recording stronger annual price growth than urban areas and the national average, according to research from...
Connells Survey & Valuation and StrideUp have become the first firms to launch Cotality’s new Integrated LenderHub platform in a move designed to streamline mortgage valuation processing and speed up the homebuying journey.
The new technology enables real-time integration between lenders, panel managers...
Tandem Bank has appointed Laura Walters as head of sales and distribution following the planned early retirement of Nigel Brookes.
Brookes, who was director of second charge sales and distribution, leaves after more than a decade with the Blackpool-based...
Market Harborough Building Society has strengthened its broker-facing team with the appointment of two specialist business development managers.
Victoria Taricska has joined as a field-based business development manager, supporting brokers across South London and the South Coast.
Parveen Kumari-Reynolds has...
Fintel Services has launched Omni Mortgage Club, a whole-of-market mortgage club intended to expand broker support and product access.
The club will operate alongside the division’s existing mortgage club, Simplybiz Mortgages, and has been developed to support advisers in...
The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is hosting its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge from 10-15 May.
There are 72 participants from...
HSBC UK has reduced rates across parts of its mortgage range, with cuts of up to 0.31 basis points for first-time buyers, home movers, remortgage customers and buy-to-let borrowers.
The changes take effect from today and include reductions across residential purchase, remortgage and buy-to-let remortgage...
In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly.
One thing comes up time and time again. When someone is buying a home, the focus is understandably on getting the mortgage over the line.
Affordability,...
Gen H has opened its Scottish distribution to all brokers on its panel, following an exclusive pilot with Mortgage Advice Bureau in February.
The expansion gives Scottish brokers on the lender’s panel access to Gen H’s income booster mortgage, as well as criteria aimed at...
