Darlington Building Society has completed a UK residential mortgage for an expat couple based in Saudi Arabia, despite foreign income, contractor earnings and historic adverse credit.
The mortgage was secured at 51% loan-to-value on a specialist rate of 4.69%.
The...
The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has launched a training programme aimed at bringing new advisers into the mortgage and protection sector.
The Right Academy...
Cloud Mortgages has joined Stonebridge as it seeks to expand its adviser team with support from the network’s technology platform.
The firm, led by founder...
GB Bank has completed a £1.5 million HMO refinance for an experienced landlord, moving the borrower from bridging finance to a buy-to-let term facility.
The...
One Mortgage System (OMS) has appointed Esther Morley as non-executive director as the mortgage technology firm looks to strengthen its lender expertise.
Morley (pictured) joins...
Access Financial Services has announced a new partnership with Matt Chapman, widely known across the industry as The Protection Coach, as part of a broader push to strengthen adviser development and customer outcomes.
Chapman, a former adviser turned trainer,...
The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is hosting its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge from 10-15 May. There are now 72 participants from across the mortgage sector taking part.
The six-day initiative will follow the Grand...
Gatehouse Bank has increased its finance-to-income ratios across its home purchase plan range, allowing some customers to apply for residential property finance of up to six times gross income.
The enhanced ratios apply to UK residents, UK expats and...
Landlords have been exiting the London market since proposals for rental reform first emerged, with fewer homes returning to the lettings sector, according to new analysis from Investec Bank plc.
The lender said the proportion of homes previously used...
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...
Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched a new range of three-year fixed mortgage products aimed at giving brokers more options between two-year and five-year fixes.
The society said the range had been introduced in response to demand for products that offer borrowers more certainty than a...
Portfolio landlords are becoming increasingly central to the buy-to-let market as investors take a more structured approach to property ownership.
The market has seen a...
There are 4.3 million self-employed workers in the UK and nearly one in five self-employed workers plans to buy a property in the next year. And 24% of those who tried to get a mortgage last year were declined.
Not because they couldn’t afford to...
UK mortgage and property professionals have been urged to rethink the homebuying process after Russell Quirk criticised the UK’s transaction system as “completely, utterly broken” in the latest episode of No Filter with Rob Jupp.
The podcast, hosted by Brightstar Group CEO Rob Jupp (main picture), begins with...
