Mortgage’s Got Talent has added two more industry names to its judging panel, with Mortgage Brain’s Sharon Marshall and Niki Cooke signing up for the charity event.
The pair will help decide which of the mortgage industry’s hidden talents...
Only 12% of employees have used financial wellbeing support provided by their employer, despite a substantial increase in the proportion of workplaces offering such...
Defaqto has broadened its Matrix 360 market intelligence platform to cover wealth management and protection, allowing providers to compare products, assess competitors and monitor...
Crystal Specialist Finance has appointed Jane Benjamin as managing director of its Network and Club division, with responsibility for developing its specialist finance offering...
LendInvest Mortgages has appointed Matt Taylor as sales director, with responsibility for its intermediary distribution strategy across buy-to-let, bridging and residential lending.
Taylor (pictured) joins the specialist lender from Shawbrook, where he was head of sales, and brings more...
More than 22% of first-time buyer mortgage applicants in London and Greater London could be excluded from Andy Burnham's proposed 'Your First Home' scheme because their household incomes exceed its eligibility thresholds, according to Mojo Mortgages.
The online mortgage...
Sirius Finance has entered into a referral partnership with JRM Wealth Management, enabling its brokers to introduce clients seeking advice on pensions, wealth management and estate planning.
The agreement establishes a formal referral route for clients whose financial requirements...
Paragon Bank has promoted Matt Fulford to head of specialist lending in its mortgages division, with responsibility for developing its approach to complex buy-to-let cases and overseeing a new portfolio relationship management team.
Fulford (pictured), who has worked at...
Business development managers (BDMs) have long played an important role in the relationship between lenders and brokers.
Traditionally, much of that relationship has centered around...
Patrick Bamford entered financial services when mortgages were largely unregulated, specialist lending barely had a name and getting on the housing ladder was simply...
5.98%. That was the average two-year fix on 5 October, according to Moneyfacts, the highest since mid-December 2023. The average five-year fix: 6.00%.
On those...
There has been plenty of discussion recently about the future of buy-to-let, whether landlords can continue to make their investments work, and what the...
More than half of first-time buyers moving from rented accommodation into homeownership are taking on higher monthly housing costs, according to research from Hamptons.
Analysis of Connells Group data found that 56% of former tenants who bought their first home in September 2026 had a...
Since getting involved with Rotherham United Women I've realised football and business have quite a lot in common.
One thing in particular: growth can hide...
It’s an anxious time for mortgage borrowers. A recent study by Handelsbanken Wealth found that the proportion of UK adults apprehensive about making mortgage decisions over the past year has jumped to more than one in five (21%) from the 15% registered last year.
It’s...
One of the more interesting findings from our latest quarterly statistics was the position of Nationwide Building Society, which accounted for 25% of all...
LSL Financial Services has appointed Matt Surridge as propositions director, a newly created position overseeing the development of broker services across its Primis network and TMA Club.
Surridge (pictured) will work with appointed representative and directly authorised firms to identify improvements to the support and...
