John ‘The Godfather’ Malone has been recruited as a judge for Mortgage’s Got Talent, bringing one of the mortgage industry’s best-known names to the event.
Malone (main picture, inset) will cast his eye over contestants at the talent showcase...
Royal London has launched an AI-powered tool designed to help employees and managers access information about menopause and prepare for conversations about health and...
Delays in launching the government's Your First Home scheme could cause first-time buyers to put purchases on hold and distort the housing market, an...
Foundation has appointed Foz Ahmad as regional account manager for the East, bringing 12 years of mortgage industry experience to its intermediary sales team.
Ahmad...
TMG Mortgage Network has appointed Donna Bibby as head of finance, with responsibility for financial reporting, commissions and planning as the Rotherham-based business expands.
Bibby...
Mortgage brokers could face increased demand for advice following the Autumn Budget, with 93% of homeowners needing help understanding how government policy and economic changes could affect their finances, according to research from Santander UK.
The bank's latest Broker...
Halifax Intermediaries has introduced an updated online mortgage application system designed to simplify case submissions and document handling for brokers.
The new platform, which began rolling out this week, is available for purchase and remortgage applications and includes changes...
More than half of England and Wales's 50 leading emerging property hotspots are in the North, according to research examining affordability, house price growth and housing market activity.
An analysis of 313 local authorities by conveyancing firm Muve found...
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published 12 sound practices designed to help financial institutions strengthen their governance and risk management as the use of artificial intelligence expands across the financial sector.
The final recommendations place particular emphasis on...
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...
John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...
If you thought the economic and mortgage market commentary had been particularly noisy recently, I suspect you haven't heard anything yet, because with the...
Removing stamp duty for older homeowners and people moving to smaller properties could help release housing stock and stimulate transactions, according to economist Darren Winder.
Winder, head of Lazarus Economics and Strategy, argued that the cost of moving home had become a more significant obstacle...
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...
I've built three businesses and I've said the same thing most entrepreneurs have probably said to their mates and family at some point: "Give me three years. I’ll build it, sell it and retire."
Hands up, how many people actually did that?
I don’t think many...
Considering a third of employers are likely to implement staff redundancies by January 2027, according to Acas, redundancy cover shouldn’t be ignored in wider...
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...
