Mortgage brokers should embrace artificial intelligence rather than fear it will ultimately replace them, Mortgageforce managing director Kevin Duffy has told advisers.
Speaking at the Mortgageforce conference in Ibiza Duffy predicted that the rapid expansion of AI would eventually...
Goldman Sachs has reported a 3.15% voting interest in Secure Trust Bank following a change in its shareholding.
A regulatory filing published on 9 October...
Market Harborough Building Society is offering aspiring homeowners the chance to recover 60% of their rent payments towards a property deposit under a new...
Tipton & Coseley Building Society has expanded its variable rate buy-to-let mortgage range with two discounted products aimed at expatriate and limited company landlords.
The...
WIS Mortgages has announced a five-year growth plan centred on expanding its adviser community and reducing the administrative burden on brokers.
The directly authorised firm...
Nivo has launched an AI case coordination platform aimed at helping specialist lenders process intermediary applications more efficiently, from the initial broker enquiry through to underwriting and completion.
The new Lender Collect service is available to bridging, specialist property,...
New Leaf Network has agreed a further three-year partnership with Twenty7tec, retaining the technology provider to support its mortgage advisers.
The renewal extends an established relationship between the businesses and will see them continue working together to develop the...
Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has refinanced a portfolio of 40 properties in the North West through two facilities totalling £9.8 million, allowing an existing customer to release capital for further acquisitions.
The specialist lender arranged loans of £7.7 million...
Delays towards the end of the homebuying process are a greater source of anxiety for first-time buyers than saving for a deposit, according to research from LPL.
The firm's First Time Buyer Anxiety Report found that almost a third...
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...
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...
The great promise of AI in financial services is usually expressed in terms of what it can remove. Less administration, less duplication, fewer manual...
Kemi Badenoch has pledged to remove inheritance tax from family homes and scrap stamp duty on primary residences under a future Conservative government.
The Conservative leader used her closing conference speech in Birmingham to promise that “nobody will ever pay inheritance tax on their family...
Mortgage distribution is in a race for scale.
Capital wants market share. Consolidators want distribution. Networks want advisers. Good businesses are commanding serious valuations.
If I wanted to sell, I'd probably be delighted with the market we're in.
But I don't. So I'm looking at it from...
Through my conversations with mortgage brokers, and Landmark’s work across the wider home-moving process, I see the same pattern repeatedly. Once a mortgage has...
TMG Mortgage Network has expanded its protection panel with the addition of life and critical illness insurance provider Beagle Street.
The agreement gives TMG advisers access to Beagle Street's protection products as the network looks to broaden the range of providers available to its members.
Beagle...
