Westmarq has challenged mortgage lenders to move more of their valuation business away from the surveying industry's dominant players as it looks to establish itself as a major alternative in the market.
Richard Sexton used the official launch of...
Green Party proposals to restrict private rent increases for three years could make it harder for buy-to-let borrowers to meet lender affordability criteria, brokers...
Confidence in the Financial Conduct Authority has increased, with almost eight in 10 regulated firms now highly satisfied with their relationship with the regulator.
The...
Financial advice firms are taking a more proactive approach to technology, but integrating new tools with existing systems remains the biggest barrier to further...
Check.co.uk has added a mortgage readiness feature to its app, bringing together credit, affordability, borrowing and deposit information to help consumers prepare for a...
Seven Yorkshire Building Society colleagues have completed a 198km treadmill ultramarathon to raise money for the mutual's charity partnership with Felix.
The Mortgage Advice Team collectively covered the distance in under 10 hours at the Society's Bradford headquarters on...
Square 1 Media has become a corporate partner of The Observatory, the mortgage market learning and community platform launched by Momenti Group.
The PR and marketing agency will contribute to the platform's events and content, as well as gaining...
Monmouthshire Building Society has widened the intermediary pilot of its new mortgage origination platform, adding a number of mortgage clubs and networks including Mortgage Advice Bureau.
The society is testing MQube's Origo platform as part of an overhaul of...
Cambridge Building Society has widened access to its First Step range with a 98% LTV five-year fixed-rate mortgage available to intermediaries across the market.
The product requires a minimum 2% deposit and is aimed exclusively at first-time buyers, with...
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...
There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with recommending a firm and then largely ends once the client...
Every major technological shift creates the same debate: will it empower professionals to do more, or eventually replace them?
Artificial intelligence is simply the latest...
Mortgage advisers regularly help clients navigate major life changes. While much of the focus is naturally on borrowing, refinancing and insurance, there is another...
The average price paid by a first-time buyer in England could rise by almost £24,000 by 2030 if official house price forecasts prove accurate, analysis from Coventry Building Society suggests.
Using Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts of annual house price growth of more than 2%,...
There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate (BBR) hold at 3.75%, particularly given just how much the inflationary picture has deteriorated since the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)...
Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...
The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has made a final call for industry support with just five tables remaining for its alcohol-free charity lunch next month.
Mortgageforce and Shawbrook Bank are the latest firms to back the event, which takes place at the Grand...
