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 example and across financial services, AI has quickly become one of the most discussed...
Monmouthshire Building Society has widened the intermediary pilot of its new mortgage origination platform, adding a number of mortgage clubs and networks including Mortgage...
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...
Mortgage technology provider Monicio has launched an AI-powered CRM designed to automate administrative work while leaving advisers responsible for advice and client relationships.
The platform...
Foundation and Catalyst colleagues have climbed Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) as part of a fundraising drive for youth homelessness charity Centrepoint.
A group of 35 employees...
HSBC has changed its residential lending criteria for new-build buyers who part exchange their existing property with a developer.
From 1 October, the lender will treat a part-exchange arrangement as a financial incentive worth up to 2% of the...
Plannr has partnered with Mortgage Brain to connect mortgage sourcing and lender submissions with its client and case-management platform.
The integration will give advisers access to Mortgage Brain's sourcing, criteria and affordability technology from within Plannr, with application data...
Barclays is increasing fixed mortgage rates for the second time this week as rising funding costs continue to force lenders to reprice.
The lender will make its latest increases tomorrow, Friday, having already raised rates on Tuesday.
The move comes...
LendInvest has revamped its buy-to-let tracker mortgage range, removing early repayment charges and increasing maximum LTVs on a number of specialist property types.
The lender has also reduced initial pay rates across its tracker range, a move it said...
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...
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%,...
Buy-to-let turned 30 last week, and it's a good moment for some much-needed positivity around this market.
Whatever the narrative around buy-to-let has been at...
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 extra products now sitting on sourcing systems.
There simply aren’t that many lenders targeting the expat segment. So, when another...
L&C Mortgages has expanded its senior leadership team with the appointment of Rachael Hunnisett and Kristina Porter to roles covering partnerships, communications, transformation and technology.
Hunnisett (pictured, left) joins the mortgage and protection broker as director of partnerships and communications, while Porter has been appointed...
