Specialist lender TAB has appointed Jack Bonner as chief risk officer as it continues to strengthen its senior leadership team and support future growth across its commercial, buy-to-let and bridging lending divisions.
Bonner takes on responsibility for the lender’s...
Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from Monday 15 June.
The mutual said the changes would apply from...
The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries has launched a brand refresh intended to reflect its wider work across mortgage and protection advice.
AMI said the updated...
IMLA has published a report and five-minute guide to help advisers explain how swap rates affect fixed-rate mortgage pricing.
The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association said...
Precise has reduced rates across its residential mortgage range by up to 35bps.
The specialist lender, part of OSB Group, said the changes were designed...
Gatehouse Bank has reduced rental rates on selected Home Purchase Plan and buy-to-let products for UK residents by 10 basis points (bps).
The changes apply to two-year and five-year fixed-term Home Purchase Plans at 65% and 80% finance-to-value, as...
Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates for new and existing customers.
The intermediary lender has cut residential rates by up to 20bps, while selected buy-to-let rates have been reduced by up to 13bps.
The new...
Rising household costs are making income protection more important for customers, but harder for many to afford, according to research from LSL Financial Services.
A survey of brokers at the inaugural LSL Protection Forum in May found that 86%...
Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty.
The logic feels intuitive - reduce a transaction cost and you free up movement, encourage activity, help buyers onto...
Last year mortgage technology specialist Fignum appointed Steve Carruthers as growth director, signalling its intent to scale its operations and deepen its role as...
Considering how politically important first-time buyers have been to recent governments, and the taxpayers’ money that has been thrown at a large number of...
Following the latest US tariff announcement, lenders are continuing to price and operate on the basis that market conditions remain relatively stable. However, the...
For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake.
Despite advances in digital banking,...
A cross-party group of MPs has called for a major review of stamp duty as part of a wider package of measures designed to improve home ownership affordability and help more first-time buyers onto the property ladder.
In a new report published by the Housing,...
The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as leaders Jason Berry and Charlie Morley crossed the finish line at HSBC's Birmingham head office at 15:45.
Some 64 participants from...
Equity Release Group has launched a specialist adviser network aimed at helping firms expand their later life lending propositions as regulatory pressures and market complexity continue to increase.
TERN – The Equity Release Network – has been developed over the past three years and is...