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Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – Part 7

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is hosting its third annual 144-mile Walk...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 6

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is hosting its third annual 144-mile Walk...

Volatility is back – but it has been part of buy-to-let for years

For many, the level of uncertainty we’ve had in the mortgage market over the...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 3

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is hosting its third annual 144-mile Walk...

Plugging the first-time buyer knowledge gap

A couple of weeks ago, I found myself down at my local, surrounded by...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 2

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is hosting its third annual 144-mile Walk...

Lifting and shifting to the cloud isn’t real transformation

As we gear up to spend time at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 1

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is hosting its third annual 144-mile Walk...

Portfolio landlords reshape buy-to-let market

Portfolio landlords are becoming increasingly central to the buy-to-let market as investors take a...

Supporting complex cases in a modern mortgage market

In today’s diverse mortgage landscape, brokers are working with a growing number of clients...

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage...

The 4.3 million borrowers your pipeline is probably missing

There are 4.3 million self-employed workers in the UK and nearly one in five...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market...

COMMENT

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

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Skipton Group appoints group chief internal auditor

Skipton Group has appointed Caroline Dale as its new group chief internal auditor, with...

DC Law passes 10,000 Trustpilot reviews with ‘Excellent’ customer rating

DC Law has exceeded 10,000 customer reviews on Trustpilot while maintaining an ‘Excellent’ rating...

Family Building Society launches BoE tracker mortgages

Family Building Society has launched a new range of Bank of England tracker mortgages...

The Mortgage Works cuts buy-to-let rates

The Mortgage Works has reduced buy-to-let mortgage rates by up to 0.25 percentage points...

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