LATEST COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS NEWS

July reaches 2020 high for mortgage searches

Twenty7Tec has reported that July has been the busiest month of the year so...

Bridging provider sees 100% boost in business

Roma Finance has reported a 100% increase in active cases since the Covid-19 lockdown...

Boost for bridger with £1m+ cases

Bridging lender Hope Capital has reported that new cases for loans in excess of...

Covid-19: Over 5,500 free meals provided by bridger

MFS and Benares provide over 5,500 free meals to support NHS staff and Emergency...

Shawbrook returns to partial pre-Covid criteria

Shawbrook’s property division has confirmed that it has returned to some of its pre-pandemic...

Government extends Help to Buy deadline

The government has extended the deadline for homes to have been finished in order...

Skipton BDMs drive broker support during coronavirus

Skipton Intermediaries has been seeking to keep brokers up-to-date with latest industry developments. Its BDM...

House prices bounce back in July

Nationwide has revealed that UK house prices rose by 1.7% in July. This compares to...

Brokers expect change in type of business they conduct

Brokers are feeling more positive about the future following the stamp duty freeze. Seven out...

Covid-19: specialist brokers remain optimistic

Shawbrook’s most recent Broker Barometer has revealed that as the UK emerges from the...

HLP: online factfind use “not short-lived phenomenon”

Mortgage and protection network HL Partnership has reported an increase from 19% to 30%...

Mortgage Brain: summer ESIS volumes surpass pre-Covid levels

Mortgage Brain has reported that the volume of ESIS generated through its sourcing systems...

Sharp fall in Q2 equity release volumes

The Equity Release Council has revealed that £698m of property wealth was accessed by older homeowners...

SimplyBiz Mortgages to hold summer ‘festival of learning’

SimplyBiz Mortgages has unveiled a six-week programme of virtual events taking place throughout the...

COMMENT

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

Why post-contract variation is becoming the mortgage market’s next battleground

For much of the past decade, mortgage technology investment has focused on origination and with good reason. Faster decisions in principle, automated affordability assessments,...

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Zoopla signs Manchester Super Giants shirt deal

Zoopla has become the first official front-of-shirt partner of Manchester Super Giants for the...

Southwest Knotweed launches identification app

Southwest Knotweed Group has launched an app designed to help mortgage and property professionals...

Broker Conveyancing launches referral hub for advisers

Broker Conveyancing has launched a referral platform intended to make it quicker for mortgage...

House price rise puts mortgage resilience in sharper focus

Homebuyers should consider how they would meet mortgage payments if illness or injury affected...

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