LATEST COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS NEWS

Covid-19 roundtable: are lenders treating customers fairly?

The coronavirus crisis has provoked reactions ranging from frustration to sympathy towards lenders from...

E.surv anticipates growth in demand for its remote valuations

E.surv has extended the deployment of its tailored remote valuation solution. The residential chartered surveyors originally...

Covid-19: Tenet boss hosts live videoconferences

Mark Scanlon, Tenet’s chief executive, hosted the first in a series of live video...

Knowledge Bank: Covid-19 searches most popular in March

Knowledge Bank’ has revealed that ‘Covid-19 Mortgage Payment Holidays’ was the most searched for...

Stonebridge extends Covid-19 business support

Mortgage and insurance network Stonebridge has launched a new Covid-19 support hub page for...

New lenders for coronavirus business loan scheme

the British Business Bank has approved four new lenders for accreditation under the Coronavirus...

RICS data shows extent of deterioration in market sentiment

The latest RICS UK Residential Survey has found that sentiment across the UK housing...

Covid-19: two-thirds of 75% LTV products withdrawn

AmTrust’s latest Mortgage Loan to Value (LTV) Tracker has shown a major drop in...

FIBA offers SimplyBiz Group’s Covid-19 support

FIBA, as part of the SimplyBiz Group, has revealed that its members can access...

LMS: healthy remortgage volumes entering the pipeline

LMS is publishing weekly updates, tracking remortgage market performance through the Covid-19 pandemic. Seasonally, the...

Skipton reintroduces products up to 75% LTV

The Skipton Building Society is reintroducing its residential purchase mortgage range as well as...

Pure Retirement introduces desktop valuations for lifetime mortgages

Pure Retirement is offering desktop valuation solutions for the majority of its lifetime mortgage...

Just Mortgages sees pre-lockdown application spike

Brokers at Just Mortgages have seen one of their busiest weeks ever, as clients...

The Mortgage Lender Benchmark opens survey

The Mortgage Lender Benchmark has returned to establish which lenders are providing the best...

COMMENT

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

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Skipton to cut residential rates and revive three-year fixes

Skipton Building Society is cutting rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

The Leek lowers mortgage rates across residential and specialist products

Leek Building Society is cutting mortgage rates across parts of its residential, shared ownership,...

Fleet Mortgages adds two-year tracker products to buy-to-let range

Fleet Mortgages has launched three new two-year tracker mortgages at 75% loan-to-value across its...

Norton Home Loans provides remortgage on PRC home in Southampton

Norton Home Loans has completed a £218,000 remortgage for joint applicants in Southampton, allowing...

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