LATEST COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS NEWS

Equity Release Supermarket launches video chat

Equity Release Supermarket (ERS) has announced the launch of new online video capability to provide...

Sesame offers advisers free access to health and wellbeing support

Sesame has partnered with specialist provider Care first to increase its health and wellbeing...

BEP Systems upgrades client borrower portals

Mortgage and savings origination software house, BEP Systems, has developed the functionality of borrower...

Covid-19: Risks from suspending health and wellbeing benefits

Towergate Health & Protection has stated that looking after the mental and physical wellbeing...

MoneySuperMarket unveils payment holiday calculator

MoneySuperMarket, alongside its joint venture partner Podium, has launched a mortgage payment holiday calculator...

Buyers and sellers expect five-month hiatus

New research by Trussle has found that people who have been planning to buy...

Covid-19 dominates FCA’s 2020/21 business priorities

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out its business priorities for the year...

Connect completes its first ‘Virtual Academy’

Connect for Intermediaries has successfully run its first academy for new brokers on a...

Equity Release Council makes temporary change to legal advice rules

The Equity Release Council has temporarily changed the requirement for equity release customers to...

Lendlord issues daily coronavirus updates

Lendlord has introduced a range of free tools to help landlords manage their buy-to-let...

Covid-19: PRIMIS unveils support hub within Toolbox

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has introduced a new support hub within its exclusive customer relationship...

Paradigm Protect issues provider Covid-19 document

Paradigm Protect has launched a new Covid-19 update document with details on how its...

Covid-19: 214 lender product changes last week

Mortgage Brain has seen a major reduction in mortgage products, a further increase in...

More 2 Life unveils semi-automated valuations

More 2 Life has become the first volume lender the equity release sector to introduce...

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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