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...
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Commonhold and Leasehold Reform

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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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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Simplify’s trust gives £22,500 to nine local charities

The Simplify Charitable Trust has donated £22,500 to nine charities working in communities across...
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Landlords turn to portfolio refinancing to fund expansion

More than three-quarters of landlords are considering refinancing their existing portfolios to fund further...
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LiveMore has launched a mortgage designed for homeowners whose properties have become difficult to...

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