criteria

The Hanley Economic BS changes near prime criteria

The Hanley Economic Building Society has made two key criteria changes within its near prime...

Lenders helped by Criteria Hub data

Criteria Hub has claimed it is providing lenders with valuable product point feedback via enquiries...

New residential lending tiers at Aldermore

Aldermore has created two new lending tiers across its standard range of residential mortgages. The...

TMW revises maximum age criteria for lower LTV BTL applications

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is removing its age limit at application for experienced landlords...

Criteria checking: trying to reach the right destination

There are many people now driving who have never looked at a paper map...

Pepper Money unveils new criteria to tackle “interesting” cases

Pepper Money has made changes to its product range with the stated aim of making...

Knowledge Bank teams up with BuildLoan

Knowledge Bank has partnered with self-build specialist BuildLoan, meaning there are now almost 50,000...

Criteria Hub highlights solar panel lending issues

Criteria Hub has urged brokers to make sure that when they are arranging a...

Barclays Mortgages improves income multiple criteria

Barclays Mortgages is increasing the maximum income multiples for people earning up to £50,000. The...

COMMENT

How are we supporting the next generation of first-time buyers?

With GCSE and A-level results out over the last fortnight, it feels like the right moment to ask a question the industry doesn't spend...

Let’s not get bogged down in the macro, let’s focus on the ones and twos

In challenging times such as this, it often feels like the first instinct for many in the mortgage market is to talk it down....

Underwriting: Are we saying “no” to the wrong risks?

Over the last two days I’ve talked about the size of the later life lending market and the knowledge gap that still exists around...

The blind spot: residential advisers and the over-55 customer

Yesterday I talked about the supportive nature of the equity release and later life lending community and the fact that collaboration is one of...

The uncomfortable truth about the later life lending market

The headlines around the latest Equity Release Council figures released this month all suggested growth. But I think we need to have an honest...

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First-time buyer support tops Gen Z priorities

Support for building new homes locally is almost twice as high as opposition while...

Target Group appoints former Equiniti chief Paul Lynam to board

Target Group has appointed financial services veteran Paul Lynam as a non-executive director. Lynam (pictured)...

HSBC UK to examine economic shocks and mortgage rates in adviser webinars

HSBC UK will hold two webinars for mortgage intermediaries examining how political and economic...

Emergency savings searches surge as households face income pressures

Online searches for "emergency savings" rose by 950% year on year as households considered...

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