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criteria
Marsden BS expands later life mortgage criteria
Marsden Building Society has made a series of changes to its later life mortgage...
23 February 2025
Knowledge Bank addresses cladding-related challenges
Knowledge Bank has introduced a new criteria category designed to help brokers navigate lender...
19 February 2025
Gen H updates income booster criteria
Gen H has updated its income booster mortgage criteria to allow boosters to live...
6 February 2025
Mortgage Brain unveils integrated web platform
Mortgage Brain has launch Mortgage Brain Hub, an integrated mortgage technology platform designed to...
6 February 2025
MPowered Mortgages using digital assistant to give criteria answers to brokers
MPowered Mortgages has unveiled a voice-activated digital assistant to provide brokers with answers in...
28 January 2025
Bluestone improves criteria and application process
Bluestone Mortgages has announced criteria and system updates in order to streamline its mortgage...
16 December 2024
Pepper Money allows 100% loan-to-purchase price
Pepper Money has introduced new Concessionary Purchase criteria which now allows 100% loan-to-purchase price. The...
21 November 2024
Tembo unveils AI tool
Tembo has released details of its new AI-driven mortgage criteria tool. The tool, called...
13 September 2023
JMT criteria now on Knowledge Bank
JMT Finance Ltd (JMT), the commercial property finance lender, has added its criteria to...
6 January 2022
Increase in JBSP broker mortgage searches
Knowledge Bank's latest criteria activity index has found that brokers in the residential market were...
3 January 2022
Repercussions of Covid still showing in criteria searches
Knowledge Bank latest tracker has revealed that advisers are working with a "significant" number...
16 November 2021
Mortgage Brain improves lender insights offering
Mortgage Brain has upgraded its lender insights offering, available to lenders who use its...
15 April 2021
MT Finance joins Knowledge Bank platform
MT Finance's short-term loan criteria in now available on the Knowledge Bank platform. Knowledge Bank...
25 November 2020
Knowledge Bank adds secured loan provider to platform
Second charge lender, Evolution Money, has added its criteria to the Knowledge Bank platform. Knowledge Bank...
2 November 2020
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COMMENT
Opinions & blogs
Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market
One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...
9 July 2026
The economics of developing the next generation of advisers
Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...
9 July 2026
Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?
What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...
8 July 2026
Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed
Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...
7 July 2026
Removing friction from the homebuying journey
One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...
3 July 2026
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Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market
One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus...
9 July 2026
Cover
LifeSearch appoints Nick Rixon as head of business protection
LifeSearch has appointed Nick Rixon as head of business protection and expert advice. The appointment...
9 July 2026
Mortgages
Borrowers shift back to 2-year fixes as rate hopes grow
Mortgage borrowers are increasingly opting for 2-year fixed-rate deals as expectations build that mortgage...
9 July 2026
Opinions & blogs
The economics of developing the next generation of advisers
Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR...
9 July 2026
PROFILES
Claire Cherrington on the opportunities ahead for mortgage clubs
Steve Caruthers on understanding how lenders operate
Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom