adverse credit

Helping the increasing number of people with credit issues

People’s personal finances have taken a battering in recent years, thanks to Covid and...

Q&A: Richard Harrison, Atom bank

BestAdvice fires the questions at Richard Harrison, head of mortgages, Atom bank. BestAdvice (BA): You...

LiveMore ups max loan and allows more adverse

LiveMore has increased the maximum loan value across its core range of products from...

Credit scoring vs credit checking in a tougher market

Understanding the fundamental differences between a credit score and a credit check and how...

Atom bank improves criteria for near prime offering

Atom bank has made changes to its Near Prime criteria. Unsatisfied registered defaults are now...

Atom bank cuts rates and launches near prime deals

Atom bank is reducing the interest rates on its Near Prime range. Rates are reducing...

Buckinghamshire BS reprices range and adds new deals

Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched two new mortgage products and repriced its whole existing...

The Mortgage Lender joins Openwork’s lender panel

Openwork, one the UK’s largest financial services networks, has announced the addition of The...

Bluestone Mortgages makes sales team appointments

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the revision of its sales team with the addition of...

Credit ‘blips’ are not limited to low income clients

It’s easy to focus on the challenges faced by those on lower incomes at...

91% rise in adverse credit mortgage searches

Searches for customers with adverse credit rose by 90.7% year-on-year in 2023, according to...

LiveMore introduces new 100% debt consolidation feature

LiveMore, which lends to people aged 50 to 90+, has widened its existing criteria...

Bluestone cuts fixed and Deposit Unlock rates

Bluestone Mortgages has issued further rate cuts across its two and five-year fixed rate...

New website tool from Pepper Money

Pepper Money has introduced a new website tool, designed to make it simpler for...

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Income protection: the unsung hero of the cost-of-living crisis

Higher mortgage rates, rising energy costs, and continued inflation have put pressure on many household budgets. Advisers spend time helping customers find the right rate,...

Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are already experiencing on the ground, that bridging has hit the...

How social media can bridge the protection disconnect

The latest AMI Protection Viewpoint provided a compelling snapshot of the challenges and opportunities facing the protection market. The research highlights a worrying pattern that...

Opening doors for credit-worthy but overlooked clients

It doesn’t take much these days for a borrower to feel they’ve fallen out of favour with the system. A missed payment here, a...

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Skipton brings brokers and developers together to drive sustainable housing agenda

Skipton Building Society has brought together brokers, developers, and sustainability specialists at its head...

Foundation Home Loans expands residential range and cuts rates

Foundation Home Loans has announced a series of rate reductions and product enhancements across...

ColCap and Molo complete £300m buy-to-let securitisation

ColCap Financial and digital mortgage lender Molo have completed their second securitisation under the...

West Brom cuts mortgage rates to aid first-time buyers and remortgagers

West Brom Building Society has reduced rates across its core two-year and three-year mortgage...

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