Mortgages

Broadstone launches affordability review service for lenders

Broadstone has launched a service to help lenders assess and improve their affordability frameworks. The...

Stonebridge recruitment service saves member firms nearly £500k

Stonebridge says its adviser recruitment service saved member firms an estimated £498,000 in agency...

Pepper Money reduces residential and buy-to-let rates

Pepper Money has cut rates across its residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges and launched...

Barclays to launch 24-hour fast-track remortgage service

Barclays is to introduce a fast-track remortgage service that could provide eligible borrowers with...

Hanley Economic launches shared ownership mortgages for foreign nationals

Hanley Economic Building Society has introduced two shared ownership mortgages for foreign nationals living...

Rosemount adds Christopher Allen Private Clients to network

Christopher Allen Private Clients has joined Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) as an appointed representative. The...

Atom bank raises loan-to-income limits on Prime and Near Prime mortgages

Atom bank has increased its loan-to-income limits on Prime and Near Prime mortgages at...

Gen H reshapes executive team as Dockar prepares to leave

Gen H has promoted three senior executives as the mortgage lender prepares for the...

Sesame lending volumes rise 32% as adviser numbers reach 760

Sesame Network reported a 32% year-on-year increase in lending volumes during the first half...

Newcastle BS cuts residential rates and adds base rate trackers

Newcastle for Intermediaries has reduced selected residential mortgage rates by up to 0.25% and...

Ecology launches 95% mortgage for Scottish first-time buyers

Ecology Building Society has launched a mortgage for first-time buyers using the Scottish government’s...

Your clients can’t tell which firm they’re dealing with

Two clients walk into your firm in the same week. One of them is a...

Digital ID trust mark could speed up mortgage applications

A new government-backed digital identity trust mark could help mortgage brokers and lenders reduce...

Openwork adds April Mortgages to lending panel

Openwork has added April Mortgages to its lending panel, giving advisers access to a...

COMMENT

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

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Millions of households exposed to financial shocks despite apparent stability

Millions of UK households that appear financially secure could struggle to absorb an unexpected...

The Mortgage Hut adopts Instamo tool to speed up mortgage applications

The Mortgage Hut has introduced Instamo's FastSubmit technology to reduce the amount of manual...

FCA sets out timetable for major expansion of anti-money laundering supervision

The FCA expects to begin taking over anti-money laundering supervision of legal, accountancy and...

MAB revenue rises as refinancing drives mortgage completions

Mortgage Advice Bureau reported an 8.6% increase in first-half revenue to £161.0m as higher...

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