Mortgages

Kensington launches ‘Mid LTV’ residential range

Kensington Mortgages has announced the launch of its ‘Mid LTV’ product range for residential...

Gen H introduces new foreign national policy

Gen H has made changes to its foreign national policy. The mortgage provider will now...

LendInvest Mortgages cuts rates by up to 25bps

LendInvest Mortgages has cut rates across its residential mortgage offering. The range has rates...

Hanley Economic BS adds fee-free residential and RIO offerings

Hanley Economic Building Society has introduced a fee-free two-year tracker and fee-free two-year fixed...

Paul Brett to relaunch Brightstar’s Private Label proposition

Paul Brett is working with the Brightstar Group to relaunch its Private Label lending...

OSB Group inks new four-year deal with finova

Finova, the cloud-based mortgage and savings software provider, has announced that specialist lender OSB...

HTB appoints London BDM

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has bolstered its business development manager (BDM) team with the...

New fixed rates from Virgin Money

Virgin Money is introducing new mortgage products on Wednesday 24 April. Details are as follows: Product...

Nottingham BS appoints head of underwriting

Nottingham Building Society has announced the appointment of Maxine Davenport to its leadership team,...

Majority of brokers expect fall in adviser numbers next year

The total number of mortgage advisers in the UK may fall in as 2025...

24% fall in annual Stamp Duty receipts

Homebuyers paid out £11.6bn in Stamp Duty Land Tax in the 2023-24 tax year,...

Twenty7tec updates SOURCE to support more complex customer needs

Twenty7tec has announced a new update to its affordability solution in SOURCE, designed to...

CSF sees record growth in first three months of 2024

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has recorded its best start to a year as it...

Dudley BS cuts mortgage rates by up to 0.35%

Dudley Building Society has reduced rates on a selection of its fixed and discounted...

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Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be, as they say, and in an era of creeping inflation, job insecurity and the menacing spectre of...

Surveying industry undervalued in race to the bottom

After a 16-month break from the property industry I returned to find a landscape that had shifted more than I expected. The private B2C surveying...

Why the human relationship still defines real estate lending

AI is now a core driver of transformation in financial services and is reshaping the foundations of real estate lending. According to AllAboutAI.com over 85%...

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...

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MQube unveils AI-driven underwriting tool to speed mortgage approval

MQube has introduced an AI-powered digital underwriting feature to its Origo platform in a...

Zurich launches on-demand learning hub for advisers

Zurich Retail Protection has launched a new online learning hub for advisers, offering a...

Primis adds April Mortgages to lender panel

Primis has added April Mortgages to its lender panel, giving advisers within the network...

Skipton backs recruitment firm’s expansion with £450,000 facility

Skipton Business Finance has agreed a £450,000 funding package with EA First, giving the...

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