Mortgages

MHBS to cut residential and let fixed rates

Market Harborough Building Society is cutting its residential and let fixed rates by up...

Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries unveils new broker portal

Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries has released its new online broker portal, designed to...

Atom bank cuts prime & near-prime rates

Atom bank has reduced rates across both its Near Prime and Prime product ranges. Rates...

Pepper improves self-employed affordability calculations

Pepper Money has enhanced its self-employed criteria, including the introduction of the ability to...

Transaction infrastructure firm joins OPDA

Movemnt has become the latest organisation to join the Open Property Data Association (OPDA),...

Noble succeeds Mielczarek as Chetwood Financial CEO

Andy Mielczarek is stepping down as CEO of Chetwood Financial, with Paul Noble announced...

Major improvements in mortgage processing times over past two years

High street mortgage lenders have reduced their average application processing time by 30%, from...

Gen H appoints NEDs

Gen H has announced the appointments of Maria Harris and Peter Walker to its...

Barclays adds new deals and cuts rates

Barclays has launched a range of new mortgage products designed to appeal to first-time...

Belmont Green closes third RMBS of 2024

Belmont Green, which trades as Vida Homeloans, has announced its third residential mortgage-backed security...

Broker Conveyancing launches fixed-price remortgage product with ONP

Broker Conveyancing has announced the launch of a new fixed-price remortgage product via its...

OSB Group adds Excelling in Team Leadership course

OSB Group has expanded its support to female leaders by launching a new course...

Investec introduces 60% LTV deal for HNWs

Investec Bank has announced the introduction of a new 60% loan to value (LTV)...

MBE outlines London seminar programme

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has published details of the seminar programme for its London...

COMMENT

Portfolio landlords reshape buy-to-let market

Portfolio landlords are becoming increasingly central to the buy-to-let market as investors take a more structured approach to property ownership. The market has seen a...

Supporting complex cases in a modern mortgage market

In today’s diverse mortgage landscape, brokers are working with a growing number of clients whose circumstances fall outside traditional lending models. From self-employed professionals...

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

The 4.3 million borrowers your pipeline is probably missing

There are 4.3 million self-employed workers in the UK and nearly one in five self-employed workers plans to buy a property in the next...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

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Primis appoints four regional sales managers

Primis has appointed four regional sales managers as it looks to strengthen its support...

Fleet Mortgages appoints BDM for Wales and South West

Fleet Mortgages has appointed Claire Graham as business development manager for Wales and the...

Molo cuts buy-to-let rates for UK and overseas landlords

Molo has reduced rates across its UK resident, non-UK resident and expat buy-to-let mortgage...

Japanese knotweed ‘knocks £21.4bn off UK housing market’

Japanese knotweed is wiping an estimated £21.4 billion from UK property values, with more...

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