Mortgages

OneFamily appoints underwriting operations manager

The OneFamily Group has appointed Colette Ward as its new operations manager within its...

Q&A: Laura Sneddon, Hinckley & Rugby Building Society

BestAdvice fires the questions at Laura Sneddon, head of mortgage sales and distribution, Hinckley...

IPTF and MIMHC agree partnership

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) and the Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC)...

Just Mortgages sees strong demand to join self-employed division

Just Mortgages received 50 applications to join its self-employed division in Q2. This latest cohort...

Mortgage Vision 2024 reveals keynote speakers

Mortgage Brain has confirmed the full list of industry speakers and panellists for its...

Mansfield BS appoints BDM for the south

Mansfield Building Society has appointed Claire Flanagan as its new business development manager (BDM)...

April Mortgages completes rollout with SPF Private Clients

April Mortgages has rolled out its range of longer-term fixed rate mortgages to all...

Remortgaging landlords still favouring five-year fixed rates

Latest data from Landbay reveals that buy-to-let landlords are continuing to opt for the...

Molo Finance appoints senior BDM

Molo Finance has announced the recruitment of John Smith as its newest senior business...

MPowered Mortgages reduces fixed rates once again

MPowered Mortgages has cut fixed rate mortgages by up to 22 basis points (bps)....

Atom bank increases LTIs and LTVs

Atom bank has made improvements to its maximum loan to income (LTI) ratio and...

OMS reports record-breaking July

OMS has revealed that July was a record month for both applications and completions...

HSBC UK becomes latest lender to join OPDA

HSBC UK has become a member of the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) to...

Sedgwick succeeds Rowntree as Paragon’s mortgages MD

Paragon Bank has announced the appointment of Louisa Sedgwick as managing director of its...

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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Skipton targets brokers with ‘yes-led’ push

Skipton Building Society has launched a new intermediary proposition aimed at improving access to lending...

MPC call ‘not the headline’ says Loan.co.uk chief

Ahead of this week’s Bank of England decision the focus for brokers should be...

Paragon adds limited edition 75% LTV buy-to-let fixes

Paragon Bank has launched six limited edition five-year fixed rate buy-to-let products, including new...

Kensington cuts buy-to-let rates across core range

Kensington Mortgages has reduced rates across its buy-to-let mortgage range, including its Prime, Core...

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