Mortgages

Phoebus joins IMLA

Phoebus is the latest firm to join the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA). This brings...

Skipton International now live on Iress platforms

Iress has announced that Skipton International is live on its mortgage sourcing software, Xplan...

Dudley BS cuts mortgage retention rates

Dudley Building Society has reduced rates across its mortgage retention range by up to...

HLPartnership hosts business-building webinar

HLPartnership is hosting a webinar event on Wednesday 19 June to help entrepreneurs decide whether...

The positive impact of self-build

There are plenty of people out there with aspirations of building their own home...

Coventry for intermediaries unveils residential fixed rate cuts

Coventry for intermediaries has cut selected residential fixed rates by up to 30 basis...

Just Mortgages appoints northern area director

Just Mortgages has appointed Zarah Gulfraz as area director for the north. Based in Manchester,...

Perenna Bank joins Right Mortgage Network’s panel

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has announced the addition of Perenna Bank to...

HTB appoints four new lending managers

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has bolstered its specialist mortgages broker support team with four...

Bluestone’s sales & marketing director announces exit

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the departure of its sales & marketing director, Reece Beddall....

LiveMore issues inaugural securitisation

LiveMore has successfully priced and completed its inaugural securitisation, Exmoor Funding 2024-1. The simple,...

LendInvest Mortgages unveils 65% LTV residential remortgage

LendInvest Mortgages has announced the expansion of its residential mortgage range with the launch...

Major causes of gazumping revealed

Homebuyers are being gazumped due to lengthy property chains and delays in getting a...

Rise in broker satisfaction with lenders across all sectors

Smart Money People has published its H1 2024 Mortgage Lender Benchmark covering mortgage broker...

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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Family Building Society cuts minimum property value to £75k

Family Building Society has lowered its minimum property value from £120,000 to £75,000 across...

360 Lifecycle adds Checkmyfile credit reporting link

360 Lifecycle has partnered with Checkmyfile to give advisers access to clients’ multi-agency credit...

Barclays cuts rates and launches sub-4% Premier tracker

Barclays will cut selected mortgage rates from Thursday 30 April and launch a Premier...

Millennials still locked out of homeownership

Only 5% of millennials have reached the life milestones they expected as teenagers, according...

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