Mortgages

Paradigm unveils new podcast

Paradigm has announced the launch of a new podcast designed to support and help...

360 Dotnet appoints strategic relationships director

Yeliz Yusuf has been appointed as 360 Dotnet’s new strategic relationships director. With almost two...

Spring Finance improves first charge mortgage offering

Specialist lender Spring Finance has announced the launch of a first charge residential remortgage...

Which? reveals rise in missed bill payments by mortgage holders

Which?’s Consumer Insight Tracker has revealed that 8.1% of mortgage holders missed payments for...

Lenders expecting household defaults to spike

20 of the country's largest lenders are expecting an additional £788 million in credit...

UTB Mortgages promotes sales trio

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages for Intermediaries has announced new roles for three sales...

Paul Welch partners with talent agency to expand financial education across social media

Paul Welch, mortgage broker and founder of largemortgageloans.com and the MillionPlus Club, has been...

“Trillions” could find home in back books before July 2024

$2.6 trillion (£2.4tn) in a cash pile of investors’ money could be used to...

MPowered Mortgages cuts fixed rates

MPowered Mortgages has cut rates across its whole fixed rate mortgage range. Rates for...

Clydesdale announces mortgage rate rises

Clydesdale Bank has announced that it will be increasing rates across a number of...

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries unveils residential deals amid wider refresh

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries, part of OSB Group, has refreshed products across its residential,...

April Mortgages using Ohpen platform

Ohpen has announced that its real-time, 'cloud-native' mortgage platform is powering April Mortgages’ proposition...

Coventry for intermediaries cuts rates to help first-time buyers

Coventry for intermediaries has lowered certain new business residential rates by up to 22...

Virgin Money launches new Rate Reducer and Fix and Switch rates

Virgin Money is making changes to its mortgage range on Friday 15 March. Changes include...

COMMENT

Plugging the first-time buyer knowledge gap

A couple of weeks ago, I found myself down at my local, surrounded by family, friends and the usual mix of conversation. Among the...

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...

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West One creates national account manager role as mortgage division expands

West One has created two roles in its mortgage division and promoted eight existing...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage Leaders talk mental health – part 4

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is hosting its third annual 144-mile Walk...

AI-driven vulnerability claims ‘create new fraud risk’ for financial services

Financial services firms face a growing risk from AI-generated customer vulnerability claims being used...

Richtmove: Now it’s cheaper to rent than buy!

Rising mortgage rates have pushed average monthly repayments above rents for the first time...

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