Mortgages

Hampshire Trust Bank bolsters holiday let mortgage proposition

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has improved its holiday let offering. The specialist lender has increased...

Convey Law boss slams rate rises

A conveyancing firm boss has welcomed the relaxation of stress tests for mortgage borrowers...

Dudley BS boosts support for borrowers with disabilities

Dudley Building Society has launched a new mortgage product linked to the HOLD (Home...

Bath Building Society launches lending criteria chatbot

Bath Building Society has teamed up with Consectus to launch a conversational AI chat...

Specialist mortgage sector to hit £16bn by end of decade

A nationwide study by specialist lender, Together, has predicted that the UK specialist residential...

Perenna secures banking licence

Perenna has obtained its banking licence and will be launching 30-year fixed rate mortgages...

Just Mortgages appoints pair of directors

Broker firm, Just Mortgages, has appointed two new financial services directors, Gareth Lowndes and...

MPowered Mortgages’ prime residential criteria added to SmartrCriteria

MPowered Mortgages has announced that its prime residential mortgage criteria will be available on...

The holy grail for lending

Ask any mortgage or credit provider to name their top 10 customer origination challenges...

Paradigm partners with Twenty7tec

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced a new partnership with sourcing and technology platform provider,...

Clearing existing mortgage most popular H1 reason for equity release

Canada Life has stated that 50% of equity release applications it received in the...

Legal & General Mortgage Club unveils educational Green Hub

Legal & General Mortgage Club has launched a Green Hub to support the sector...

Even added to Twenty7tec

Twenty7tec has announced that Even, a new lender to market offering a bespoke solution...

Two lenders sign up to PEXA platform

PEXA has revealed that both Hinckley & Rugby Building Society and Shawbrook Bank will...

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Private credit poses challenges and opportunities for UK CROs

The global financial crash of 2008 revealed the dangers of financial contagion. What began as a collapse in the United States sub-prime mortgage market...

GIS must be at the heart of place-based policymaking

The UK is under increasing pressure to deliver more homes, strengthen national infrastructure, and meet ambitious environmental goals – from the New Towns Taskforce...

The PT is dead. Long live the broker!

Did you know that every time a borrower approaches their bank directly, a mortgage broker dies? I’m teasing, of course. They don’t really die....

Landlords defy the doom – the buy-to-let bounce-back

While the Bank of England recently voted to hold the interest rate at 4%, which will have been disappointing news to landlords who had...

The 12 Days of Christmas: Staying front of mind when clients go quiet

December has long been a quiet month for mortgage advisers. By mid-November, many client conversations slow or pause entirely, often with the familiar refrain:...

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AUTUMN BUDGET: Industry braces for impact

On Wednesday, the Chancellor is due to deliver the second highly anticipated Autumn Budget...

Houzecheck launches “Bruce the Beaver” to drive brand recognition in surveying

Proptech firm Houzecheck is introducing a new mascot, Bruce the Beaver, in a bid...

AMI Protection Viewpoint 2025: Turning challenges into opportunities

Delivering better outcomes and protecting more customers is all in a day’s work for...

Mental health emerges as leading cause of long-term sick leave, MetLife finds

Mental health conditions have become the leading cause of long-term sickness in the workplace,...

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