Mortgages

Iress appoints head of engineering for mortgages

Iress has appointed Steve Green as head of engineering, mortgages. He will be responsible...

New five-year fixes from Virgin Money

Virgin Money is introducing new mortgage products today (Wednesday 10 August). The lender is also...

Mortgage Magic unveils digital package for brokers

Mortgage Magic has introduced a digital package aimed at helping brokers to revamp their...

The Mortgage Lender expands business development team

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has appointed Nicola Ashby and Keith Campsie as business development...

Environmental concerns losing importance for house buyers

As the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite, new call data from Moneypenny, shows eco...

Mortgage intermediary confidence remains high despite fall

The latest data from IMLA's Mortgage Market Tracker has revealed that intermediary case volumes...

360 Dotnet sees 22% increase in lending for Q2

360 Dotnet has reported a string second quarter. After £10.7 billion in total lending -...

Gatehouse Bank doubles profits

Gatehouse Bank has reported a doubling of pre-tax profits to £3.6m in 2021. During the...

Fluent Money to offer MPowered Mortgages’ prime residential range

MPowered Mortgages has partnered with Fluent Money, which was recently acquired by Mortgage Advice...

Twenty7Tec: product availability at three-quarters of pre-pandemic levels

Twenty7Tec has published its findings based on its mortgage platform data for July 2022. Monthly...

Skipton reports 3.3% growth in mortgage portfolio

The Skipton Group has reported pre-tax profits for the past six months of £160.0m,...

OMS and Connect extend technology agreement

One Mortgage System (OMS) has announced that Connect for Intermediaries has renewed its tech...

Skipton appoints telephone BDM

Skipton Building Society for Intermediaries has appointed James Robertshaw to its team of telephone...

Saffron pauses new mortgage applications

Saffron Building Society is temporarily pausing new mortgage applications on all mortgages excluding self-build. The...

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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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