Mortgages

Mortgage loan sizes vary more now than ever

The gap between the average maximum and minimum loan sizes available to mortgage applicants...

Countrywide Surveying Services appoints regional director

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has announced the appointment of Mandy Spenceley as regional director. Spenceley...

Paradigm to hold Consumer Duty webinar

Paradigm has announced a new online webinar to cover the FCA’s Consumer Duty Final Rules...

Investec joins Primis lender panel

Primis Mortgage Network has revealed that Investec will be the first private bank to...

Loughborough BS launches First Homes Mortgage

Loughborough Building Society has unveiled a mortgage to support homebuyers using the Government’s First...

AMI positive about FCA’s Consumer Duty

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has responded to the FCA's announcement on its...

Mortgage Magic introduces electronic ID verification

Mortgage Magic has developed and launched its own electronic ID verification (E-ID) technology. The...

Lenders should increase awareness of mortgage holidays

New research from review site Smart Money People suggests that lenders should raise awareness...

Crystal Specialist Finance unveils new marketing director

Crystal Specialist Finance has announced the appointment of a new marketing director. Dom Wilkinson joins...

HTB makes North West lending manager hire

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Malone Roberts as lending manager...

Firms “failing to detect criminal ghosts”

45% of finance and banking firms are failing to carry out 'ghost-buster' checks on...

The Mortgage Lender expands London presence 

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has announced the appointment of Sarah McCawley as key account...

The Mansfield simplifies application process

Mansfield Building Society has launched with Open Banking platform DirectID to make it easier...

Norton Home Loans expands relationship with TMG

Norton Home Loans has partnered with The Money Group (TMG) network, enabling TMG brokers...

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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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