Mortgages

Brightstar renews Source deal with Twenty7tec

The Brightstar Group has renewed its Source license agreement with technology provider, Twenty7tec. The...

MBE North speakers and panellists revealed

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has revealed its lineup of speakers and panellists for its...

SortRefer reveals 2024 regional event programme

SortRefer has announced the launch of its 2024 programme of regional events aimed at promoting...

Paradigm in technology partnership with Acre

Acre, the intermediary platform, has announced a new partnership with Paradigm, the mortgage, protection...

West One Loans expands residential product availability to all brokers in Scotland

Following its pilot, West One Loans has opened up its residential range to all...

Potential FTBs put off by mortgage difficulties

The negative experience of securing a mortgage is deterring 42% of aspiring first-time buyers...

Virgin Money increases fixed rate pricing

Virgin Money has increased a number of its fixed rate mortgage products. The changes are...

Gen H simplifies affordability for income booster mortgages

Gen H has streamlined how it calculates affordability for income booster cases. The lender...

Intermediary firms expanding despite labour market issues

38% of mortgage intermediary companies are expanding their operations, according to Paragon Bank research. ...

Chetwood Financial appoints director of marketing

Chetwood Financial has appointed Roselle Allsop as its new director of marketing. The Wrexham-based...

FTBs saw sharp reduction in affordable options last year

The number of affordable options for first-time buyers fell by 40% in 2023, according...

April Mortgages extends Stonebridge distribution arrangement

April Mortgages has extended the distribution of its range of mortgages to the whole...

Own New Rate Reducer set to lower borrowing rates for new home purchases

Own New is to launch a mortgage product which it claims will bring lower...

Interest in new-build homes continues to dwindle

E.surv’s latest Property Watch report has concluded that the UK housing market has shown...

COMMENT

Should mortgage advisers consider the emerging secondary market for life policies?

Mortgage advisers regularly help clients navigate major life changes. While much of the focus is naturally on borrowing, refinancing and insurance, there is another...

One mortgage journey no longer fits every borrower

In the mortgage market, we have lots of different ways of describing customers depending on where they are in their lives. We talk about...

Closing the protection gap starts with informed clients

Millions of people have no protection insurance coverage and could be left vulnerable in the event of a death in the family, serious illness...

The fall in BTL company formations isn’t the whole story

It is often the case with housing and mortgage market data that the headline figure attracts most of the attention, while some of the...

Buy-to-let has matured as a market

Buy-to-let turned 30 last week, and it's a good moment for some much-needed positivity around this market. Whatever the narrative around buy-to-let has been at...

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The Monmouthshire expands mortgage platform pilot to more intermediaries

Monmouthshire Building Society has widened the intermediary pilot of its new mortgage origination platform,...

The Cambridge adds 98% LTV five-year fix for first-time buyers

Cambridge Building Society has widened access to its First Step range with a 98%...

Monicio targets mortgage admin burden with AI-powered CRM

Mortgage technology provider Monicio has launched an AI-powered CRM designed to automate administrative work...

Foundation colleagues take on Snowdon challenge for Centrepoint

Foundation and Catalyst colleagues have climbed Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) as part of a fundraising...

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