Mortgages

Hodge increases maximum loan sizes

Hodge is raising the maximum loan size on its Professional, 50+ and RIO mortgage...

Virgin Money adds new 95% LTV two-year fix at 5.49%

Virgin Money is making changes to selected products. The changes will take place on 1...

Gen H improves adverse credit criteria

Gen H has unveiled changes to its credit criteria that it claims will materially...

Tandem makes key digital and marketing appointments

Tandem has announced the appointment of Maria Khan as director of product and digital...

Skipton BS cuts over 40 mortgage rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates once again across its mortgage product range. The rate...

MPowered extends reach of 0.3% cashback offer

MPowered Mortgages has extended its 0.3% cashback offering across various products with fees up...

Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter hits 100th signatory

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has reached its 100th signatory milestone. The...

Try Mortgage Network adopts OMS

One Mortgage System (OMS) has been integrated by Try Mortgage Network across its proposition....

Smart Money People reveal firms with highest broker-ranked BDMs

Smart Money People, the financial services review site, has found that InterBay and Landbay...

Suffolk Building Society cuts selection of fixed rates

Suffolk Building Society has reduced the rates on its 95% loan to value (LTV)...

Tony Hall expands remit at Saffron BS

Saffron Building Society has revealed that Tony Hall will be taking on an expanded...

Annual increase in mortgage costs revealed

New research from Bluestone Mortgages has revealed that 47% of UK mortgage holders have...

Atom bank cuts prime rates by up to 25bps

Atom bank has once again reduced Prime mortgage rates, this time by up to...

Virgin Money launches 5-year fix with option to switch after 2 years

Virgin Money has launched Fix and Switch, which offers a rate fixed for five...

COMMENT

Why the AI revolution could be a golden age for financial advice

Every major technological shift creates the same debate: will it empower professionals to do more, or eventually replace them? Artificial intelligence is simply the latest...

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...

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Advice firms step up technology use as integration remains key obstacle

Financial advice firms are taking a more proactive approach to technology, but integrating new...

Check launches mortgage readiness tool for prospective borrowers

Check.co.uk has added a mortgage readiness feature to its app, bringing together credit, affordability,...

Yorkshire BS team raises £1,000 with 198km treadmill challenge

Seven Yorkshire Building Society colleagues have completed a 198km treadmill ultramarathon to raise money...

Square 1 Media joins Momenti Group’s Observatory as corporate partner

Square 1 Media has become a corporate partner of The Observatory, the mortgage market...

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