Mortgages

MPowered Mortgages improves lending criteria for non-UK nationals

MPowered Mortgages has made changes to its lending criteria for Tier 2, high-skilled foreign...

E.surv expands relationship with Santander

E.surv Chartered Surveyors, the surveying business of the LSL Property Services Group, has renewed...

Unsecured debt rising for those with adverse credit

43% of people with adverse credit say their level of debt has increased in...

Cumberland BS added to Sourcing Brain and Criteria Brain

Mortgage Brain has welcomed the Cumberland Building Society to its Sourcing Brain and Criteria...

Period properties less attractive to today’s homebuyers

With sustainability and efficiency being prioritised over style, increasing numbers of homebuyers are looking...

Perenna receives government grant funding

Perenna is to use grant funding to refine and launch its Perenna Retrofit Mortgage...

Mansfield unveils Credit Repair proposition

Mansfield Building Society has launched its new Credit Repair proposition to help borrowers who...

The Mortgage Lender cuts residential and BTL rates again

The Mortgage Lender has made further rate reductions across a series of its residential...

How will the PT market play out?

When does political speak such as, ‘We always keep these types of things under...

Flexibility through remortgaging

Every January, the new year ushers in the chance for change, the opportunity to...

Clydesdale Bank cuts two and five-year rates

Clydesdale Bank has unveiled a series of mortgage rate reductions. Cuts include new and existing...

90-95% LTV rates cut amidst Coventry for intermediaries reductions

Coventry for intermediaries has lowered the majority of its fixed rates, with residential rates...

Saffron for Intermediaries reduces select Core product rates

Saffron for Intermediaries has announced rate cuts across 12 of its core products, including...

Bluestone Mortgages appoints BDM for the South East

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the appointment of Steve Bailey as the South East of...

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...

Latest news

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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