Mortgages

Fall in green mortgage awareness

Awareness of green mortgages is falling among homebuyers, according to new research from Mortgage...

Paradigm publishes latest Insights videos

Paradigm has launched the latest iteration of its Mortgage Market Insights videos. These are a...

Bluestone Mortgages cuts residential and RTB rates

Bluestone Mortgages has made rate reductions across its residential and Right to Buy product...

Half of Gen X struggling to clear mortgage before retirement

27% of Gen X - those born between 1965 and 1980 - are not...

Leeds BS unveils new year mortgage rate reductions

Leeds Building Society has made reductions on products across its mortgage range. the cuts are...

Is the industry too pessimistic about the year ahead?

As you might have expected, there has been a flurry of data, statistics and...

Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank offer multiple pre-completion product switches

Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank have improved their product switching policy for pipeline cases....

EPC target possible but not without challenges

91.5% of properties with a known EPC in the UK could meet future target...

Hanley Economic BS launches self-build product offering

Hanley Economic Building Society has announced the launch of a suite of self-build products,...

Access FS reports 128% rise in turnover

Access Financial Services has revealed that over the past 12 months turnover increased by...

Foundation Home Loans reveals new CEO

Pete Ball has been appointed, subject to regulatory approval, CEO of Foundation Home Loans. He...

Hodge improves residential rate switch proc fees

Specialist lender, Hodge, has announced a rise in its procuration fees for its broker...

HRBS’s Thornley-Yates to step down

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has announced that after 25 years with the Society,...

The Right Mortgage publishes 2024 event calendar

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network and DA Club has announced a range of ongoing...

COMMENT

Why advisers can be part of the conveyancing team

There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with recommending a firm and then largely ends once the client...

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...

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Green rent cap plan could squeeze buy-to-let affordability

Green Party proposals to restrict private rent increases for three years could make it...

Firms’ confidence in FCA rises as satisfaction hits 79%

Confidence in the Financial Conduct Authority has increased, with almost eight in 10 regulated...

Westmarq challenges surveying ‘duopoly’ as it targets lender business

Westmarq has challenged mortgage lenders to move more of their valuation business away from...

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...

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