Mortgages

Consumer EPC knowledge worsens by age group

Just 24% of consumers know what the EPC rating on their property is, according...

Major financial confidence gaps among 25-44 year-olds

Millennials are as unconfident in their ability to manage their finances as younger consumers...

Hanley’s CEO hails mutual’s “outstanding commercial performance”

Hanley Economic Building Society has reported growth for the year ending 31 August 2021,...

Metro Bank added to MBT Affordability platform

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has added Metro Bank to its MBT Affordability research platform. ...

Accord increases maximum LTV for AVMs

Accord Mortgages is to extend its use of automated valuations (AVMs) in order to...

Leeds BS unveils new First Homes products

Leeds Building Society has introduced new products specifically designed for purchasers using the government’s...

Virgin Money ups BTL and residential rates

Virgin Money has increased a number of rates within its residential and buy-to-let ranges. The...

Foundation cuts 85%-90% LTV fixed rates

Foundation Home Loans has made reductions to both two and five-year fixed rates at...

BoE: significant drop in net mortgage borrowing

The Bank of England has revealed that net borrowing of mortgage debt by individuals...

Jon Hall joins OSB Group

Jon Hall has joined OSB Group in his new role as group managing director,...

UTB appoints Mike Walters to new sales director role

United Trust Bank (UTB) has restructured its mortgage sales team. Mike Walters heads up the...

Fluent Money Group refreshes brand and website

North-West based form Fluent Money Group has launched its new website, consolidating its six...

Reliance Bank now features on Twenty7Tec’s APPLY

Twenty7Tec has announced that Reliance Bank has been added to its APPLY module. It has...

Visionary Finance appoints head of operations

Specialist buy-to-let and new build broker, Visionary Finance, has appointed Neill Henderson as head...

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AMI Protection Viewpoint 2025: Turning challenges into opportunities

Delivering better outcomes and protecting more customers is all in a day’s work for protection advisers. But in today’s fast-paced, constantly evolving environment, navigating...

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...

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TRM launches tool to help advisers assess clients’ financial shortfalls

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has introduced a Shortfall Needs Analysis Calculator designed...

HTB completes £1.1m Midlands refinancing in four hours

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a £1.1m residential investment refinancing in the Midlands...

Brookfield Surveyors joins BDLA as associate member

Brookfield Surveyors has become an associate member of the Bridging and Development Lenders Association...

Shawbrook backs 42-home London scheme with £13m development facility

Shawbrook has partnered with P10 Financial Group to provide a £13m development facility that...

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