Mortgages

Kensington updates residential and BTL rates

Kensington Mortgages has announced a number of rate updates to its buy-to-let and residential...

Bluestone Mortgages reduces rates again

Bluestone Mortgages has announced further rate reductions across its entire fixed rate product range. These...

MPowered Mortgages joins Openwork Partnership lender panel

The Openwork Partnership has announced the addition of MPowered Mortgages to its lender panel. Its...

Finova adds Earl Shilton BS to lender panel

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services has announced a new partnership with Earl Shilton Building...

Paradigm unveils new technology hub

Paradigm has introduced a new online Technology Hub collating information, opportunities and partnerships to...

Pepper Money launches latest specialist lending study

Pepper Money has launched its 2023 Specialist Lending Study, which aims to provide brokers...

Always time to mitigate your fraud risk

In times of economic uncertainty, the risk of fraudulent activity and financial crime often...

Kensington issues first securitisation in two years

Kensington Mortgages has successfully priced a new securitisation, Gemgarto 2023-1, a £548m residential mortgage-backed...

New build solutions in a challenging market

New build properties are an attractive proposition for many borrowers, whether they are a...

Precise Mortgages widens product transfer range

Precise Mortgages has increased its number of product transfer options. The addition of products with...

Loughborough BS improves mortgage criteria

Loughborough Building Society has implemented positive criteria changes to help address ongoing affordability issues...

Foundation Home Loans reduces Special rates

Foundation Home Loans has launched new Special rates across both its buy-to-let and owner-occupied...

Spring Finance pilots first charge products

Spring Finance has announced the release of a range of first charge residential remortgage...

Green home improvement products key for younger buyers

Coventry for intermediaries has found that there is a defined generational difference in attitude...

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...

Latest news

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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