Mortgages

West One Loans joins PRIMIS’ residential panel

West One Loans has been added to PRIMIS Mortgage Network’s panel of lenders. The partnership...

Atom bank provides same-day mortgage offer with one in five cases

Atom bank says that 21% of mortgage applications were approved on the same day...

Large variation in consumer vulnerability across key sectors

The latest data from the MorganAsh Resilience System (MARS) has revealed that firms using...

Stonebridge expansion behind new office move

Stonebridge has relocated its head office after over a decade, driven by growth of...

Hanley Economic BS introduces fee-free two-year fix

Hanley Economic Building Society has launched a fee-free two-year fixed rate product with a...

Skipton BS unveils new mortgage head of product and propositions

Skipton building Society has promoted Jen Lloyd to become its new mortgage head of...

Just Mortgages appoints digital marketing manager

National brokerage Just Mortgages has announced the appointment of Shey Wade to the role...

Mansfield BS launches affordability-friendly 95% LTV deal

Mansfield Building Society has unveiled a new five-year fixed rate mortgage, available up to...

Average Stamp Duty bill nearly £10,000

Coventry Building Society has established that homebuyers paid an average Stamp Duty bill of...

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services adds Bath BS to panel

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services has announced the addition of Bath Building Society to...

StrideUp reduces rates and improves criteria

StrideUp has cut its rates on both two and five-year fixed rates by 80bps...

Bluestone reduces rates to support those with ‘complex credit needs’

Bluestone Mortgages has announced rate reductions across its entire fixed rate product range, including...

Foundation Home Loans cuts rates and broadens product options

Foundation Home Loans has made a number of price reductions in both its owner-occupied...

Selina Finance joins Legal & General Mortgage Club panel

Legal & General Mortgage Club has added specialist homeowner loan and Home Equity Line...

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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