Mortgages

SimplyBiz bolsters mortgage compliance team

SimplyBiz has announced the appointment of Simon Lovell and Kris Armstrong to its compliance...

We need to adapt to the changing profiles of borrowers

Time stops for no one, and neither does the possibility of change. What might...

PRIMIS partners with New Homes Mortgage Broker

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has revealed that New Homes Mortgage Broker is the latest firm...

13,000+ solar panels installed during record warm September

Over 13,000 solar panels were installed on UK homes during the joint-warmest September on...

“Bold ideas” wanted to transform home buying using Smart Data

The Department for Business and Trade, Challenge Works, the Open Data Institute (ODI) and...

PriceHubble acquires WhenFresh

PriceHubble, a provider of performance data solutions for real estate and finance, has acquired...

Adverse, protection and complex lending top queries for PRIMIS desk

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has revealed that the its product desk helped appointed representative (AR)...

Bluestone Mortgages makes widespread rate cuts

Bluestone Mortgages has announced rate reductions across its whole product range. The specialist lender says...

Hanley Economic BS improves criteria

Hanley Economic Building Society has made three key criteria changes to its lending policy. Following...

Four new divisional sales directors at Just Mortgages

National brokerage Just Mortgages has announced the appointment of four new divisional sales directors...

MPowered Mortgages launches broker WhatsApp channel

MPowered Mortgages has introduced a dedicated WhatsApp channel for its brokers. The channel will provide...

United Trust Bank appoints BDM

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages for Intermediaries has appointed Rachel Shackleton to the role...

Pepper Money makes sales team hire

Pepper Money has appointed Sam Bickerton as regional development manager for Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire,...

Bank of England added to SimplyBiz Mortgages’ Showcase event

SimplyBiz Mortgages has published the full agenda for its upcoming series of Mortgage Showcase...

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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