Mortgages

Skipton BS cuts over 100 mortgage rates

Skipton Building Society will be lowering over 100 mortgage rates across its product range. From...

Identifying opportunities for 2024

We are now well into the final quarter of the year, and while we...

It really is harder than ever for first-time buyers

When I hear people of a different generation compare their home-owning journey to that...

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries improves BTL & residential deals

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries has launched new buy-to-let and residential products. The lender, part of...

Balancing the residential lending books

As a lending community, it’s part and parcel of our future planning to be...

Mutual quintet launch Leicestershire Lenders Live Event

Five Leicestershire-based building societies have joined forces to launch the inaugural Leicestershire Lenders Live...

LendInvest unveils new mortgages business division

LendInvest has created a new business division to serve its residential, buy-to-let and bridging...

Atom bank reduces mortgage rates by up 25bps

Atom bank has further reduced rates across its mortgage products by up to 0.25%...

Pepper Money launches Consent to Follow with second charges

Pepper Money has launched Consent to Follow on its second charge mortgages, enabling the...

Vida improves criteria and product offering

Vida has announced changes to its products and criteria. It has moved to support borrowers...

New lower fixed rates from the Co-operative Bank

The Co-operative Bank for Intermediaries has unveiled its latest product range. The launch includes reductions...

Market Harborough BS unveils new ‘low ERC’ deal

Market Harborough Building Society (MHBS) has launched a new three-year discount product. It comes with...

OPDA finalises make-up of executive committee

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has confirmed the completion of its executive committee...

MBE London reveals record figures

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has announced that visitor numbers at its London show, held...

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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