Mortgages

Acre partners with Brilliant Solutions

Acre has signed an agreement with Brilliant Solutions to offer the latter's network of...

Saffron for Intermediaries increases maximum large loan sizes

Saffron for Intermediaries has raised the maximum loan size on its self-build large loan...

Nottingham BS releases new residential deals

Nottingham Building Society has announced the launch of a new range of residential mortgage...

Virgin Money offers new remortgage exclusives and cuts BTL fixed rates

Virgin Money has announced changes to selected mortgage products. It has withdrawn the following products: Remortgage...

Redwood Bank unveils cashback offer for green landlords

Redwood Bank is offering a new Green Reward cashback offer to portfolio landlords. The bank...

AR numbers and business volumes up at The Right Mortgage

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network revealed improved business volumes and appointed representative (AR)...

MHBS cuts fixed rate mortgages

Market Harborough Building Society (MHBS) has reduced fixed rates by up to 0.35 percentage...

The Mortgage Hut adopts Property Circle

Independent mortgage brokerage, The Mortgage Hut, has selected Property Circle to provide its automated...

Majority of 50-79-year-olds distrust financial services providers

There is an “alarming” lack of trust in financial service providers among those aged...

HBSG issues discussion paper on improving home buying & selling process

The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) has launches a discussion paper to help...

Finova launches new decisioning engine for lenders

Mortgage technology provider, finova, has launched a new, purpose-built decisioning engine called Optimo. The system...

MPowered Mortgages cuts three-year fixed rates

MPowered Mortgages has announced further rate reductions across its whole range of three-year fixed...

Skipton BS unveils low-rate mortgage for those struggling with monthly payments

Skipton Building Society is launching a low-rate mortgage range specifically designed to help existing...

One Mortgage System makes sales team hire

One Mortgage System (OMS) has added Scott Fient to its sales team. Fient...

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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