Mortgages

Gen H rated “excellent’ by brokers

Gen H has achieved an NPS of 83 in a survey of the brokers...

Hanley Economic BS launches trio of new residential deals

Hanley Economic Building Society has introduced three new residential products up to 95% LTV. The...

Family BS unveils new two-year fixes

Family Building Society has launched a new range of two-year fixed rate mortgage products. It...

Coventry for Intermediaries cuts fixed rates by up to 45bps

Coventry for Intermediaries has reduced the majority of fixed rates. Residential rates have been cut...

LendInvest reduces rates and unveils 90% LTV deal

LendInvest has made reductions to its residential mortgage range, improving its offering for key...

Clydesdale Bank improves affordability calculations

Clydesdale Bank has made changes to its affordability calculations which means it can now...

Family BS increases PT proc fees

Family Building Society is increasing its procuration fees for mortgage product transfers. Product transfer procuration...

Target Group launches new mortgage originations system

Target Group has unveiled Mortgage Hub, its new mortgage originations system. Over two...

Suffolk Building Society unveils new 3-year fix

Suffolk Building Society has added a new residential three-year fixed rate product to its...

Gen H joins LMS Panel Link

LMS has revealed that Gen H has become the 34th lender to join LMS...

MPowered Mortgages appoints sales director

MPowered Mortgages has promoted Matt Surridge to sales director, following the departure of Emma...

Investec cuts residential and BTL tracker rates

Investec Bank has announced changes to its residential and buy-to-let tracker range with rate...

Pepper Money unveils new legal service

Pepper Money has introduced an enhanced Free Legals service, covering the cost of legal...

MBT Affordability partners with Mpowered Mortgages

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has integrated its research platform with MPowered Mortgages. MBT markets itself...

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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