Mortgages

Q&A: Melanie Spencer, One Mortgage System

BestAdvice fires the questions at Melanie Spencer, business partnership & growth director, One Mortgage...

Legal & General Surveying Services partners with Metro Bank

Metro Bank customers should see a smoother house buying process following a new partnership...

Clydesdale Bank to cut rates and launch new purchase deals

Clydesdale Bank is reducing selected rates and launching new customer products. The new products will...

Market Harborough BS appoints new chief engagement officer

Market Harborough Building Society (MHBS) has appointed Lesley Vernon to the newly created executive...

MPowered Mortgages’ rates now start from 5.09%

MPowered Mortgages has announced rate reductions across its fixed rate products. The lender’s prime...

Sesame Network adds Tandem Bank to panel

Sesame Network has announced Tandem Bank as its latest lender partner. The...

Access FS acquires digital agency

Mortgage and protection brokerage, Access Financial Services, is launching an in-house digital marketing and...

Pepper Money unveils new lower rates

Pepper Money has cut rates across its complete range, cutting the price of more...

Atom bank reduces mortgage rates

Atom bank has once again reduced rates across its mortgage products by up to...

Newcastle Intermediaries enhances large loan criteria

Newcastle Intermediaries has enhanced its Large Loan criteria and launched a new range of...

Iress adds self-build feature to MSO platform

Iress has announced the launch of a self-build feature within its MSO software. The...

Smart Money People opens Lender Benchmark for broker feedback

Smart Money People, the financial services review site, has opened its doors for intermediary...

Nottingham BS increases procuration fee

Nottingham Building Society has announced a series of changes, including increased procuration fees and...

MBT adds credit status into research platform

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has integrated credit status into its affordability-first research platform. This new...

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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