Mortgages

Three-quarters of brokers put off by lenders who pull deals at short notice

76% of brokers have said the level of notice a lender gave them regarding...

MPowered Mortgages reduced fixed rates

MPowered Mortgages has announced rate reductions across its suite of fixed rate products. ...

StrideUp added to TMA panel

StrideUp has announced that it has been added to TMA’s lender panel. From today, TMA...

Positive Lending selects primary technology provider

One Mortgage System (OMS) has been adopted by Positive Lending as its primary technology...

Has the Bank Base Rate finally peaked?

Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meetings are always eagerly anticipated in our world but I...

Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank improve lending policies

Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank are making changes to policies for property and self-employed...

Portfolio landlords in no rush to exit market

Market activity is being driven by portfolio landlords, demand for holiday lets, as well...

United Trust Bank unveils new trackers and rate reductions

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages for Intermediaries has announced a series of changes and...

Together announces successful pricing of its second RMBS for 2023

Together Financial Services has announced the pricing of its latest first charge only residential...

Perenna receives banking licence approval

New bank, Perenna, has secured its unrestricted banking licence from the Prudential Regulation Authority...

MIMHC adds three more signatory firms

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has announced that three more companies have...

Newcastle Intermediaries improves shared ownership offering

Newcastle Intermediaries has enhanced its Shared Ownership proposition with the introduction of products for...

OMS joins Legal & General Mortgage Club panel

One Mortgage System (OMS) has announced its addition to the Legal & General Mortgage...

Vida unveils new limited edition products

Vida has launched a new range of limited edition deals. Two and five-year products are...

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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