Mortgages

SPF Private Clients opens Edinburgh office

SPF Private Clients (SPF) has opened a new office in Edinburgh, marking the return...

Gen H reduces rates across all products

Gen H has announced reductions across its whole product range by up to 17bps...

Premium Credit offers brokers monthly plan for FCA fees

Premium Credit is offering mortgage businesses a finance facility to spread their fees over...

Just Wealth unveils new referral portal

Just Wealth, the financial services arm of national brokerage Just Mortgages, has launched a...

Leeds BS launches energy performance improvement tool

Leeds Building Society has launched a new online tool designed to help members monitor...

Consultancy becomes the latest IMLA associate member

Pegasus Insight, a recently established professional research services consultancy, has become the latest associate...

OMS appoints business partnership and growth director

One Mortgage System (OMS) has appointed Melanie Spencer as its business partnership and growth...

Property Circle launches lead generator platform

Technology firm, Property Circle, has launched a platform to help mortgage brokers, letting agents...

MPowered Mortgages launches new 90% LTV range

MPowered Mortgages has launched a new range of 90% LTV mortgages. The lender has...

Inflation is often misunderstood

Even in - what looks like - an economy where inflation is heading downwards,...

Mortgage Broker Tools passes million case milestone

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has revealed that it has processed more than one million...

It makes sense for lenders to target high LTV business

Even towards the end of August, many ‘Out of Offices’ were still on throughout...

Focus on Principals and their AR support provisions

Back in December last year, the FCA introduced additional rules for Principals related to...

Skipton cuts 100% Track Record rate

Skipton is reducing rates across its fixed mortgage range for new business and existing...

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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