Mortgages

Nottingham BS updates interest-only mortgage terms

Nottingham Building Society has announced an update to its mortgage offerings, introducing an update...

Coventry for Intermediaries cuts selection of fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected fixed rate deals for new applications, with some...

Computershare Loan Services & DPS continue Depaul UK support

Computershare Loan Services and the Deposit Protection Service (the DPS) have donated £40,000 to...

Mortgage Charter is only a start – common sense approach still needed on credit

The Mortgage Charter has been a welcome initiative. Understandably there are plenty of borrowers...

PRIMIS reveals leading broker queries

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has revealed that the network’s product desk helped appointed representative (AR)...

MPowered Mortgages uses ChatGPT to answer one-third of broker queries

MPowered Mortgages has announced the full rollout of its ChatGPT-powered chatbot tool, CriteriaGPT. Following a...

Free mentoring scheme looking for more mentees

The cross-industry mentoring scheme launched in June by the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI),...

Just Mortgages appoints new Midlands area director

Just Mortgages has bolstered its self-employed management team with the appointment of Nigel Smith...

Intermediary market confidence remained steady in Q2

The latest Mortgage Market Tracker report from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) reveals...

Fewer than one million outstanding interest-only mortgages, says FCA

The number of interest-only (750,000) and part-interest-only (245,000) mortgages has halved since 2015, according...

Paradigm offers Harpenden BS large loans to members

Paradigm has announced the launch of new, exclusive Large Loan products from Harpenden Building Society...

HTB appoints BDM for specialist mortgages

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Zouhair Mihramane as business development...

Many borrowers taking proactive measures amid rising rate landscape

New research by Butterfield Mortgages indicates that UK mortgage customers are turning to fixed...

Gen H reduces mortgage rates

Gen H has unveiled reductions on most of its products up to 95% LTV...

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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