Mortgages

West One hails July as record month for originations

West One Loans has reported a record month for originations in July. The specialist lender...

Access FS adds CeMAP courses to academy proposition

Access Financial Services has announced the completion of its new academy proposition with the...

Vida cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Vida has announced rate reductions across its product range. All buy-to-let rates have been reduced,...

MPowered Mortgages joins Mortgage Marketing Forum

The Mortgage Marketing Forum has announced that MPowered Mortgages is the latest company to...

Foundation Home Loans refreshes ‘specials’ products

Foundation Home Loans has announced a refresh of its buy-to-let and owner-occupier ‘specials’ product...

Virgin Money to cut exclusive rates

Virgin Money is reducing the rates on selected remortgage and purchase exclusives on Tuesday...

CMME unveils scheme for self-employed mortgage advisers

Mortgage advisory firm, CMME, is launching a new scheme exclusively designed for self-employed mortgage...

Mortgage approvals at highest level since October 2022

The Bank of England has revealed that net borrowing of mortgage debt by individuals...

MPowered Mortgages cuts five-year fixed rate range

MPowered Mortgages has reduced its five-year fixed rate residential mortgage products by 0.15%, with...

PMS introduces fair value support for mortgage firms

PMS Mortgage Club, in partnership with Bankhall, has rolled out a suite of new...

Coventry for intermediaries reduces selected rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced two and five-year fixed rates, for residential and buy-to-let...

Brokers still unclear on what Consumer Duty means for them

Consumer Duty is a hot topic across the mortgage industry, with the implementation date...

Brokers become less pessimistic moving into H2

New research from Crystal Specialist Finance has revealed how mortgage brokers viewed the market...

Foundation Home Loans cuts rates by up to 85bps

Foundation Home Loans has announced rate reductions of up to 0.85 percentage points on...

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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