Mortgages

E.surv and Foundation Home Loans agree new valuations deal

E.surv has announced a new valuation services agreement with Paratus AMC (trading as Foundation...

The proximity of a General Election won’t improve market efficiency

Understandably, there is a lot of political heat being placed under the current mortgage...

LiveMore cuts mortgage rates following fall in swap rates

24 hours since swap rates reduced, LiveMore has lowered rates across selected mortgage products...

Gen H drops rates by up to 60bps

Gen H has cut rates and launched its expanded homebuying bundle, now designed to...

Andrea Glasgow becomes specialist mortgage sales director at HTB

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Andrea Glasgow as sales director,...

Majority of mortgage customers want more lender flexibility

66% of UK mortgage customers believe greater flexibility is needed from lenders in the...

Hanley Economic BS provides seven-day FMA commitment

Hanley Economic Building Society has committed to providing its intermediary partners with a minimum...

Virgin Money unveils new two and five-year fixed rates

Virgin Money is launching new residential and buy-to-let mortgage products. The new deals will be...

OneDome eyeing acquisitions as part of growth strategy

OneDome, the end-to-end property transaction company, has reported triple-digit year-on-year revenue growth despite a...

Mortgage borrowers’ ability to save hit by inflationary pressures

Data gathered from users of Moneyhub's open finance platform has shown that in the...

The Nottingham allows product selection at DIP stage

Nottingham Building Society has made a major change in its mortgage application process. The...

LiveMore unveils flexible ‘5+5’ fixed rate mortgage

LiveMore has launched a 10-year mortgage for borrowers aged 50 to 90+, but with...

Mortgage Marketing Forum for Intermediaries launches

The Mortgage Marketing Forum has revealed announced details of a new membership website, designed...

360 Lifecycle reports £10.5bn in lending on platform for Q2

360 Dotnet has revealed that its platform, 360 Lifecycle, achieved various milestones in the...

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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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