Mortgages

Buckinghamshire BS launches new fee-free shared ownership offering

Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched a new shared ownership proposition with rates cut by...

Tandem partners with Dynamo

Tandem Bank has announced a new partnership with mortgage club, Dynamo for Intermediaries. Members will...

HLPartnership acquires mortgage and protection network

HLPartnership has announced the acquisition of AFP Partnership, a mortgage and protection network based...

New appointment to expand Cumberland BS distribution

The Cumberland Building Society has appointed a new head of intermediary lending as it...

Foundation Home Loans refreshes full product ranges

Foundation Home Loans has refreshed all products within its core buy-to-let and owner-occupied ranges...

Hanley Economic BS unveils two-year fee-free shared ownership fix

Hanley Economic Building Society has announced the launch of a fee-free two-year fixed rate...

Gen H launches new affordability calculator and criteria centre

Gen H has announced the launch of its new affordability calculator. The calculator includes...

CLSQ launches real-time EPC integration for lenders

CLSQ’s latest product launch is offering real-time access to EPC data directly from the...

Tandem Bank ups support for self-employed

Tandem Bank has announced its move to increase the LTV for self-employed clients from...

Belmont Green prices second securitisation of 2023

Belmont Green, trading as Vida Homeloans, has issued its second residential mortgage-backed security (RMBS)...

MPowered Mortgages starts testing ChatGPT tool

MPowered Mortgages has integrated ChatGPT technology into its internal chatbot tool on its mortgage...

Leeds adds 95% LTV cashback mortgage to range

Leeds Building Society has added a new mortgage with cashback to its higher loan...

Legal & General integrates OMS with SmartrFit platform

Legal & General Mortgage Services has announced the full integration of its mortgage research...

Cherry signs up over 100 providers for new Provider Forum

Adviser forum, Cherry, says it has now registered more than 100 product and service...

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...

Latest news

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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