Mortgages

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...

Bevan Money applies for banking licence

Bevan Money has submitted its application for a banking licence. The business plans to...

Coventry for intermediaries launches home energy efficiency tool

Coventry for intermediaries has launched a tool on its website which shows people how...

Bluestone Mortgages partners with Experian for Open Banking

Bluestone Mortgages has announced a strategic partnership with Experian to launch an Open Banking...

West One revamps Platinum residential offering

West One Loans has cut rates by up to 20 basis points on all...

Caroline Mirakian joins UTB

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Caroline Mirakian as sales & marketing director of...

LendInvest cuts residential rates by up to 35bps

LendInvest has reduced rates across its residential mortgage range to support qualified professionals, key...

Equifax UK partners with AI firm to speed up decisioning

Equifax UK and Digilytics AI are launching new software which will help lenders to...

Phoebus achieves its highest ranking in Best Companies Index

Phoebus has improved its position in the Best Companies Index, moving up the rankings...

CLSQ and D-RISK partner with Shawbrook Bank

Property insights providers, CLSQ and D-Risk, has been named once again as a climate...

Investec cuts tracker rates and removes ERCs

Investec Bank has announced changes to its residential and buy-to-let tracker range with rate...

Reliance Bank improves shared ownership and key worker propositions

Reliance Bank has increased its LTV banding from 90% to 95% LTV percentage share...

LMS reports 38% fall in remortgage instructions

LMS has published its Monthly Remortgage Snapshot, showing remortgage market activity through April 2023. Instructions...

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

House price-to-income ratio falls to 11-year low as mortgage costs rise

The gap between UK house prices and earnings has narrowed to its lowest level...

HSBC UK to examine Budget impact in intermediary economy webinar

HSBC UK will hold an economy webinar for mortgage intermediaries on 30 October, focusing...

Clydesdale to raise selected residential product transfer rates

Clydesdale is increasing selected residential product transfer fixed rates by up to 0.17% from...

Green rent cap plan could squeeze buy-to-let affordability

Green Party proposals to restrict private rent increases for three years could make it...

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