Mortgages

Most popular energy saving property measures revealed

Double glazing is the most popular energy saving measure carried out by home owners,...

OMS appoints business relationship manager

One Mortgage System (OMS) has embarked upon a new recruitment campaign with the addition...

Significant dates for the broker diary

There are a few notable dates to be aware of this month – first...

Mortgage Climate Action Group to hold energy efficiency webinar

The Mortgage Climate Action Group is to hold later this month a green-focused webinar...

FCA confirms help for those struggling with mortgage payments

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed final mortgage guidance, setting out the ways...

Virgin Money unveils BTL and residential changes

Virgin Money is making a series of changes to its buy-to-let and residential mortgage...

Criteria searches for Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme up by 10%

First-time buyers are persisting with Help to Buy purchases, with the 31st March cut-off-point...

ColCap acquires majority shareholding in Molo

ColCap Financial and Molo Tech have announced that ColCap has acquired an 80% shareholding...

Foundation Home Loans cuts rates and goes back in at 80% LTV

Foundation Home Loans has announced further price reductions across its owner-occupier special products and...

‘Embrace specialist lending’ – customer tells brokers

Brokers have been urged to embrace specialist lending by a Pepper Money customer in...

Leeds BS refreshes longer-term fixed range

Leeds Building Society has added three new deals at 90% LTV to its range...

Millions expected to make energy efficient home improvements

Butterfield Mortgages has commissioned an independent survey among 1,468 UK homeowners to find out...

Saffron BS increases maximum loan sizes

Saffron Building Society has announced a full product refresh across its mortgage portfolio, focused...

Hampshire Trust Bank becomes new FIBA lender partner

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has announced that Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB)...

COMMENT

The industry needs to prepare now for Your First Home

The government’s announcement of the Your First Home scheme is genuinely positive news, and anything that boosts confidence among first-time buyers and people trying...

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...

Latest news

Net zero rules targeted in housebuilding shake-up

The Conservatives have pledged to strip as much as £50,000 from the cost of...

Tories put stamp duty abolition at heart of housing shake-up

The Conservatives have pledged again to scrap stamp duty as part of a housing...

Target Group adds Carla Stent to board

Target Group has appointed Carla Stent as a non-executive director, adding further financial services,...

Later life lending summit to focus on changing advice needs

Mortgage advisers will be encouraged to consider how longer borrowing lives and increasingly complex...

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