Mortgages

LiveMore reduces rates by 50bps

LiveMore has reduced the rates on all of its products by 50 basis points. Rates...

Hanley Economic BS introduces quadruple product launch

Hanley Economic Building Society has launched four new mortgage products. The new products include an...

Skipton cuts rates across government mortgage schemes

Skipton Building Society has announced rate reductions across its mortgage product suite. From 9am tomorrow...

Enra Specialist Finance reports record results

Enra Specialist Finance has announced record performance in the year to 31 December 2022....

The big issues that brokers will face in 2023

It’s been a long and, at times, difficult year for the property market and...

Signs of positivity for 95% LTV market

So, 2023 is now fully underway and we await to see just how the...

Q&A: Michelle Westley, head of marketing at Brightstar Financial

BestAdvice talks to Brightstar Financial’s head of marketing, Michelle Westley, about opportunities for brokers...

Pivotal Growth acquires RSC New Homes Limited and Group First

Pivotal Growth has acquired RSC New Homes and Group First, the holding company for...

Legal & General adds nine lenders to SmartrFit

Legal & General has revamped its SmartrFit too, featuring new residential and buy-to-let affordability...

TMA Club partners with Tandem Bank

TMA Club has become the latest club to announce a partnership with specialist lender...

CLS Money appoints head of operations

CLS Money has announced the appointment of Lauren Alter as its head of operations. Alter...

MPowered Mortgages now on HLPartnership panel

MPowered Mortgages has partnered with HLPartnership, the largest independently owned mortgage and protection network...

Spring Finance unveils new director of mortgages

Specialist lender Spring Finance has announced the appointment of Shelley Connelly as director of...

Mansfield relaunches two-year fixed rate mortgages

Mansfield Building Society has launched eight fixed rate mortgages, all available over a two-year...

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

Teachers for Intermediaries raises new-build LTV limit to 95%

Teachers for Intermediaries has increased its maximum LTV on new-build houses and flats to...

Cambridge BS opens applications for deposit-building Rent to Home scheme

The Cambridge Building Society has opened applications for its Rent to Home property in...

Life changes could create new wave of accidental landlords

Changes in personal circumstances rather than investment plans could push more homeowners into the...

Remortgage searches jump 40% as borrowers return after summer

Remortgage activity drove a sharp rise in mortgage searches during September, with Twenty7tec recording...

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