Mortgages

Impact Specialist Finance launches semi-exclusive expat product

Impact Specialist Finance has launched a brand-new expat mortgage product with Dudley Building Society. This...

Brokers record low levels of satisfaction with mortgage lenders 

New research out from Smart Money People, the financial services review site, has found that...

LV= joins Connect Mortgages’ GI panel

LV= General Insurance (LV= GI) has become the latest insurer to join the Connect...

77% of self-employed concerned over mortgage prospects

Over three-quarters of self-employed people are concerned about their prospects of getting a mortgage,...

Skipton launches new limited edition deals

Skipton Building Society has announced a number of limited-edition products are being added to...

LiveMore unveils capital and interest mortgage

LiveMore Capital has launched its first Capital & Interest (C&I) mortgage for borrowers aged...

Majority of property professionals hope for 2023 rate drop

A webinar poll undertaken by Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), the supplier of valuation panel...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network bolsters Consumer Duty support

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has launched additional support for members following the...

Hodge introduces new professional mortgage

Hodge has added a professional mortgage to its specialist range, expanding its offering to...

Nationwide BS integrates with Smartr365

Following a successful pilot, Nationwide Building Society has announced an API integration with Smartr365....

Borrowers ‘snapping up’ tracker and discounted mortgages

Rose Capital Partners has revealed that borrowers are snapping up tracker and discounted mortgages...

Tandem Bank to unveil first charge offering

Tandem Bank’s mortgage division is launching its first, broker-based first charge product portfolio next...

Vida unveils new intermediary decisioning hub

Vida has launched a new centralised decisioning unit. At the core of this new...

Cornerstone Finance adopts Acre’s mortgage platform

Cornerstone Finance has become the latest large brokerage to go live with Acre's platform...

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...

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Ireland boosts Help to Buy as UK prepares new first-time buyer scheme

Ireland has increased the maximum support available to first-time buyers under its Help to...

Reeves ranked least successful of five recent chancellors in poll

Rachel Reeves has been rated the least successful of the past five chancellors in...

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...

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