Mortgages

Advisers’ clients have little understanding of green mortgages

63% of mortgage advisers say their clients have never heard of the term ‘green...

Stafford Railway BS joins LMS Panel Link

LMS has announced its partnership with Stafford Railway Building Society. It will become the 33rd lender...

Skipton re-enters BTL market and reduces five-year residential rates

Skipton Building Society has re-entered buy-to-let lending and also reduced rates across its five-year residential...

New shared ownership offering from Buckinghamshire BS

Buckinghamshire Building Society has re-entered the shared ownership market place with a new product...

Hanley Economic BS unveils three five-year fixes

Hanley Economic Building Society has introduced three five-year fixed rate products up to 95%...

Central Trust and Mercantile Trust revise criteria

Central Trust and Mercantile Trust, the intermediary lending brands of the Norfolk Capital Group...

Hodge appoints new chief information officer

Tim Thompson has joined Hodge’s executive team as its new chief information officer (CIO). ...

BoE: sharp fall in house purchase approvals

The Bank of England has reported that net borrowing of mortgage debt by individuals...

Darlington BS rejoins fixed rate market

Darlington Building Society is rejoining the fixed rate mortgage market with a range of...

Skipton BS reintroduces two-year mortgage products

Skipton has relaunched a suite of two-year mortgage products. Within the range there are rate...

Newcastle Intermediaries reintroduces large loan offering

Newcastle Intermediaries has re-entered the large loan market with a range of two and...

Mortgage Climate Action Group to host green-focused BTL webinar

The Mortgage Climate Action Group will be hosting a new green-focused buy-to-let webinar for...

LendInvest unveils new tracker range

LendInvest has announced the launch of a new two-year tracker product range. The new two-year...

Stonebridge to access MPowered Mortgages’ prime residential range

MPowered Mortgages has teamed up with Stonebridge, offering the broker network access to its...

COMMENT

I’m 49. My dad’s 73. Between us we’ve found the hole in later life lending

I turn 50 in December, and the marketing has already started. Funeral plans, over-50s life cover, “guaranteed acceptance” adverts wedged between the football highlights....

Buying scale was phase one. What happens next?

Mortgage distribution is in a race for scale. Capital wants market share. Consolidators want distribution. Networks want advisers. Good businesses are commanding serious valuations. If I...

Slow completions are costing brokers. Five steps can help protect their pipelines

Through my conversations with mortgage brokers, and Landmark’s work across the wider home-moving process, I see the same pattern repeatedly. Once a mortgage has...

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...

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Wider mortgage options put borrower circumstances in focus on Lenders Live

Borrowers with historic credit problems and smaller deposits have more routes to explore, but...

Christodoulides joins ConveyBuddy as head of distribution

Former NatWest national account manager Luke Christodoulides has joined ConveyBuddy as head of distribution. Christodoulides...

MorganAsh adds BSL translation to customer websites

MorganAsh has introduced British Sign Language translations across its corporate website and itswhoiam.me consumer...

London flat owners face highest risk of resale losses

Nearly four in 10 London flats resold after being held for between five and...

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