Mortgages

Virgin Money introduces Green Reward programme

Virgin Money is introducing a new environmentally friendly reward scheme for existing residential and buy-to-let mortgage customers....

Halifax Intermediaries improves Submissions Brain experience

Mortgage Brain has announced three enhancements to Halifax Intermediaries' DIP offering on Submissions Brain,...

75% of over-55s ignorant of green mortgages

Research commissioned by equity release advisory firm Age Partnership has found that 80% of...

Bluestone Mortgages appoints strategy director

Bluestone Mortgages has announces the appointment of Ryan Davies as strategy director. Davies (pictured) joins Bluestone...

Just Mortgages unveils new digital business masterclasses

National broker firm, Just Mortgages, has launched a new initiative for self-employed brokers. It is...

Coventry for Intermediaries updates residential range

Following its decision to extend its product range last week to include three-year fixes,...

The self-employed have been marginalised from the mainstream

91% of brokers interviewed and polled for United Trust Bank’s new mortgage white paper...

LMS sees sharpest-ever Remortgage Index contraction

LMS' latest Remortgage Healthcheck Index has revealed that the the Remortgage Approvals indicator fell...

CHL Mortgages unveils new lifetime trackers

CHL Mortgages has launched new lifetime tracker products across its complete core and refurbishment...

Mortgage Climate Action Group reveals growth plan

The Mortgage Climate Action Group (MCAG) has outlined the next stage of its growth...

Bucks BS relaunches JBSP and impaired credit products

Buckinghamshire Building Society has relaunched fixed rate options on two of its most popular...

OSB highlights range of support for menopause

On World Menopause Day 2022, OSB Group is highlighting the menopause support it offers...

MBT introduces mortgage helpdesk

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has launched a new Mortgage Helpdesk, giving brokers immediate telephone...

BuildLoan introduces product to mitigate against down-valuations

Self and custom-build finance specialist BuildLoan has launched a new advanced stage payment product...

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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