Mortgages

OnLadder appoints pre-launch consultant

OnLadder has announced the appointment of James Bishop as a consultant to the business. ...

Buckinghamshire BS unveils new hires

Buckinghamshire Building Society has expanded its mortgage sales and processing teams. Matt McDougall, previously...

Virgin Money to reintroduce mortgage range

Virgin Money is launching a new range of mortgage products for new customers on...

The Mortgage Lender to relaunch residential and BTL deals

The Mortgage Lender (TML) will relaunch its residential and buy-to-let product ranges tomorrow (Friday...

Hodge appoints chief people officer

Gareth Thomas has joined Hodge’s executive team as its chief people officer. Thomas (pictured)...

Remortgage search numbers up year-on-year

This week, the total number of remortgage searches year to date in 2022 overtook...

Mortgage Business Expo London reports record exhibitor numbers

Mortgage Business Expo’s next event is taking place in London on Thursday 13 October...

Mortgage Magic introduces telephone services

Mortgage Magic has unveiled new telephone services that enable brokers to make calls through...

Remove LTI limit to aid FTB affordability

The removal of the Loan to Income (LTI) flow limit is one measure that...

Monument Bank appoints chief of staff

Monument Bank has announced the appointment of Anita Maclean as its chief of staff. ...

Mast joins IMLA as associate member

Mast has become the latest associate member to join the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association...

Foundation Home Loans revises residential mortgage credit tiers

Foundation Home Loans has announced the reappraisal of its residential mortgage credit tiers, including...

MorganAsh updates MARS for Consumer Duty

MorganAsh has announced further upgrades to its new adviser tool to help businesses better...

Virgin Money pulls all mortgages for new customers

Virgin Money has decided to temporarily withdraw all its products for new customers at...
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COMMENT

Technology

If AI gives us more time to think, we must learn how to think well

The great promise of AI in financial services is usually expressed in terms of what it can remove. Less administration, less duplication, fewer manual...

The right scrutiny is a precursor of growing lending safely

Credit markets have always had to accommodate change, but there are periods when the assumptions on which they have been built begin to move...

Only one in five of your clients thinks your fee was justified

You know the moment. 40 minutes in. Gone well. They like you, you like them, everyone's getting on. Then you have to say the fee. And...

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...

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Badenoch pledges no IHT or stamp duty on family homes

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TPFG buys 25% stake in property and mortgage AI business Enteka

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has taken a 25% stake in Enteka AI as...

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