Mortgages

OMS and Dashly reveal ‘collaborative integration’

One Mortgage System (OMS) has announced a collaborative integration with Dashly, the 'always-on' mortgage...

Borrowers consider green mortgages amid rising energy bills

In July, searches for mortgages which consider a property’s EPC rating grew by 34%,...

Stonebridge adds Connect for Intermediaries to referral and packaging panels

Stonebridge, the mortgage and insurance network, has added Connect for Intermediaries to both its...

LendInvest opens new Glasgow office

LendInvest has opened a new office in Scotland to meet increasing demand for property...

Higher earners seeing mortgage affordability restricted

Mortgage lenders are restricting the maximum loan sizes available to higher income earners, according...

Phoebus Software takes aim at carbon zero target

As part of its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) policy, Phoebus Software Limited (PSL)...

Busy beginning to August for mortgage activity

Twenty7Tec has issued its findings based on its mortgage platform data for August 2022. The...

Paradigm adds Even to panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced the appointment of Even to its lender panel. Paradigm...

Rockstead unveils director of operations

Rockstead, the due diligence and business review provider, has added to its management team...

Largemortgageloans.com appoints three new advisers

Largemortgageloans.com (LML), the provider of bespoke mortgage advice to high net worth (HNW) individuals,...

Virgin Money ups Core and Product transfer rates

Virgin Money is making some changes to a number of products tonight (1 September). The...

Family BS appoints BDM for Central London

Amar Mashru has been appointed as a business development manager (BDM) at the Family...

Credas introduces Open Banking-powered financial checks

Credas has added financial checks to its offering via its new Open Banking module. Through...

Mortgage affordability falls to lowest level this year

Mortgage affordability has dropped to its lowest level in 2022, according to the latest...
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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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Stamp Duty

Badenoch pledges no IHT or stamp duty on family homes

Kemi Badenoch has pledged to remove inheritance tax from family homes and scrap stamp...
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RICS: Housing market recovery falters as buyer demand weakens

The UK housing market lost momentum in September as rising interest rate expectations weighed...
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Cost pressures hold back demand for energy-efficient home upgrades

More than a third of Britons want to improve the energy efficiency of their...
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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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