Mortgages

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...

Brits have lack of confidence in financial management

80% of respondents to a survey from specialist lender Hodge aren’t confident in managing...

Access FS launches latest academy

Mortgage and protection broker, Access Financial Services, is launching its next academy on 12...

July increase in gross mortgage lending

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

Saxon Trust unveils cashback offer

Saxon Trust is offering borrowers an exclusive on its development exit product range. For every...

New BDM for the Saffron

Saffron Building Society has announced the appointment of Lee Williams as its latest hire...

Generation Home becomes IMLA member

Generation Home has become the latest member to join the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association...

Summer presents opportunity for mortgage service catch up

August is peak holiday time and there’s no doubting that due to this, and...

Changing working practices will fuel specialist mortgage growth

To say the UK workplace has changed over the past few years would be...

Coventry for intermediaries offers soft footprint credit checks for AIPs

Coventry for intermediaries has launched soft footprint credit checks for Agreements In Principle, which...
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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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Appointments

LSL appoints Matt Surridge to new broker propositions role

LSL Financial Services has appointed Matt Surridge as propositions director, a newly created position...
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BMPAN introduces industry framework to tackle barriers to career progression

The Black Mortgage Professionals and Allies Network (BMPAN) has launched a new framework aimed...
Technology

Scottish BS and Malted AI recognised for customer service technology

Scottish Building Society and Edinburgh-based fintech Malted AI have won the Best Fintech Collaboration...
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45,000 Lifetime ISA savers hit by repeated withdrawal penalties

Around 45,000 Lifetime ISA savers incurred more than one withdrawal penalty during the 2024-25...

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