Mortgages

Mark Lofthouse to leave Mortgage Brain next year

Mortgage Brain has announced that Mark Lofthouse plans to retire in 2021 following 19...

Why specialist lending will become more important

Looking at the situation that many people currently find themselves in, you have to...

Two-fifths of equity release proceeds used to clear debt

41% of all equity released in H1 2020 was used to pay off debts...

National Friendly launches over-50s advice service

National Friendly Financial Solutions has launched a new mortgage service aimed at the over-50s...

Knowledge Bank now covering Reliance Bank offering

Reliance Bank has joined up with Knowledge Bank to improve the way its mortgage...

United Trust Bank launches communication hub

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced its ‘UTB Secure Chat Hub’ in order to...

The Mansfield partners with Brilliant Solutions

The Mansfield Building Society has launched with Brilliant Solutions Mortgage Club. Brilliant Solutions Mortgage Club...

IMLA: intermediaries confident after busy Q2

New data from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) shows a slight recovery in...

Vida to build cloud-based platform with Zoot

Vida has partnered with Zoot to develop a new end-to-end mortgage platform. The partnership represents...

New arrangement between 360 Dotnet and Twenty7Tec

360 Dotnet and Twenty7Tec have signed a new deal to allow users of 360...

31% drop in homemovers during first half of year

There was a fall of 31% in the number of people moving home in...

Buy-to-let market recovers “quicker than expected”

Latest industry data has found that landlords are looking for different types of property...

The Hanley Economic revamps criteria following review

The Hanley Economic Building Society has undergone a widespread criteria review across its entire...

CFS launches intermediary health and wellbeing campaign

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has unveiled a long-term health and wellbeing campaign for the...

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AMI Protection Viewpoint 2025: Turning challenges into opportunities

Delivering better outcomes and protecting more customers is all in a day’s work for protection advisers. But in today’s fast-paced, constantly evolving environment, navigating...

Private credit poses challenges and opportunities for UK CROs

The global financial crash of 2008 revealed the dangers of financial contagion. What began as a collapse in the United States sub-prime mortgage market...

GIS must be at the heart of place-based policymaking

The UK is under increasing pressure to deliver more homes, strengthen national infrastructure, and meet ambitious environmental goals – from the New Towns Taskforce...

The PT is dead. Long live the broker!

Did you know that every time a borrower approaches their bank directly, a mortgage broker dies? I’m teasing, of course. They don’t really die....

Landlords defy the doom – the buy-to-let bounce-back

While the Bank of England recently voted to hold the interest rate at 4%, which will have been disappointing news to landlords who had...

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TRM launches tool to help advisers assess clients’ financial shortfalls

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has introduced a Shortfall Needs Analysis Calculator designed...

HTB completes £1.1m Midlands refinancing in four hours

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a £1.1m residential investment refinancing in the Midlands...

Brookfield Surveyors joins BDLA as associate member

Brookfield Surveyors has become an associate member of the Bridging and Development Lenders Association...

Shawbrook backs 42-home London scheme with £13m development facility

Shawbrook has partnered with P10 Financial Group to provide a £13m development facility that...

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