Mortgages

“Most” mortgage applicants getting close to desired LTV

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has reported that, while lending options remain restricted at higher...

Society of Mortgage Professionals unveils Associate Firm programme

The Society of Mortgage Professionals (SMP) has introduced an Associate Firm scheme to allow...

Mortgage Engine partners with Fluent Mortgages

Mortgage Engine has developed its API connection with Fluent Mortgages. The brokerage believes the technology could...

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries unveils new large loan residential range

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries has launched a new large loan residential property range. The product...

Brightstar launches Track & Trace system

The Brightstar Group has introduced its own Track & Trace system which, alongside the...

Shawbrook’s latest results show Covid impact

Shawbrook Bank's pre-tax profit for the fist six- months of 2020 totalled £5.9 million,...

Stonebridge maintains monthly upgrades for Revolution

Stonebridge has announced further development to its trading platform, Revolution, with a focus on...

MPC maintains Bank Rate and issues unemployment warning

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to hold the Bank...

Smartr365 appoints design and experience director

Smartr365 has announced the appointment of Jens as design and experience director. Wikholm is tasked with...

Mortgage Brain: product numbers remain a concern

Mortgage Brain saw more ESIS generated through its sourcing systems in July than any...

Foundation Home Loans allows credit blips to 80% LTV

Foundation Home Loans has added five products to its residential range to provide more...

The Buckinghamshire appoints key account manager

The Buckinghamshire Building Society has appointed Claire Askham as its new key account manager...

UTB Mortgages launches WebChat

United Trust Bank (UTB) made another set of mortgage product, criteria and technology enhancements...

Overseas property buyers tempted by stamp duty changes

There has been a notable increase in mortgage searches by advisers around ‘visas’ and...

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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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