Mortgages

Skipton reports 3.3% growth in mortgage portfolio

The Skipton Group has reported pre-tax profits for the past six months of £160.0m,...

OMS and Connect extend technology agreement

One Mortgage System (OMS) has announced that Connect for Intermediaries has renewed its tech...

Skipton appoints telephone BDM

Skipton Building Society for Intermediaries has appointed James Robertshaw to its team of telephone...

Saffron pauses new mortgage applications

Saffron Building Society is temporarily pausing new mortgage applications on all mortgages excluding self-build. The...

Capricorn Financial Consultancy goes carbon neutral with mortgage completions

Capricorn Financial Consultancy has achieved carbon neutral status following a partnership with Evertreen, an...

BoE sets interest rates at highest level for 13 years

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted by XXXXX to increase...

Newcastle BS single largest Deposit Unlock lender

Newcastle Building Society has issued an update on its involvement with Deposit Unlock. The scheme...

LSL reports record mortgage lending for H1 2022

LSL’s financial services division has reported record mortgage lending volumes during the first half...

Urban borrowers struggle the most to meet their mortgage

Mortgage holders living in cities and other urban areas are more likely to struggle...

Mortgage Magic introduces back office system

Mortgage Magic has unveiled Prometheus, a back office system for mortgage brokers. Prometheus is an...

Norton Home Loans appoints head of sales

Norton Home Loans has promoted David Binney to the position of head of sales. ...

eConveyancer expands partnership with L&C

eConveyancer has bolstered its partnership with L&C Mortgages, launching a new software integration with...

Newcastle Intermediaries to include s106 lending

Newcastle Intermediaries has updated its residential lending criteria to help borrowers whose property is...

New rate rises for Clydesdale Bank

Clydesdale Bank has made changes to a section of its residential and buy-to-let mortgage...
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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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Mortgage lending availability falls as banks anticipate recovery in demand

Mortgage credit availability and demand for house purchase and remortgaging all declined during the...
Later Life

L&G broadens adviser training to cover retirement and estate planning

L&G has extended its Adviser Academy webinar programme to help financial advisers address a...
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Four in five homeowners have taken no action to protect against extreme weather

Almost eight in 10 homeowners have made no specific preparations to protect their properties...
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Expat mortgage applications hampered by income verification difficulties

Almost two-thirds of mortgage brokers identify proving overseas income and affordability as the biggest...

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