Mortgages

Firms “failing to detect criminal ghosts”

45% of finance and banking firms are failing to carry out 'ghost-buster' checks on...

The Mortgage Lender expands London presence 

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has announced the appointment of Sarah McCawley as key account...

The Mansfield simplifies application process

Mansfield Building Society has launched with Open Banking platform DirectID to make it easier...

Norton Home Loans expands relationship with TMG

Norton Home Loans has partnered with The Money Group (TMG) network, enabling TMG brokers...

Freedom Finance adopts OMS for back-office processing support

Freedom Finance has selected One Mortgage System (OMS), the single-input enquiry-to-completion processing platform for...

Is the FPC ditching the wrong measure?

As you will no doubt have read, in a week from now the Bank...

Stonebridge and Mortgage 1st extend partnership

Stonebridge, the national mortgage and insurance network, and Mortgage 1st, the Derbyshire-based mortgage advice...

Bank of Mum & Dad threatened by cost of living crisis

The cost of living crisis is impacting family members’ ability to financially support their...

Quarter of buyers postponing home purchase dreams

27% of homebuyers are putting off their purchase due to cost of living fears,...

Together prices seventh successful RMBS since 2017

Together Financial Services has announced the pricing of its £499.4 million first charge only...

L&G adds 10 lenders to SmartrFit tool

Legal & General has announced the integration of 10 lenders to its mortgage research...

Netcall joins IMLA as associate member

Financial automation and customer engagement specialist Netcall has become the latest associate member to...

Majority of property professionals remain confident about their business over next year

A webinar poll undertaken by Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) found that 64% of property professionals...

Mortgage Brain relaunches lender service report

Mortgage Brain has relaunched its Lender Service Report, enabling mortgage advisers a single view...
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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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