Mortgages

Leeds BS unveils new five-year mortgages

Leeds Building Society has introduced new five-year fixed rate mortgage products to its range. The...

MPowered Mortgages expands prime residential distribution

MPowered Mortgages has partnered with Alexander Hall, LDNfinance and SPF Private Clients, all of...

Rise in mortgage enquiries to IFAs over cost of living fears

31% of financial advisers who advise on mortgages have seen an increase in calls...

Pepper Money concludes Diversity & Inclusion Awareness Month

Pepper Money has completed a series of events and discussions to mark its Diversity...

MBT Affordability integrates with Generation Home

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has integrated its MBT Affordability research platform with Generation Home,...

OMS integrates with Click2Check’s Credit Assess

One Mortgage System (OMS) has integrated with Click2Check’s online solution Credit Assess. This link-up...

Virgin Money increases Core and Product Transfer rates

Virgin Money has increased selected rates at 8pm tonight (12 July). The changes affect certain...

Leeds BS improves affordability assessment for top EPC ratings

Leeds Building Society is looking to help buyers of greener homes by offering enhanced...

The Nottingham appoints BDM for South West

The Nottingham has expanded its business development manager (BDM) team further with the arrival...

LiveMore ups proc fee on 20-year fix and fixed for life products

LiveMore is increasing its procuration fee for intermediaries on its long-term fixed rate mortgage...

HRBS cuts carbon emissions with solar installation

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society is continuing on its path to becoming carbon neutral...

Loan.co.uk helps adverse credit landlord with £1.1m bridge

Broker Loan.co.uk has helped a landlord extend her property portfolio despite adverse credit, with...

Mansfield BS joins TMG panel

Mansfield Building Society has joined The Money Group’s (TMG) lender panel. The new partnership will...

First Welsh Lending Event held

Four of Wales’ lenders joined forces for a three-hour panel event at Principality Stadium...
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COMMENT

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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Technology

Air and Mortgage Brain link sourcing platforms to widen later life lending options

Air and Mortgage Brain have agreed a collaboration designed to help mortgage advisers assess...
networks

Mortgage network growth diverges as acquisition activity reshapes sector

Stonebridge Mortgage Solutions and HL Partnership have recorded some of the largest increases in...
Appointments

LMS appoints Ian Robinson as permanent chief executive

LMS has appointed Ian Robinson as its permanent chief executive, four months after he...
News

Mortgage lending availability falls as banks anticipate recovery in demand

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

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