Mortgages

New CFO for Belmont Green

Belmont Green has announced the appointment of John Rowan as chief financial officer (CFO)...

The Nottingham to close branches and estate agencies

The Nottingham has announced plans to enter into a strategic alliance with Belvoir Group,...

L&G Mortgage Club to hold virtual summer conference 

Legal & General Mortgage Club is to hold its first virtual summer conference, which...

Advisers maintain confidence in buy-to-let market growth

41% of advisers say they expect more buy-to-let business in the next 12 months,...

Stamp Duty cut until March 2021

As widely predicted, the Chancellor announced a temporary cut to Stamp Duty today. Rishi Sunak...

Mortgage Brain sees rise in product numbers continue

Mortgage Brain has reported that product numbers have continued the trend of improvement, increasing...

Knowledge Bank unveils Criteria Clinic

Knowledge Bank has launched the ‘Criteria Clinic’ for registered brokers. To be held on Mondays...

First-time buyers still keen on home ownership despite Covid crisis

93% of first-time buyers are still thinking about buying a property in 2020, with...

The Hanley Economic sees self-build advance boost

The Hanley Economic Building Society has reported a 35% increase in self-build advances over...

Accord suspends 90% LTV lending to FTBs

Accord Mortgages is suspending all lending on its 90% loan to value (LTV) products...

NatWest and Add To My Mortgage in green home initiative

NatWest and Add To My Mortgage have announced funding from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial...

LMS optimistic for “more confident and stable” remortgage market

LMS has published its latest weekly update, tracking remortgage market performance through the Covid-19...

Coventry for Intermediaries appoints head of intermediary relationships

Coventry for Intermediaries has announced the appointment of Jonathan Stinton as head of intermediary...

Equity release demand could rise from interest-only ‘crunch’

An ‘interest-only mortgage crunch’ could see a wave of over-55s looking to equity release...

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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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