Mortgages

Co-op Bank introduces additional borrowing for green improvements

Existing customers of the Co-operative Bank can now apply for one of its Green...

Newcastle Intermediaries revamps large loan offering

Newcastle Intermediaries has updated its large loan portfolio with a range of fixed rate...

We have “lift-off” in the green mortgage sector

In June, Twenty7Tec saw a fall in mortgage searches across all mortgage types, based...

2m households have missed a bill payment every month this year

3.2 million UK adults missed some form of major payment over the last two...

Coventry for Intermediaries cuts owner-occupied and BTL rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected rates by up to 0.15 percentage points on...

Kensington appoints new national account manager

Kensington Mortgages has announced the appointment of Adam Sheldon as its new national account...

Stafford Railway BS joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced the appointment of Stafford Railway Building Society to its...

Newcastle Intermediaries integrates with SmartrFit research tool

Newcastle Intermediaries’ has announced its integration with Legal & General’s SmartrFit affordability research tool....

LMS reports fall in Remortgage Healthcheck Index

LMS has published its latest Remortgage Healthcheck Index, produced in partnership with the Centre...

Right Mortgage Network joins AMI

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has joined the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI). Appointed...

OMS partners with Step One Finance

One Mortgage System (OMS) has partnered with second charge specialist lender Step One Finance...

Central Trust revamps portal & originations platform

Central Trust has improved its front-end portal and developed its own origination platform. The lender...

MPowered Mortgages unveils seven and 10-year fixes

MPowered Mortgages has expanded its prime residential offering with the launch of seven and...

Newcastle Intermediaries adds new three-year fixed rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has launched a new range of three-year fixed rates as part of...
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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...

Latest news

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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