Mortgages

Phoebus trains up mental health first aiders

Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) has introduced mental health first aiders into its workplace for...

H&R BS appoints new COO

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has welcomed its new chief operating officer (COO) to...

Specialist lenders can help during cost of living crisis

For many millions of people in the UK, these are unprecedented economic times. With...

Hodge restarts residential mortgage lending

Hodge has re-entered the residential mortgage market for its 50+, RIO and holiday let...

Mortgage market reviews can always benefit advisers

Boris Johnson’s recent announcement of a new ‘independent review of access to mortgage finance’...

BoE sees solid rise in net mortgage borrowing

The Bank of England's later Money and Credit Report, covering May 2022, has reported...

Clydesdale Bank increases two and five-year fixed rates

Clydesdale Bank has announced its latest series of mortgage rate increases. The changes are taking...

The Money Group launches ‘out of hours’ support for members

The Money Group has announced out of office support for brokers struggling in the...

Intermediaries expect growth fuelled by remortgage activity

Mortgage intermediaries expect remortgage activity to drive business levels over the next year, according...

Brokers not shopping around for affordability technology

79% of brokers admit that they did not try different affordability platforms before choosing...

Five-year fix most popular May remortgage product

LMS has revealed that there was an average monthly payment increase for those who...

Mortgage Brain unveils new COO

Cloë Atkinson has been appointed as chief operating officer (COO) of Mortgage Brain. She will...

Iress & Consectus create integration for Darlington BS

Iress and Consectus have created a robotic process automation (RPA) integration between Iress’s MSO...

Chorley BS joins Primis Mortgage Network

Chorley Building Society has joined the Primis Mortgage Network lender panel. The arrangement gives Primis...
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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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