Mortgages

Trio joins Investec’s London mortgage intermediary team

Investec has announced the appointment of Chris Watts, Kieran Emmanuel and Zulfi Islam to...

Mojo Mortgages set to expand further following acquisition

Online mortgage broker Mojo Mortgages has revealed its expansion plans for the remainder of...

Kensington offers online remortgage portal with Koodoo

Kensington Mortgages has partnered with Koodoo to create an online remortgage portal for brokers...

MPowered Mortgages opens Leeds office

MPowered Mortgages has opened a new office in Leeds and hired 18 new staff...

Rising interest rates – we’ve been expecting you

The reign of the sub-1% base rate is over – for now at least. We...

Kensington Mortgages sold to Barclays

Kensington Mortgages has announced its sale to Barclays Bank UK. The sale follows an...

BuildLoan unveils first ‘Help to Build’ mortgage

The government’s Help to Build Equity Loan Scheme has become a reality with the...

Access FS recruits 100th broker

Mortgage and protection broker, Access Financial Services, has added its one hundredth broker. ...

Smartr365 integrates with Uinsure for home insurance

End-to-end mortgage provider, Smartr365, has expanded its offering into home insurance through a partnership...

Treasury receives 47% more in Stamp Duty receipts in 2022

HM Treasury received £6.2bn in Stamp Duty revenue in the first five months of...

Homeowners increasingly concerned over mortgage payments

A survey of 2,000 homeowners by online mortgage broker Tussle has found that 38%...

Just Mortgages passes new broker milestone

Just Mortgages has broken through the 600-broker milestone with a number of new brokers...

Spike in SmartrCriteria remortgage searches

There was a jump in remortgage activity as borrowers looked to beat further rate...

TMA Club partners with United Trust Bank for Intermediaries

TMA Club has embarked upon a new partnership with United Trust Bank for Intermediaries...
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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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