Mortgages

New bank to promote blood donation

The Blood Bank, a mortgage and property finance collective, has launched to promote the...

Smartr365 unveils SmartrInsight for business performance analysis

Users of Smartr365 can now analyse their business performance from the platform with the newly...

Promotion for Carruthers at Iress

Iress has promoted Steve Carruthers to the position of head of business development -...

Virgin Money cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Virgin Money has made a series of reductions to its residential and buy-to-let mortgages. The...

HRMC: April residential transactions down 36%

HRMC has revealed that its provisional seasonally adjusted estimate of UK residential transactions...

Criteria Hub reaches 80 lender milestone

MPowered Mortgages has become the latest lender to go live on Criteria Hub. The criteria-based...

Over-55s’ interest-only a no-go area for large minority of brokers

A recent webinar LiveMore Capital held in conjunction with Knowledge Bank looked at what types...

NatWet makes new business rate changes

NatWest is making a number of changes to its product range for new business...

SmartrCriteria sees major rise in searches for satisfied defaults

Legal & General Mortgage Club’s SmartrCriteria tool continued to deliver thousands of searches for...

Accord to offer new build up to 90% LTV

Accord Mortgages is revising its higher loan to value (LTV) mortgage offering to include...

Over-55s face tougher mortgage quest than the self-employed

Last month, while there was at least one lender able to meet the loan...

Pepper Money boosts specialist underwriting capability

Pepper Money has expanded its underwriting specialist team by two-thirds since the start of...

App-to-offer broker satisfaction on the rise

Broker satisfaction with how quickly lenders are processing applications through to offer has increased...

Affordability Hub now integrated into MortgageBrain Classic

Users of MortgageBrain Classic will be able to source products based on affordability as...

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Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 10

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge yesterday and will finish on Friday this week....

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 9

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is hosting its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge from 10-15 May. There are now 72...

When the market gets messy, control matters more than ever

There is a tendency to look at the current market and focus purely on activity levels, particularly after the recent spike driven by lender...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 8

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is hosting its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge from 10-15 May. There are now 72...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – Part 7

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is hosting its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge from 10-15 May. There are now 72...

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Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 10

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk &...

Off-plan sales hit 12-year low as costs squeeze housebuilders

The share of new homes sold off-plan has fallen to its lowest level since...

Olympic medalist Fatima Whitbread backs MIMHC Walk and Talk

Olympic medallist and former world record holder Fatima Whitbread MBE has thrown her support...

First-time buyers turn to renovation homes as affordability pressures bite

First-time buyers are increasingly choosing cheaper homes in need of renovation as affordability pressures...

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