Mortgages

Pepper Money reprices following swap rate rises

Pepper Money has repriced its range of affordable housing, residential and buy-to-let mortgages in...

Mortgage Vision roadshows scheduled for September & October

Mortgage Brain's Mortgage Vision is holding 10 roadshows around the country this September and...

BoE increases interest rates yet again

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has announced interest rates will rise...

Mortgage advisers propose sweeping reforms to aid first-time buyers

A group of mortgage advisers working closely with Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has proposed...

Connect for Intermediaries offer its brokers SmartrFit+ tool

Connect for Intermediaries has become the first network to provide its brokers with access...

Just Mortgages launches new white-label digital marketing solution

Just Mortgages has launched a white-labelled digital marketing package for self-employed brokers. Building on the...

Vernon BS partners with Brilliant Solutions

Vernon Building Society has teamed up with Brilliant Solutions to provide the mortgage club’s...

Virgin Money ups Core rates and withdraws exclusives

Virgin Money has made changes to its residential mortgage offering. It has withdrawn all of...

Paradigm welcomes new mortgage helpdesk manager

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced the appointment of a new mortgage helpdesk manager. Diane Jones...

Newcastle Intermediaries unveils 10-year interest-only fixed rate

Newcastle Intermediaries has launched a 10-year interest-only mortgage product. The 10-year interest only fixed rate...

Redwood Bank reduces lending rates and ups LTVs

Redwood Bank has unveiled improved interest rates starting from 3.49% (plus base rate) for secured...

Leeds BS extolls deposit benefits of shared ownership mortgages

First time buyers using shared ownership are able to buy more expensive properties with...

Gross mortgage balances up £6.7bn

The Bank of England has reported that the outstanding value of all residential mortgage...

MPowered Mortgages launches new cashback products

MPowered Mortgages has announced the launch of a new range of cashback products, ahead...
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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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