Mortgages

Acre integrates with Iress Lender Connect

End-to-end mortgage intermediary platform, Acre, has made its integration with Iress Lender Connect available...

Newcastle Intermediaries expands JMSP range

Newcastle Intermediaries’ is expanding its Joint Mortgage Sole Proprietor (JMSP) portfolio with five-year fixed...

Revealed: questions first-time buyers too embarrassed to ask

Skipton Building Society has revealed the top 40 questions that first time buyers want...

LiveMore shortens ERCs on long-term fixes

LiveMore has shortened early repayment charges on its long-term fixed rate mortgage range for...

Newcastle Intermediaries unveils seven-year fixed rate 

Newcastle Intermediaries has introduced a seven-year fixed rate mortgage to its product portfolio. The lender...

Mortgage Magic upgrades mobile app

Mortgage Magic has upgraded its mobile app with enhanced features including electronic ID (E-ID)...

Family BS increases maximum loan sizes

The Family Building Society has announced a new fixed rate mortgage product range with...

Paradigm Mortgage Services partners with financial crime risk specialist

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced a new partnership with Unity Financial Crime Services (FCS)...

Milestone reached for Accord Growth Series

The Accord Growth Series, a library of educational content for brokers, has registered its...

The Mansfield expands its sales team

The Mansfield has bolstered its sales operation with Sabiha Moghal joining the Society’s business...

Clydesdale Bank unveils new fixed rate residential mortgages

Clydesdale Bank has launched new fixed rate products today. The new products are as follows: New...

Just Mortgages launches new broker training initiative

Just Mortgages has unveiled a new business called Just Learning, which offers a route...

Vida appoints key account manager

Vida has announced the appointment of Darren Cunliffe as key account manager for the...

Newcastle Intermediaries appoints BDM for North East and Scotland

Newcastle Intermediaries has appointed Sophie Goodwin as business development manager to support brokers and...

COMMENT

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

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...

Mortgage network growth diverges as acquisition activity reshapes sector

Stonebridge Mortgage Solutions and HL Partnership have recorded some of the largest increases in...

LMS appoints Ian Robinson as permanent chief executive

LMS has appointed Ian Robinson as its permanent chief executive, four months after he...

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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