Mortgages

Quantum Mortgages appoints key account manager

Paul Ormonde has joined specialist buy-to-let lender Quantum Mortgages as key account manager. Ormonde has over 20 years...

Suffolk BS discounts £1m+ self build and renovation mortgage

Suffolk Building Society has cut rates on a series of discount products across a...

Bluestone Mortgages updates complex credit criteria

Bluestone Mortgages has introduced criteria changes to support complex credit customers. The lender will now...

Majority of homeowners would use unknown specialist lender

54% of UK homeowners would consider opting for a specialist lender in their mortgage...

PRIMIS integrates Twenty7Tec’s APPLY module

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has integrated Twenty7Tec’s APPLY module into its back-office system, Toolbox. This...

Just Mortgages hosts masterclasses for new brokers

Just Mortgages is now offering brokers a masterclass course after they finish going through...

Insurance broker to acquire SPF Private Clients

Howden has announced the acquisition of SPF Private Clients, subject to regulatory approval. The international insurance...

MIMHC to launch wellbeing survey

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter will be releasing a study on mental wellbeing,...

Pepper Money adds five-year limited edition rates with £500 cashback

Pepper Money has introduced a new range of Limited Edition Residential mortgages, with no...

BuildLoan offers products for up to 90% of client build costs

BuildLoan has unveils a new range of products with Newcastle Building Society offering self...

30% rise in searches for homeowners seeking to remortgage after six months

There was a jump last month in remortgaging activity as borrowers sought to beat...

Smart Money People’s service benchmark returns

Smart Money People’s Mortgage Lender Benchmark has returned to establish which lenders are providing...

Bluestone Mortgages appoints Midlands key account manager

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the appointment of Chris Lamming as key account manager for...

Surge in 35+ year mortgages during stamp duty holiday

The stamp duty holiday caused a surge in the number of mortgage sales with...
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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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Mortgage brokers have little to fear from AI, says Mortgageforce boss

Mortgage brokers should embrace artificial intelligence rather than fear it will ultimately replace them,...
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Conveyancing firms warned over risks of uncoordinated AI adoption

Conveyancing firms risk undermining the benefits of artificial intelligence unless they address weaknesses in...

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