Mortgages

Hinckley & Rugby CEO locked up for Comic Relief

On Wednesday 16 March, Hinckley & Rugby Building Society’s CEO, Colin Fyfe, will be...

Newcastle Intermediaries integrates affordability criteria with Twenty7Tec

Newcastle Intermediaries has integrated its affordability criteria with the Twenty7Tec SOURCE module. The extended functionality...

Skipton to allow borrowers to house Ukrainian refugees

Skipton Building Society says it will do "everything it can" to help any of...

LiveMore moves into Scottish market

LiveMore, the specialist over-50s mortgage lender, is to offer its interest-only products in Scotland. The...

Research examines how affordability research used in advice process

89% of 10 brokers say they have recommended a lender that they did not...

Vernon BS joins Paradigm lender panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added Vernon Building Society to its lender panel launching to...

The Buckinghamshire unveils new five-year remortgage fix

Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched a new, limited time five-year fixed rate remortgage product. Borrowers...

The Mortgage Hut adopts white-labelled Nivo app

The Mortgage Hut has joined forces with fintech provider Nivo to move away from...

Tembo joins Proportunity broker panel

Tembo, the self-styled family-focused digital mortgage broker, has joined the broker panel at shared...

Together refinances CABS securitisation

Together Financial Services has refinanced its revolving Charles Street securitisation programme (CABS) while improving...

Reliance Bank extends cashback deals on shared ownership

Reliance Bank is to maintain its headline interest rates and extend end dates from...

MBE North to host Mortgage Sleep Out

Mortgage Business Expo, which is holding MBE North at Manchester Central on 22 March,...

LMS expects busy remortgage market despite January fall

LMS has published its Monthly Remortgage Snapshot, which shows remortgage market activity through January...

Investec offers dual representation for mortgages

Investec Bank has launched dual representation for mortgages, allowing approved solicitors to act for...
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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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Waiting for completion causes greater anxiety than saving for a deposit

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Leasehold delays put Christmas property completions under pressure

Homebuyers hoping to complete before Christmas face increasingly tight deadlines, with leasehold transactions and...
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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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