Mortgages

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...

Finova adds Norton Home Loans to panel

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services has announced its partnership with specialist mortgage provider, Norton...

Green buy-to-let choice greater than ever

Mortgages For Business has reported that 'green' product choice in the buy-to-let sector has...

Skipton BS joins Trussle’s Speed Promise

Skipton Building Society for Intermediaries says it has committed to "making things easier for...

Newcastle Intermediaries relaunches deals for newly self-employed

Newcastle Intermediaries has unveiled a new range of mortgages exclusively for self-employed applicants with...

Bluestone expands Sheffield-based sales team

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the expansion of its sales team in Sheffield. Nik Sukara has...

Adverse credit detrimentally affecting mental heath

48% of people with adverse credit say that their current financial position is affecting...

Mortgage affordability complexity greater than ever

86% of brokers believe that mortgage affordability is more complex than ever, according to...

Just Mortgages to host shared ownership event

Just Mortgages is hosting its first annual New Build and Affordable Housing Event on...

It’s too soon to knock guarantee scheme re-introduction

Last month we had the first government data through regarding its guarantee scheme and...

PMS and Sesame completions up 18%

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has reported that combined mortgage completions in 2021 through its...

COMMENT

The FCA protection market study shouldn’t ignore redundancy

Considering a third of employers are likely to implement staff redundancies by January 2027, according to Acas, redundancy cover shouldn’t be ignored in wider...

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....

Latest news

Goldman Sachs discloses 3.15% stake in Secure Trust Bank

Goldman Sachs has reported a 3.15% voting interest in Secure Trust Bank following a...

Market Harborough launches rental scheme offering deposit contributions to first-time buyers

Market Harborough Building Society is offering aspiring homeowners the chance to recover 60% of...

Tipton adds discounted rates for expat and limited company landlords

Tipton & Coseley Building Society has expanded its variable rate buy-to-let mortgage range with...

WIS Mortgages sets out five-year adviser growth strategy

WIS Mortgages has announced a five-year growth plan centred on expanding its adviser community...

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