Mortgages

Vida Homeloans now on MBT Affordability platform

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has added Vida Homeloans to its MBT Affordability research platform. MBT...

Strong growth reported by Smartr365

Smartr365 has announced that it supports over 3,500 users, following growth of more than 500%...

Hanley Economic BS unveils five-year remortgage deals

Hanley Economic Building Society has added two five-year fixed rate remortgage specials to its...

Newcastle Intermediaries improves residential and BTL criteria

Newcastle Intermediaries has made changes to its residential and buy-to-let lending criteria, introducing increased...

Brokers expect 2022 to deliver record specialist mortgage business

Mortgage brokers believe they write more specialist residential mortgage business this year than ever...

MIMHC wants industry participation in Time to Talk Day

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is calling on mortgage industry businesses to...

Bank of England raises interest rates to tackle inflation

The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has raised the Bank Rate to 0.5%...

Enra appoints ex-Loans Engine boss as programme manager

Enra Specialist Finance has appointed Ryan McGrath as its new programme manager to deliver...

Virgin Money to increase selected fixed rates

Virgin Money is making changes to a selection of fixed rate mortgages. The changes come...

London mortgage applications up 30%

Buyers are returning to city centres across the UK, according to new data from...

LiveMore Capital unveils new fixed term interest-only mortgage

LiveMore Capital has launched its new term interest-only mortgage for over-50s. An alternative to LiveMore’s...

Skipton offers discounted additional green borrowing

Skipton mortgage customers looking to make environmentally friendly home improvements can now access discounted...

Masthaven Bank to cease lending and pull out of UK banking market

Masthaven Bank is to withdraw from the UK banking market over the next two...

Pepper Money cuts over 100 fixed rate mortgages

Pepper Money has reduced rates on more than 100 fixed rate mortgages and launched...
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COMMENT

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....

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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...
Building Societies

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...
Building Societies

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...
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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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