Mortgages

Property professionals doubt EPCs’ use in tackling emissions

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has found that 62% of residential property professionals do not...

Newcastle Intermediaries improves large loan rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced rates on its large loan range, with products across the...

Leeds BS unveils new 10-year mortgages

Leeds Building Society is adding 10-year fixed rate products to its range. It has launched...

OMS partners with L&G’s SmartrFit

One Mortgage System (OMS has partnered with Legal & General’s SmartrFit affordability calculator tool. OMS...

Phoebus and Hampshire Trust Bank agree new contract

Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) and Hampshire Trust Bank have renewed their contract which will...

Cost of business inflation can be addressed

Understandably, there is a lot of consternation about the cost of living increases we’ve...

Danske Bank UK joins LMS Panel Link

LMS has revealed that Danske Bank UK will become the 30th lender to join...

Bluestone restructures sales & marketing function

Bluestone Mortgages has made structural changes to its sales and marketing team in order...

Atom bank partners with Sesame

Atom bank is partnering with Sesame to provide increased accessibility for those applying for...

Broker searches for first-time buyers up by 64% last year

Legal & General has revealed the top search trends that have driven activity in...

Lender prices first 2022 securitisation

Belmont Green Finance, trading as Vida Homeloans, has issued the first European RMBS (Residential...

Foundation Home Loans refreshes resi & BTL ranges

Foundation Home Loans has refreshed and repriced its core residential and buy-to-let product ranges. ...

Mansfield BS improves shared ownership affordability

Mansfield Building Society has reduced the rate on its two-year fixed rate shared ownership...

The Nottingham cuts 75% LTV limited company rates

The Nottingham has cut rates across its range of fixed-rate 75% LTV limited company...

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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