Mortgages

Danske Bank UK joins IMLA

Danske Bank UK has become the latest member to join the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders...

Danske Bank unveils carbon neutral mortgage

Danske Bank UK, the largest lender in Northern Ireland, is making its Danske Carbon...

Coventry BS introduces new customer affordability tool

Coventry Building Society has launched a new online affordability tool to help mortgage customers...

Vida unveils new key worker mortgage

Vida has made a number of changes to its criteria to broaden its product...

Clydesdale simplifies self-employed documentation requirements

Clydesdale Bank has reduced the documentation required to support applications from self-employed customers. The lender...

Skipton expands business development team

Skipton Building Society has bolstered its business development team with the appointment of a...

Foundation Home Loans launches lending north of the border

Foundation Home Loans has expanded its offering to borrowers purchasing or remortgaging properties in...

MBT Affordability to launch to Countrywide advisers

MBT Affordability's partnership with estate agency and property services provider Connells Group will be...

Mansfield BS improves Versatility pricing

Mansfield Building Society has taken up to 0.25 percentage points off its Versatility range...

PRIMIS and TMA to hold virtual CeMAP courses

PRIMIS Mortgage Network and TMA Club will be offering a range of Certificate in Mortgage...

Average FTB age now over 30 in every region of UK

First-time buyer numbers increased at a record rate (up 35%) to 409,370 despite low...

Newcastle BS expands First Homes range

Newcastle Building Society is expanding the availability of its popular First Homes product range...

Barclays unveils new green buy-to-let mortgage

Barclays Mortgages has launched the Barclays Green Home Buy-to-Let Mortgage, available to existing and...

Gatehouse Bank ups max finance amount on Home Purchase Plan products

Gatehouse Bank has increased the maximum finance amount on its Home Purchase Plans (HPPs)...

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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