Mortgages

Barclays expands 90% LTV mortgage availability

Barclays has made a series of changes to its residential and Reward ranges. The bank...

Halifax Intermediaries & Scottish Widows Bank to merge BDM teams

Halifax Intermediaries and Scottish Widows Bank, part of Lloyds Banking Group, have made changes...

Surveyor guidance for ‘lockdown 3’ released

SDL Surveying has outlined additional guidance and safety procedures to its surveyors in order...

Roma Finance joins Mortgage Market Alliance

Roma Finance has become the latest founder member to join the Mortgage Market Alliance...

eKeeper unveils new CRM system for lenders

eKeeper has launched a new customer relationship management (CRM) system for lenders, called Intermediary...

The Nottingham back in 85% LTV lending space

Following a review, the Nottingham Building Society has returned to the 85% LTV space. Two...

LMS: market recovery cause for optimism

LMS has published its latest Remortgage Healthcheck Index, produced in partnership with the Centre...

Coventry for Intermediaries rejoins 90% LTV market

Coventry for Intermediaries has re-entered the 90% loan to value (LTV) market with a...

Women’s retirement finances more adversely hit by divorce

Women are likely to see their household incomes fall by a third in the...

November mortgage approvals highest since 2007

The Bank of England has reported that the UK mortgage market strengthened in November...

Foundation moves to speed up conveyancing process

Foundation Home Loans will now accept ‘No-Search Indemnity Insurance’ for purchase and remortgage transactions, with...

Connect for Intermediaries joins Society of Mortgage Professionals

Connect for Intermediaries has become the latest business to join the Society for Mortgage...

Meeting Stamp Duty deadline already difficult, AMI and IMLA warn

Two mortgage trade bodies have warned that the upcoming March deadline to the Stamp...

Two new members for the Power of 8

The Power of 8 lender cooperative has announced two new members for the new...
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MIMHC

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 11

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge on Sunday and will finish on Friday this...

A BBR decision rooted in caution, not complacency

The Bank of England MPC’s decision to hold Bank Base Rate (BBR) will come as a welcome outcome for many across the mortgage market,...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 10

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge yesterday and will finish on Friday this week....

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 9

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is hosting its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge from 10-15 May. There are now 72...

When the market gets messy, control matters more than ever

There is a tendency to look at the current market and focus purely on activity levels, particularly after the recent spike driven by lender...

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Conveyancing delays push exchange times past 100 days

The average home that exchanged contracts in April had gone under offer 104 days...
Loans

Equifinance launches broker portal for second charge cases

Equifinance has released its new broker portal, ECHO, giving introducers an end-to-end process for...
MIMHC

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 11

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk &...
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Third of protection clients nearly cancelled cover before claiming

Almost a third of protection claimants at Waddle Insurance had considered cancelling or had...

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