Mortgages

Foundation adds 90% LTV fee-assisted and five-year ‘Professionals’ deals

Foundation Home Loans has made changes to its owner-occupied proposition with new 90% LTV...

BuildLoan and Furness launch products for North West self-builders

BuildLoan has introduced two new self and custom build products with Furness Building Society...

Dudley BS ups ex-pat and holiday let maximum loan sizes

Dudley Building Society has increased its maximum loan size on ex-pat mortgages from £1...

The Mortgage Lender appoints head of distribution

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has announced the appointment of Sara Palmer as head of...

UK Finance predicts property market return to moderate growth

UK Finance has revealed its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2022 and 2023 together with projections for...

EPC ratings and their growing importance

Last month, I looked at the issue of EPC ratings in light of COP26,...

Smartr365 adopts Experian’s Affordability Passport

Smartr365 is now offering customers and mortgage advisers "quicker, more accurate and bespoke support"...

Just Mortgages launches golden hello scheme

Just Mortgages has launched a new golden hello scheme to support experienced advisers who...

MAB New Homes partners with Generation Home

Mortgage Advice Bureau New Homes has teamed up with Generation Home in an attempt...

Hanley Economic BS unveils two fixed rate deals

Hanley Economic Building Society has introduced two new residential fixed rate mortgages. The first is...

Twenty7Tec integrates CloudTwenty7 with Pepper Money

Twenty7Tec has integrated its CloudTwenty7 platform with Pepper Money, enabling advisers to submit mortgage...

IMLA elects more diverse management committee 

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has elected its new management committee for 2022,...

MPowered Mortgages unveils new ECO range

MPowered Mortgages has launched its new ECO EPC product range, which offers a 0.10...

Brokers more satisfied with mortgage lenders

Broker satisfaction with mortgage lenders currently stands at 81.3%, a rise of 1% from...

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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