Mortgages

Twenty7Tec: remortgage searches continue to dominate

Twenty7Tec has reported that remortgage searches totalled 43.2% of the mortgage market searches in...

MAB invests in tech brokerage

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed an investment in brokerage Heron Financial, which has...

Hinckley & Rugby ups maximum self-employed LTV

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has increased the loan to value (LTV) is offers...

Suffolk BS launches affordability calculator

Suffolk Building Society has worked with  Mortgage Brain to develop an affordability calculator. The new...

Generation Home appoints head of credit

New mortgage lender Generation Home (GenH) has announced the appointment of John Bridgman as...

Confused.com owner completes Mojo Mortgages acquisition

RVU, owner of Uswitch, Confused.com and Money.co.uk, has completed the previously announced agreement to...

Hodge appoints new business development manager

Hodge has appointed Hema Patel as the new business development manager for the north...

Castle Trust Bank unveils valuation cashback deal

Castle Trust Bank is now offering a cashback of up to £5,000 + VAT...

Three SimplyBiz events to close the year

SimplyBiz Mortgages is holding three ‘Showcase’ events, offering educational platform presentations from  industry leaders...

UK Moneyman partners with OMS

One Mortgage System (OMS) has been selected by mortgage advisory firm UK Moneyman as...

Number of remortgage completions continues to rise

LMS' latest Monthly Remortgage Snapshot, which shows remortgage market activity through October 2021, found an average monthly...

Consumer EPC knowledge worsens by age group

Just 24% of consumers know what the EPC rating on their property is, according...

Major financial confidence gaps among 25-44 year-olds

Millennials are as unconfident in their ability to manage their finances as younger consumers...

Hanley’s CEO hails mutual’s “outstanding commercial performance”

Hanley Economic Building Society has reported growth for the year ending 31 August 2021,...

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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