Mortgages

BuildLoan and Buckinghamshire BS unveil new self-build products

Self build specialist BuildLoan has launched two new products with Buckinghamshire Building Society. The new...

Pepper Money launches bankruptcy and IVA mortgage products

Pepper Money has unveiled a range of specialist mortgage products for customers who have...

Hodge boosts intermediary support team

Hodge has appointed Stuart Ottery and Kate Morgan to its intermediary support team. Ottery...

Searches down for borrowers with complex financial situations

Legal & General Mortgage Club’s SmartrCriteria tool found that searches for capital raising mortgages...

Recruitment drive at SFC Solo

Specialist Finance Centre is looking to grow its self-employed division. SFC Solo is a specialist...

83% willing to pay £1,200 for long-term mortgage rate security

Most people are willing to pay a 'certainty premium' of £1,200 per year for...

Atom bank improves near prime pricing

Atom bank has made changes to its mortgage pricing, including special offer rates on...

Mansfield returns to pre-Covid criteria

The Mansfield Building Society has reverted its criteria to pre-pandemic policy and is now...

Hanley Economic BS expands residential mortgage range

Hanley Economic Building Society has launched a two-year 95% LTV fixed rate shared ownership...

Brightstar boosts sales team by over 40%

Brightstar Financial has expanded its salesforce by more than 40% since the start of...

Hinckley & Rugby adds sextet to BDM team

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has expanded its business development team, adding six new...

Pepper Money improves residential mortgage accessibility

Pepper Money has increased loan to value (LTV) levels, improved criteria and reduced rates...

Energy cost spike causing green home improvement interest

The Coventry Building Society has found that homeowners are looking to make their homes...

Bluestone Mortgages posts £8m profit

Bluestone Mortgages has announced a record profit after tax of £8m for the financial...
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You own the shares, but are you really just the custodian?

I've built three businesses and I've said the same thing most entrepreneurs have probably said to their mates and family at some point: "Give...

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...

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