Mortgages

Bluestone appoints new build and national account manager

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the appointment of Chris Holcomb as new build and national...

Pepper Money introduces automated valuations

Pepper Money has introduced the use of automated valuations (AVMs) on selected residential remortgages...

Coventry for intermediaries cuts selected residential rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected rates on its residential mortgage range at 50-75%...

Smartr365 launches white-labelled marketing tool for brokers

Smartr365 has launched HomeBuyer, a white-labelled brand that is designed to provider brokers the...

Pepper Money launches shared ownership pilot

Pepper Money has unveiled a shared ownership pilot in partnership with TMP The Mortgage People. The...

Brokers urged to maximise remortgage opportunities

Advisers losing out on £16m in commission each year by failing to quote clients...

Virgin Money cuts buy-to-let and residential rates

Virgin Money is making a number of reductions across its residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

Family BS revamps residential mortgage range

The Family Building Society has given its mortgage product offering for new business a...

Together’s inaugural first charge only RMBS receives pricing

Together Financial Services Limited has revealed the pricing of its inaugural first charge only...

Significant rise in borrower numbers for larger mortgages

The average amount that homeowners looked to borrow increased from just above £170,000 in...

The Dudley allows 1-year self-employed access to whole range

The Dudley Building Society has opened its complete residential product range up to self-employed...

Metro Bank ups maximum new build LTV

Metro Bank has increased its maximum LTV for new build flats and houses to...

Accord improves residential range with rate cuts

Accord Mortgages is making a number of changes to its residential mortgage offering, with...

Covid: majority of self-employed received no government support

Research from The Mortgage Lender has found that the majority of self-employed people in...
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COMMENT

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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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Mortgage Brain gives brokers more control over Nationwide DIP applications

Mortgage Brain has updated its Submissions Brain platform to give brokers greater control over...

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