Mortgages

Darlington Intermediaries joins Brilliant panel

Darlington Intermediaries has become the latest lend to joins them panel of Brilliant Solutions...

Skipton appoints national account lead

Rachael Hunnisett has been promoted to national account lead at Skipton Building Society for...

Metro Bank unveils new 90-95% LTV fixes

Metro Bank has reduced rates on all its 90% and 95% LTV fixed rate residential...

Clydesdale Bank improves broker-lender contact

Clydesdale Bank has made changes it order to make it easier for brokers to...

Q2 residential mortgage transaction volumes reach all-time high

HMRC has reported that the provisional non-seasonally adjusted estimate for UK residential transactions in...

Paradigm partners with Molo Finance

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced a new partnership with digital mortgage lender, Molo Finance. Member...

UTB joins Sesame and PMS panels

Sesame Bankhall Group has added United Trust Bank (UTB) to PMS Mortgage Club and...

Two-thirds of FTBs still likely to use a broker

78% of first-time buyers said they would be likely to use a broker to...

New cashback deals from Pepper Money

Pepper Money has introduced a range of cashback products aimed at customers who want...

The Harpenden revamps self-build offering

The Harpenden Building Society has revised its self-build mortgage proposition. It has improved rates following...

The Nottingham cuts rates and unveils 90% LTV two-year fix

The Nottingham has launched a two-year fixed 90% LTV product and made additional residential...

Broker confidence up from beginning of 2021

A survey of 186 brokers has found that 92% were confident about their prospects...

Accord improves mortgages for those with smaller deposits

Accord Mortgages has made changes to its residential range at higher loan to values...

Skipton cuts residential and BTL rates

The Skipton Building Society is making selected rate reductions across its residential and buy-to-let...

COMMENT

Why ownership structure matters in buy-to-let

It's a scenario brokers encounter every day. Two landlord clients approach them about the same type of buy-to-let property, with similar levels of equity...

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...

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SPF Private Clients signs AI technology agreement with LendWell

SPF Private Clients has agreed a multi-year partnership with Irish mortgage technology firm LendWell...

Leek BS cuts 95% LTV mortgage rates by up to 0.64 percentage points

Leek Building Society is reducing rates across its 95% loan-to-value (LTV) residential mortgage range...

Why ownership structure matters in buy-to-let

It's a scenario brokers encounter every day. Two landlord clients approach them about the...

Barclays widens affordability criteria for company directors

Barclays has widened its mortgage affordability criteria for limited company directors by expanding the...

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