Mortgages

Two new BDMs for Darlington Intermediaries

Amanda Smith and Sarah Rose have become business development managers (BDMs) with Darlington Intermediaries,...

SmartrCriteria sees increase in searches for complex cases

Legal & General Mortgage Club has reported that its SmartrCriteria tool tracked a record...

The Newbury BS joins MCI panel

MCI Mortgage Club has welcomed the Newbury Building Society to its lending panel. The Newbury...

NatWest to cut rates by up to 34bps

NatWest is changing mortgage rates on products for new and existing customers. These changes include...

Paragon unveils green further advance products

Paragon Bank has launched two further advance products for properties with EPC ratings of...

Smartr365 integrates smart devices into retention tool

Smartr365 has added voice assistant and smart device integrations to its retention tool SmartrRetain. Clients...

Burrow launches client portal and retention marketing modules

Burrow is expanding its API-led Digital Mortgage Platform to include two modules developed for...

Barclays lowers green home mortgage rate

Barclays has made changes to its green home mortgage range. The bank says the change...

LiveMore Capital partners with L&C Mortgages

LiveMore Capital has expanded its distribution with its launch with L&C Mortgages. LiveMore Capital provides Retirement...

The Property Franchise Group agrees advice deal with LSL

LSL Property Services has agreed a five-year deal to provide digital and face-to-face mortgage and...

11% rise in the Swansea’s mortgage balances

The Swansea Building Society has reported that in 2020, its mortgage balances increased by...

Pepper Money makes South West RDM hire

Pepper Money has appointed Cavina Harrison as regional development manager for the South West. Harrison...

TRM Network makes marketing appointment

The Right Mortgage and Protection Network has welcomed Danielle Wilson as its latest hire...

The Skipton uses Rightmove AVM and API

The Skipton Building Society is to use enhanced automated valuation data (AVM) technology and...

COMMENT

Cashback should put conveyancing into the advice conversation

One of the more interesting findings from our latest quarterly statistics was the position of Nationwide Building Society, which accounted for 25% of all...

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...

Latest news

AI-driven direct lending could erode mainstream mortgage advisers’ market share

Mortgage lenders could use artificial intelligence to attract more customers directly, putting pressure on...

Stamp duty exemption for downsizers could revive housing transactions

Removing stamp duty for older homeowners and people moving to smaller properties could help...

Interest rate expectations too pessimistic as inflation pressures ease

Financial markets may be overestimating the outlook for UK interest rates, with inflation potentially...

Landlords face changing buy-to-let market as lenders predict continued demand

Specialist lenders expect the buy-to-let sector to remain resilient despite regulatory changes, although attracting...

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