Mortgages

New RIO mortgages from the Ipswich

The Ipswich Building Society has introduced three new Retirement Interest Only (RIO) mortgage deals. The...

The Mansfield cuts Versatility discount rates

The Mansfield Building Society has cut rates across its Versatility discounted mortgage product range...

Brexit uncertainty having negative effect on housing market

Paragon’s latest Financial Adviser and Confidence Tracking (FACT) Index has found that mortgage advisers expect...

Legal & General Mortgage Club hires pair of new key relationship managers

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced two new additions to its team of key...

LendInvest expands lending operations team

LendInvest has reported a record month of signed applications in January 2019 with 428...

Skipton updates contractor lending criteria

The Skipton Building Society is introducing new lending criteria for its contractor clients. The...

Mortgage Brain sees 2,000 customer boost

Mortgage Brain acquired 2,000 new customers during 2018 with a number national networks, corporate...

Rise in number of loans to small deposit borrowers

There were 66,350 mortgages approved in January 2019, according to seasonally adjusted figures from E.surv. The...

SBG and Twenty7Tec agree technology partnership

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has teamed up with mortgage technology firm Twenty7Tec to provide...

The Marsden launches online platform for intermediaries

The Marsden Building Society has introduced a new intermediary online platform. It is for mortgage...

TMA Club to hold its first ever national conference

TMA Club will be hosting its first ever national conference at the International Convention Centre...

The Mansfield launches new expat buy-to-let product

The Mansfield Building Society has launched a new buy-to-let mortgage product with no completion...

The Saffron introduces retirement downsizing mortgage

The Saffron Building Society has unveiled a new ‘Lending into Retirement Downsizing’ mortgage. The mortgage...

Broker market share will increase in 2019: IMLA

IMLA has predicted that total gross mortgage lending, loans for house purchase and remortgaging...

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AMI Protection Viewpoint 2025: Turning challenges into opportunities

Delivering better outcomes and protecting more customers is all in a day’s work for protection advisers. But in today’s fast-paced, constantly evolving environment, navigating...

Private credit poses challenges and opportunities for UK CROs

The global financial crash of 2008 revealed the dangers of financial contagion. What began as a collapse in the United States sub-prime mortgage market...

GIS must be at the heart of place-based policymaking

The UK is under increasing pressure to deliver more homes, strengthen national infrastructure, and meet ambitious environmental goals – from the New Towns Taskforce...

The PT is dead. Long live the broker!

Did you know that every time a borrower approaches their bank directly, a mortgage broker dies? I’m teasing, of course. They don’t really die....

Landlords defy the doom – the buy-to-let bounce-back

While the Bank of England recently voted to hold the interest rate at 4%, which will have been disappointing news to landlords who had...

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Conveybuddy adds Talbots Law to expanding conveyancing panel

Conveybuddy has added Talbots Law to its conveyancing panel, bringing one of the Midlands’...

Bennison Brown renews long-term partnership with Stonebridge

London brokerage Bennison Brown has renewed its partnership with the mortgage and protection network...

Aldermore urges stamp duty holiday and revival of Help to Build in Budget

Aldermore has urged the government to introduce an 18-month stamp duty holiday for new...

Semi-commercial and HMO assets see rising demand among professional landlords

Shawbrook has reported a marked rise in interest in semi-commercial property from professional landlords,...

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