Mortgages

Accord to reject furloughed mortgage applicants

Accord Mortgages is no longer accepting new lending applications from applicants on furlough. Residential and...

Mark Lofthouse to leave Mortgage Brain next year

Mortgage Brain has announced that Mark Lofthouse plans to retire in 2021 following 19...

Why specialist lending will become more important

Looking at the situation that many people currently find themselves in, you have to...

Two-fifths of equity release proceeds used to clear debt

41% of all equity released in H1 2020 was used to pay off debts...

National Friendly launches over-50s advice service

National Friendly Financial Solutions has launched a new mortgage service aimed at the over-50s...

Knowledge Bank now covering Reliance Bank offering

Reliance Bank has joined up with Knowledge Bank to improve the way its mortgage...

United Trust Bank launches communication hub

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced its ‘UTB Secure Chat Hub’ in order to...

The Mansfield partners with Brilliant Solutions

The Mansfield Building Society has launched with Brilliant Solutions Mortgage Club. Brilliant Solutions Mortgage Club...

IMLA: intermediaries confident after busy Q2

New data from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) shows a slight recovery in...

Vida to build cloud-based platform with Zoot

Vida has partnered with Zoot to develop a new end-to-end mortgage platform. The partnership represents...

New arrangement between 360 Dotnet and Twenty7Tec

360 Dotnet and Twenty7Tec have signed a new deal to allow users of 360...

31% drop in homemovers during first half of year

There was a fall of 31% in the number of people moving home in...

Buy-to-let market recovers “quicker than expected”

Latest industry data has found that landlords are looking for different types of property...

The Hanley Economic revamps criteria following review

The Hanley Economic Building Society has undergone a widespread criteria review across its entire...

COMMENT

Advisers should be brave enough to drown out the noise

If you thought the economic and mortgage market commentary had been particularly noisy recently, I suspect you haven't heard anything yet, because with the...

Expat buy-to-let: a smaller world, a bigger picture

There has been no shortage of gloomy commentary about buy-to-let of late, so you might wonder why anyone living overseas would want to invest...

Taking the anxiety out of finance

It’s an anxious time for mortgage borrowers. A recent study by Handelsbanken Wealth found that the proportion of UK adults apprehensive about making mortgage...

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...

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‘The Godfather’ joins Mortgage’s Got Talent judging panel

John ‘The Godfather’ Malone has been recruited as a judge for Mortgage’s Got Talent,...

Royal London introduces AI menopause support tool for staff

Royal London has launched an AI-powered tool designed to help employees and managers access...

Your First Home delays could stall first-time buyer market

Delays in launching the government's Your First Home scheme could cause first-time buyers to...

Foundation recruits former Metro Bank BDM to cover eastern region

Foundation has appointed Foz Ahmad as regional account manager for the East, bringing 12...

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