Mortgages

Right Mortgage & Protection Network selects AlphaTrust e-Sign software

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has adopted iPipeline's document delivery and e-Sign solution,...

Later life report: advisers want changes to RIO rules

A new survey paints a picture of low levels of Retirement Interest-Only (RIO) mortgage...

Paradigm announces sixth annual award winners

Paradigm Mortgage Services and Paradigm Protect have revealed the winners of its annual Lender...

OMS begins integration with United Trust Bank

One Mortgage System (OMS) has initiated a stage one integration with United Trust Bank...

IMLA: first-time buyers key to economic recovery

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) is calling on the government to assess the...

Accord ups max loan size and removes property value restrictions

Accord Mortgages has removed all property value restrictions and returned its maximum loan size...

Nationwide reduces fixed and tracker rates

The Nationwide Building Society is cutting rates on selected two, three, five and 10-year...

NatWest adds additional borrowing to product transfers

NatWest has changed its product transfer process by enabling an application for additional borrowing...

Brokers still upbeat about mortgage market outlook

Masthaven has found that intermediaries remain confident in the mortgage market’s prospects for the...

Report: advisers expect to expand later life advice

44% of mortgage advisers are active in the later life market, with equity release...

Knowledge Bank partners with Hodge

Knowledge Bank has joined forces with specialist lender Hodge, to provide brokers with criteria...

Mortgage Engine hires senior relationship manager

Mortgage Engine has appointed Natalie Strong as senior relationship manager. Strong (pictured) joins the...

Melanie Spencer to replace Phil Whitehouse at MCI Club

Phil Whitehouse has decided to step down from his position as head of MCI Mortgage...

New affordability calculator from Leek United

Leek United has introduced a new residential affordability calculator to help brokers establish if...

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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