Mortgages

All change in top five equity release criteria searches

Knowledge Bank's February criteria index has shown a number of surprise results with some sectors...

Pepper Money introduces affordability calculator

Pepper Money has unveiled a residential affordability calculator on its website to help brokers...

The Market Harborough joins SimplyBiz Mortgages panel

The Market Harborough Building Society has joined the SimplyBiz Mortgages lender panel. SimplyBiz Mortgages Members...

Habito Plus aims to refine home buying process

Habito has launched a new homebuying service, which combines its brokerage with property surveys...

PRIMIS appoints regional sales director

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has announced the appointment of Chris Astle as regional sales director...

The Mansfield cuts holiday let, high LTV and Versatility rates

The Mansfield Building Society has reduced rates on its holiday let, two-year discounted rate...

TSB range changes include new 10-year fixed buy-to-let deals

TSB has made changes across its buy-to-let and residential mortgage range. These include the following:  Residential: ...

Assetz Capital unveils 1% cashback offer for investors

Assetz Capital has surpassed the £1bn mark for lending to SMEs and housebuilders across...

147% rise in annual Criteria Hub searches

Over 817,000 searches were carried out on Mortgage Brain’s Criteria Hub last year, an...

Moloney and Morris get OneSavings Bank group roles

Adrian Moloney and Roger Morris are to take on group roles within OneSavings Bank...

First annual fall in gross mortgage lending for a decade

2019 saw the first annual fall in gross mortgage lending since 2010, UK Finance...

Two new additions to Together’s broker team

Together has expanded its intermediary relationship team with two new hires. Phil Quinn started his...

LendInvest extends buy-to-let product distribution

LendInvest has joined Legal & General Mortgage Club’s lender panel to extend distribution of...

3mc unveils new website

3mc has launched a new website that highlights the benefits for brokers working with...

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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