Mortgages

Over 1m self-employed doubt they’ll be able to buy a home

Over one million self-employed people who do not currently own a home do not...

Reliance Bank joins SimplyBiz Mortgages’ panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced that Reliance Bank has joined its lender panel. Reliance Bank lends...

Paradigm’s CPD & Sales Academy marks first anniversary

Paradigm Mortgage Services is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its CPD & Sales Academy,...

Fosters Financial joins JLM Mortgage Services

JLM Mortgage Services has revealed that East Anglian advisory firm, Fosters Financial, has joined...

Smartr365 and Twenty7Tec extend strategic partnership

Smartr365 and Twenty7Tec have agreed a long-term extension to their existing working relationship. Twenty7Tec’s...

PMS Mortgage Club teams up with Together

PMS Mortgage Club has added Together to its panel. The new arrangement will enable directly...

Are you maximising lead generation opportunities?

Any good, long-standing business is served by a network of reliable and productive relationships....

New key account manager for mortgages at Aldermore

Aldermore has appointed James Young as a new key account manager within its retail...

Buy-to-lets being sold by the retired to fund FTBs

Equity release adviser Key has revealed that retired homeowners are increasingly considering cashing in...

38% of FTBs will need financial assistance

According to a survey of 2,000 first-time buyers currently in the market for a...

Mortgage Brain celebrates 10th anniversary of Mortgage Vision

Mortgage Brain has launched the 2019 series of Mortgage Vision, with the first of...

Impact Specialist Finance to hold autumn breakfast broker seminars

Specialist mortgage broker and distributor Impact Specialist Finance has published details of its series...

BoE maintains Bank Rate once again

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has yet again voted unanimously to...

Countrywide launches HomeFact condition report with Santander and Landmark

Landmark Valuation Services has partnered with Countrywide Surveying Services and Santander Mortgages to deliver...

COMMENT

Growth can hide a lot – until it stops

Since getting involved with Rotherham United Women I've realised football and business have quite a lot in common. One thing in particular: growth can hide...

Nobody wants your ‘market update’

You sent the same email on Monday that everyone else sent. Moneyfacts had just put the average five-year fix at 6%, the first time in...

The industry needs to support Shared Ownership

This week, I want to put the spotlight on Shared Ownership. It deserves to be treated as a genuinely viable route onto the ladder,...

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...

Latest news

Majority of first-time buyers now face higher mortgage payments than rent

More than half of first-time buyers moving from rented accommodation into homeownership are taking...

Foundation gains workplace accreditation after 93% staff approval

Specialist lender Foundation has secured Great Place To Work certification after 93% of its...

‘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...

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