Mortgages

PMS unveils financial crime prevention hub for advisers

PMS Mortgage Club is seeking to help directly authorised firms to protect their businesses...

Brokers unlikely to be usurped by technology: Sinclair

True robo mortgage advice is “not coming in my lifetime”, according to AMI’s Robert...

AMI’s Sinclair slams latest consultation paper from FCA

The recent FCA Consultation Paper CP19/17, ‘Consultation on mortgage advice and selling standards’ has...

Mortgage adviser directory ‘still a year away’

AMI’s chief executive, Robert Sinclair, has warned that the directory of mortgage advisers –...

NatWest to cut core and semi-exclusive rates

NatWest is cutting rates on selected core and semi-exclusive residential products tomorrow (16 May). These...

April saw a 5.5% rise in approvals from March

E.surv has reported that there was a sharp increase in mortgage approvals in April,...

TSB cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

TSB has made a number of rate changes to its residential and buy-to-let ranges. Changes...

Mortgage Brain appoints new chairman

Mortgage Brain has appointed Peter Hill as its new chairman. Hill, whose previous roles include...

LendInvest launches limited edition BTL remortgage products

LendInvest has cut its product fees and lowered interest rates for both of its...

Paradigm reveals 2019 lender and provider award winners

Paradigm Mortgage Services and Paradigm Protect, the mortgage services and protection propositions, have announced...

Complete FS to hold specialist lending festival

Complete FS will hold its themed annual Expo at the Ageas Hilton Hotel, Southampton on 26July. The...

UTB appointed to Connect for Intermediaries’ panel

United Trust Bank (UTB) products are now available to Connect for Intermediaries brokers, providing...

HLP/MSN business up 20% in Q1

Members of HL Partnership (HLP) and Mortgage Support Network (MSN) saw a 19.7% uplift...

Hinckley & Rugby introduces online criteria searches

Following a partnership with sourcing system Criteria Hub, advisers can now search online to...

COMMENT

The uncomfortable truth about the later life lending market

The headlines around the latest Equity Release Council figures released this month all suggested growth. But I think we need to have an honest...

Are we actually set up to support first-time buyers?

After a summer spent thinking it over, this time of year is often the point where first time buyers decide whether they're going to...

Leasehold reform has a September window – will Burnham use it?

At the time of writing, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill still has no published First Reading date.  But is it imminent? Andy Burnham entered...

Advisers need an answer for evolving landlords

It’s a tough time to be a landlord. The succession of changes to tax and regulation made in recent years - with the Renters’...

AI doesn’t remove bias. It gives us the chance to manage it

One of the great promises of artificial intelligence has always been objectivity. Machines, unlike people, do not have bad days. They do not favour...

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Target Group launches staff AI programme for regulated finance

Target Group has launched an AI Champion programme to encourage the responsible use of...

Employment history rises up brokers’ mortgage search agenda

Employment history became a more pressing concern for mortgage brokers in July as changing...

Half of homes taking longer to sell as regional divide widens

Homes in almost half of Great Britain’s local authority areas are taking longer to...

The uncomfortable truth about the later life lending market

The headlines around the latest Equity Release Council figures released this month all suggested...

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