Mortgages

TRM to use Mortgage Brain for criteria sourcing

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network (TRM) has selected Mortgage Brain as its preferred...

How might the regulator have got it so wrong?

The industry has had a little over a month to digest the contents of...

Planned outage for BM Solutions

BM Solutions has advised brokers that it will be undertaking "essential maintenance" on its...

Barclays adds new deal and cuts BTL rates

Barclays is making a series of changes across its buy-to-let Core and Reward ranges,...

The Marsden unveils Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor range

The Marsden Building Society has expanded its existing range of lending solutions for first-time...

Costs of higher LTV deals on the rise

Mortgage Brain’s latest product data analysis shows the cost of most high LTV (80%...

The Saffron expands buy-to-let offering

The Saffron Building Society’ has added a Limited Company buy-to-let mortgage to its range. Recent tax...

Extent of interest-only mortgage crisis revealed

New research by Kensington Mortgages has revealed that by January 2024, approximately 250,000 Britons...

Object or lose whole of market advice role, brokers told

A mortgage broker wants all brokers to register their concerns about the potential for...

The Hinckley & Rugby ups LTI multiplier

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has increased its Loan to Income (LTI) multiplier...

The Buy to Let Business becomes Dynamo

The Buy to Let Business has rebranded as Dynamo. Ying Tan, founder and chief executive,...

The Mortgage Lender adds BTL remortgage product to offering 

The Mortgage Lender has introduced its first buy-to-let remortgage product. It comes with free standard legal...

Later life lending expansion “well timed”

New research from the Ipswich Building Society has found that one in 10 anticipate...

Q1 growth for Stonebridge Group

Stonebridge Group, the mortgage and insurance network, has published quarterly figures for the first three...

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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