Mortgages

New processing platform launches

One Mortgage System (OMS), which has launched today, is claiming to offer mortgage brokers...

Transformative year for the remortgage market

LMS has reported that, over the last 12 months, the remortgage market has transformed...

Think smart for a successful 2018

The year finally begins to draw to an end and 2017 has without doubt...

Accord make sweeping buy-to-let changes

Accord Mortgages has reduced rates by up to 0.35 percentage points on three quarters...

Diverse Mortgage and Protection adopts Mortgage Brain

Diverse Mortgage and Protection has selected Mortgage Brain as its preferred partner for the...

New product manager for Foundation Home Loans

Foundation Home Loans has appointed Tom Jacob as product manager. He joins from Pepper...

The Hinckley & Rugby sets up referrals committee

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has established a system to give complex cases...

New ex-pat BTL Aldermore deal for 3mc

3mc has unveiled a buy-to-let mortgage deal designed for use by British expats, funded...

TSB cuts shared ownership and shared equity fixed rates

TSB’s two-year fixed rates for shared ownership and shared equity borrowers have been reduced...

Brokers ‘seeking greater criteria clarity’

Criteria Hub has reported rising numbers of criteria searches of its database by brokers...

New three-year fixes from the Skipton

The Skipton Building Society is adding new three-year fixed rate purchase and remortgage products...

Longer-term fixes maintain popularity

Longer-term fixed rate mortgages continue to grow in popularity with homeowners opting for five-year...

Advisers ’embracing’ digital advice journey

Mortgage advisers are poised to lead the way with a digital customer journey process,...

Remortgaging trend set to continue

October saw the number and value of loans for remortgaging and for house purchases...

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AUTUMN BUDGET: Further damage to buy-to-let investors

Yesterday’s Budget represented yet another decisive step in the dismantling of the traditional buy-to-let sector. The Government has chosen to tighten the tax screw on...

AUTUMN BUDGET: Much ado about nothing… Thank goodness

The Keystone Cops were out in force yesterday in the Commons, as exemplified by the OBR’s involuntarily (we suppose) leaking of the Budget before...

Brokers need more lender choice to meet real-life borrower needs

With more borrowers falling outside traditional lending criteria, brokers need a wider range of lenders than ever before to serve a growing range of...

AUTUMN BUDGET: Still ducking the housing question

The Chancellor set out to fix an economy that is not working well enough for working people, talking about high bills, squeezed living standards...

AUTUMN BUDGET: Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes… NOT

After the delay of the Budget to 26 November and all the leaks, there was an expectation of significant change. However, it appears to be...

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HSBC UK passes £500m milestone in broker-led SME lending

HSBC UK has more than doubled its broker-originated SME lending this year, passing the...

Nearly half of lenders admit servicing teams are unprepared for rising borrower pressures

Lenders’ own servicing teams are not ready to support borrowers as economic conditions worsen,...

Just Mortgages appoints Joe Cavalier to lead estate agency division

Just Mortgages has expanded its estate agency division with the appointment of Joe Cavalier...

Majority of brokers critical of “turbulent” run-up to 2025 Budget, lender claims

The run-up to the 2025 Budget was described as “chaos” by most brokers surveyed...

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