Mortgages

The Leeds cuts first-time buyer rates

The Leeds Building Society is making a range of rate reductions on high loan...

Keystone appoints BDM for the Midlands

Keystone Property Finance has appointed Louise Roderick-Smith as a business development manager (BDM) covering...

New residential deals from the Nottingham

The Nottingham for Intermediaries has unveiled new residential mortgages. The products, available for purchases and...

The Mortgage Lender moves into Help to Buy market

The Mortgage Lender has introduced its first range of Help to Buy mortgages for...

PRIMIS introduces marketing portal for its advisers

PRIMIS has launched a new marketing portal, which allows its members to browse in-house...

CLS Money launches Talk Mortgages 

Essex based mortgage broker CLS Money has launched a new service called Talk Mortgages. Customers...

Profits and mortgage book growth for the Ipswich

The Ipswich Building Society has announced its financial results for the year ending 30...

Mortgage technology firm appoints sales director

Eligible, a technology firm automating customer retention for the mortgage industry, has appointed ex-partner...

Bluestone Mortgages appoints senior business development manager

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the appointment of Chris Lamming as senior business development manager...

The Marsden BS offers bridging alternative

The Marsden Building Society has introduced a new short-term lending solution which offers an...

12-year high for first-time buyer numbers

UK Finance has revealed that there were 370,000 new first-time buyer mortgages completed in...

Gatehouse Bank appoints director of home finance distribution

Gatehouse Bank has appointed Roger Evans as director of home finance distribution. Evans...

Skipton International extends UK buy-to-let mortgages to foreign nationals

Skipton International is extending its UK buy- to-let mortgage proposition to include applications from...

Residential and Reward rate cuts from Barclays

Barclays is making a number of rate reductions across its Residential and Reward products. These...

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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