Mortgages

Free registration now open for MBE Leeds

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) Leeds is now open for brokers, IFAs and financial intermediaries...

75% of specialist intermediaries expect sales increase this year

Despite being a time of significant uncertainty for the UK economy, three quarters of...

Paradigm offers confidential DA transition workshop

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced that its first free Direct Authorisation (DA) Transition workshop...

Accord improves 95% LTV offering

Accord Mortgages is cutting rates on its high loan to value (LTV) mortgages and...

Zephyr Homeloans joins Complete FS lending panel

Complete FS, has added new buy-to-let lender, Zephyr Homeloans, to its lending panel. Zephyr Homeloans...

The Mansfield extends max LTV and repayment criteria up to age 85

The Mansfield Building Society has extended its maximum loan to value (LTV) to 70%...

BML hires new business development director

Butterfield Mortgages Limited (BML) has appointed David Gwyther as its new business development director. Gwyther...

Mortgages for Business completes first buy-to-let deal for Zephyr Homeloans

Mortgages for Business has brokered the first buy-to-let mortgage to complete with new lender...

The Nottingham hikes 95% LTV maximum borrowing limit to £500k

The Nottingham Building Society has increased its maximum loan size from £275,000 to £500,000...

‘Maximum borrowing’ was top Knowledge Bank criterion search in December

Knowledge Bank has revealed the top five, most searched criteria by brokers during December...

New BDM in Shawbrook’s residential mortgages team

Fran Green is joining Shawbrook’s Residential Mortgages' sales team as a business development manager...

Bluestone launches Open Banking pilot

Bluestone Mortgages has launched the pilot phase of its Open Banking solution. It claims to...

L&G Mortgage Club offers new Melton BS shared ownership exclusive

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced an updated shared ownership exclusive from the...

LendInvest partners with Mortgage Brain

LendInvest has teamed up with Mortgage Brain to bring its buy-to-let product to a...

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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