Mortgages

The West Brom introduces self and custom build options

The West Brom building society has added two new intermediary mortgage products for borrowers...

Trio of new data partners for BEP Systems

Mortgage origination software firm BEP Systems is working with three new data partners to...

Sutherland Mortgage Services launches UK mortgage servicing platform

Sutherland Mortgage Services has agreed a five-year, seven-figure deal with Unisys Corporation to launch...

MFB uses robotics to automate apps and AIPs

Mortgages for Business has automated the buy-to-let mortgage application submission process with Kent Reliance...

Record profits for Openwork

Openwork Ltd has reported record profits and a sixth consecutive year of profit growth. Profit...

Nicola Alvarez joins Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages has appointed Nicola Alvarez to its corporate account team. Alvarez (pictured) has over...

M&S Bank expands mortgage distribution

M&S Bank has appointed Sesame to its list of mortgage intermediary partners. This announcement follows...

Magellan Homeloans unveils buy-to-let offering

Magellan Homeloans has launched a suite of buy-to-let mortgages which will initially only be available through...

Aldermore cuts high LTV rates

Aldermore has refreshed its residential mortgage range, reducing rates across its high LTV products,...

Nick Allen becomes Vida Homeloans’ director of marketing

Vida Homeloans has announced two promotions in its sales and marketing team. Nick Allen has...

Vernon Intermediaries partners with Mortgage Support Network

Vernon Intermediaries has teamed up with Mortgage Support Network into order to provide its...

Brokers back Accord review tool

Accord Mortgages has revealed that its own online review generator has been used more...

Platform unveils new 95% LTV range

Platform is to launch a range of 95% LTV mortgages on Monday (3 September). The...

Year-on-year mortgage activity remains steady

The Bank of England has reported that households borrowed an extra £3.2 billion secured...

COMMENT

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...

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

Latest news

Revived Help to Buy would inflate prices: Lamdin

Restoring Help to Buy would strengthen developers’ sales without solving the underlying affordability crisis...

One in three workers financially fragile despite being employed

More than a third of UK employees remain financially fragile despite being in work,...

Nationwide cuts fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.15%

Nationwide Building Society is reducing selected fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.15 percentage...

L&G appoints Kerrigan to drive Ignite broker rollout

Legal & General has appointed Craig Kerrigan as broker relationship manager for its Ignite...

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