Mortgages

TMA to offer mortgage broker software through Intelliflo

TMA Club has entered into an agreement with Intelliflo, a supplier of business management...

Number of over-65 homeowners has risen 52% in last 20 years

A new report from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has concluded that homeowners...

Brightstar to hold new webinar series

Brightstar Financial has unveiled its largest ever webinar programme, with nine specialist lending events...

Accord appoints corporate account manager

Accord Mortgages has added its corporate account team with the appointment of Helen Cawthra. Cawthra...

Precise Mortgages expands offering to landlords

Precise Mortgages is launching into the holiday buy-to-let market and improving criteria for its...

L&C’s Mortgage Finder attracts wide user age range

Mortgage broker L&C has seen over £2.6bn worth of mortgage applications through its online tool since...

New 10-year fix unveiled by Barclays

Barclays has made changes to its product range. It has introduced two new two-year fixed...

Intermediaries expect landlord business to stabilise

65% of mortgage intermediaries expect the level of landlord business to stabilise over the...

Year-on-year declines in first-time buyer and homemover activity

UK Finance has reported that there were 34,900 new first-time buyer mortgages completed in...

Virgin Money renews Hometrack partnership for AVMs

Virgin Money has renewed its licence with Hometrack, securing delivery of Automated Valuation Model...

Vida offers brokers chance to help their local community

Vida Homeloans is marking the launch of its Helping Hand mortgage, the first Joint...

Plans to move home fall 25% following Bank Rate rise

The proportion of British adults planning a house move in the next six months...

First time buyers ‘sacrificing health, relationships and careers’

Aldermore's latest First Time Buyer Index research has found that first time homeowners are feeling increasingly...

First-time buyer numbers reach highest for a decade

First-time buyers have seen a 21% rise in property prices over the last ten...
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COMMENT

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...

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Help to Buy

Revived Help to Buy would inflate prices: Lamdin

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

One in three workers financially fragile despite being employed

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

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...
Appointments

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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