Mortgages

Smartr365 partners with Halifax Intermediaries to speed up advice process

Smartr365 has integrated its platform with Halifax Intermediaries to streamlines the mortgage application process...

The Bucks reports 6% mortgage growth

The Buckinghamshire Building Society has posted its results for 2017 with mortgage growth of...

Accord Mortgages offers online product transfer service

Accord Mortgages has unveiled an online end-to-end product transfer process for existing customers. It has...

Mutual Vision partners with Mortgage Brain in Ireland

Mutual Vision Technology has partnered with Mortgage Brain for the development and distribution of...

Remortgage approvals up over 9%

UK Finance has estimated gross mortgage lending in February to have been £19bn, 4.9%...

Paragon introduces further advance BTL proc fee

Paragon is providing ing a procuration fee for intermediaries who submit further advance business...

Clever Lending to hold specialist finance forums

Clever Lending has launched three specialist finance forums including Robert Sinclair, chief executive of...

Accord cuts 28 mortgage rates

Accord has reduced the rate of its 10-year fix at 65% loan to value...

7-2 BoE vote to hold Bank Rate

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has voted by a margin of seven...

Barclays Mortgages improves income multiple criteria

Barclays Mortgages is increasing the maximum income multiples for people earning up to £50,000. The...

New BTL remortgages from Accord

Accord Mortgages has launched a 1.94% two-year fix for buy-to-let remortgages at 65% loan...

Masthaven partners with Intrinsic in distribution boost

Masthaven has announced a new partnership with Intrinsic. Advisers that are part of the Intrinsic...

Rise in mortgage balances at the Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has reported a £20m increase in its mortgage...

TMW reintroduces 80% LTV buy-to-let deals

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has reintroducing 80% loan to value (LTV) products to its...

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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MIMHC extends mental health survey after record industry response

Mortgage professionals have been given an extra week to contribute to the Mortgage Industry...

e4 Strategic signs Project 28 Charter to speed up property transactions

Proptech provider e4 Strategic has joined the Project 28 Charter, an industry initiative intended...

Nomo joins Omni Mortgage Club lender panel

Omni Mortgage Club has added Sharia-compliant property finance provider Nomo to its lender panel. The...

United Trust Bank creates expanded role for buy-to-let and bridging

United Trust Bank has promoted Gene Clohessy to director of buy-to-let and bridging, giving...

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