Mortgages

TRM agrees deal with Mortgage Brain

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network (TRM) has agreed to a new five year...

LMS: “record flight” to five-year fixes

LMS has reported that homeowners are moving away from short-term deals and variable rates...

Mortgages for Business hires finance director

Mortgages for Business has recruited William Grove as its new finance director. Grove joins from...

Precise parent confirms flotation plans

Charter Court Financial Services Group has announced plans to float on the London Stock...

Skipton to pay a proc fee on retained business

Skipton Intermediaries will roll out the payment of procuration fees for all product transfers...

FTBs turning to specialist lenders

Vida Homeloans has stated that increasing numbers of first time buyers are taking advantage of...

L&G Mortgage Club distributes Skipton exclusives

Legal & General Mortgage Club is offering two exclusive new build mortgage products with...

Foundation Home Loans adds to sales team

Foundation Home Loans has appointed Cheryl Power as regional account manager for the north. ...

SMP: GDPR could speed up mortgage process

The Society of Mortgage Professionals (SMP) believe the implementation of General Data Protection Regulation...

Foundation Home Loans improves limited company proposition

Foundation Home Loans has removed the £500 processing and administration fee for buy-to-let applications...

Keystone brings forward proc fee rise

Keystone Property Finance has expedited its planned procuration fee rise by one month.  Brokers...

New childcare scheme could boost affordability

The Yorkshire Building Society believes parents with preschool aged children looking to take a...

Magellan partners with Mortgage Support Network

Magellan Homeloans is to distribute its product range via the mortgage network, Mortgage Support...

Largemortgageloans.com appoints non-executive director 

Andy Pratt has joined Largemortgageloans.com as a non-executive director. Pratt was at Alexander Hall Associates Ltd...

COMMENT

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...

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

Latest news

FCA bans CEO over fake €200m bond portfolio

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined and banned two former Blue Horizon Asset...

Pivotal reports 121% growth in second charge lending

Pivotal has reported a 121% year-on-year increase in second charge lending through its Believe...

ModaMortgages trims limited-edition five-year fixed rates

ModaMortgages has reduced rates by up to 10 basis points across its limited-edition five-year...

Providence agrees deal to acquire Hometrack

Providence Equity Partners has agreed to acquire Hometrack, the residential property valuation and risk...

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