Mortgages

Rates may be falling again, but we can’t get complacent

For more than a decade, the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee’s bank base...

Leeds Building Society makes new year mortgage rate cuts

Leeds Building Society has made reductions of up to 21 basis points (bps) on...

Seize the opportunity to help those rejected by the high street

Whatever lies ahead of us in 2025, it will certainly be a year full...

Specialist mortgages to become the norm

As we look ahead to 2025, the specialist mortgage market is set to play...

Twenty7tec unveils 2025 Adviser Playbook

Twenty7tec is providing mortgage brokers with insight into when they are most busy and...

Helping reduce the stress for borrowers with credit problems

Concerns regarding mortgage affordability have been a key topic in the industry over the...

Unlocking opportunities: helping customers to see beyond Product Transfers

Product Transfers (PTs) dominate the market for those customers coming to the end of...

Specialist mortgages take longer, but customers don’t seem to mind

91% of brokers are spending a lot more time completing specialist mortgage cases than...

Tipton & Coseley BS partners with Mast

The Tipton & Coseley Building Society is adopting the Mast Origination Platform to support...

LiveMore achieves triple digit growth in revenue and lending

LiveMore has calculated that it will have generated year-on-year growth of 300% in revenue...

Bluestone improves criteria and application process

Bluestone Mortgages has announced criteria and system updates in order to streamline its mortgage...

Simplybiz Mortgages adds Penrith BS to panel

Simplybiz Mortgages has appointed Penrith Building Society to its lender panel. Established in 1877, Penrith...

Friday 13th Horror: GW Legal gets closed down by regulator and won’t open again

Conveyancing firm GW Legal was shut down by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on...

Vida cuts residential and BTL rates by up to 26bps

Vida Homeloans has made reductions across its whole product range. It has also improved its...

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Income protection: the unsung hero of the cost-of-living crisis

Higher mortgage rates, rising energy costs, and continued inflation have put pressure on many household budgets. Advisers spend time helping customers find the right rate,...

Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are already experiencing on the ground, that bridging has hit the...

How social media can bridge the protection disconnect

The latest AMI Protection Viewpoint provided a compelling snapshot of the challenges and opportunities facing the protection market. The research highlights a worrying pattern that...

Opening doors for credit-worthy but overlooked clients

It doesn’t take much these days for a borrower to feel they’ve fallen out of favour with the system. A missed payment here, a...

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Zephyr Homeloans cuts rates across core buy-to-let offering

Specialist buy-to-let mortgage provider Zephyr Homeloans has unveiled fresh rate reductions across its standard...

Roma Finance supports £3.35m Colchester industrial scheme

Roma Finance has provided £3.35 million to fund phase one of a 23-unit industrial...

L&G strengthens lender relationships with new strategic appointment

Legal & General’s Mortgage Services business has appointed Vicky Windsor as strategic relationship manager...

Why the human relationship still defines real estate lending

AI is now a core driver of transformation in financial services and is reshaping...

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