Mortgages

LiveMore ups standard mortgage LTV ratio

LiveMore has increased the loan to value (LTV) ratio on its standard interest-only mortgages...

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) partners with Perenna

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has added mortgage bank Perenna to its lender panel. The partnership...

Marsden BS unveils 95% LTV residential deals

Marsden Building Society has launched two new residential mortgage products at 95% loan to...

Dudley BS provides £998k remo for child’s FTB purchase

Dudley Building Society, in collaboration with mortgage specialist SPF Private Clients, has completed a...

Virgin Money new purchase exclusives with free valuations

Virgin Money is launching new products tomorrow (Friday 22 November). It has also increased a...

New deals: Vida improves affordability and simplifies criteria

Vida has made changes to help more clients and better broker's experience of the...

Q&A: Matt Harrison, finova Broker

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Matt Harrison, commercial director, finova Broker. Mortgage Soup (MS):...

West One revamps criteria to open up to more residential borrowers

West One Loans is to add two new credit tiers to its residential range...

Foundation brands launch new Limited Edition products

Foundation Home Loans' buy-to-let and residential brands have introduced new Limited Edition products. Buy to...

Q&A: Liz Syms, Connect for Intermediaries

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Liz Syms, CEO of Connect for Intermediaries. Mortgage Soup...

Hanley Economic mortgage balances up nearly 10%

Hanley Economic Building Society has published its annual results, with mortgage balances rising to £379.62m...

Suffolk BS extends BDM coverage

Suffolk Building Society is extending telephone business development management (BDM) support to four additional...

Advisers lose confidence in their own businesses

Adviser confidence in the prospects of the intermediary mortgage market remain stable but confidence...

Most FTBs unaware of higher LTV deals

64% of possible first-time buyers aren't aware of the higher LTV options available to...

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Why the human relationship still defines real estate lending

AI is now a core driver of transformation in financial services and is reshaping the foundations of real estate lending. According to AllAboutAI.com over 85%...

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...

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Movera launches specialist KYC team to speed up property transactions

Movera has established a new dedicated Know Your Client (KYC) team to handle source...

Surveying industry undervalued in race to the bottom

After a 16-month break from the property industry I returned to find a landscape...

HSBC to cut residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a wide range of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

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...

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