Mortgages

TMP becomes Dudley BS introducer

The Mortgage Partnership (TMP) now has access to the Dudley Building Society's products as an...

Magellan wants intermediaries to share their ideas

Magellan Homeloans wants intermediaries to share their innovative ideas for new products, better ways to process...

New Help to Buy Scotland deals from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has launched a new range of Help to Buy Equity Loan products...

Government proposes 7-day mortgage switching service

The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) is consulting on the feasibility of...

41% rise in London house purchases

Homebuyers in London borrowed £7.1bn for house purchase in the first quarter of 2016,...

Marginal annual growth in Scottish mortgage lending

Homeowners in Scotland borrowed £1.8bn for house purchase in Q1 2016, down 22% quarter-on-quarter...

Wales reports best first quarter for lending since 2007

Homeowners in Wales borrowed £850m for house purchase during the first three months of...

26% year-on-year increase in N. Ireland house purchases

During the first quarter of 2016, homeowners in Northern Ireland borrowed £340m for house...

MSN adopts ConveyancingBrain

The Mortgage Support Network (MSN) has selected Mortgage Brain’s new online conveyancing service as...

SortRefer offers POS posters to intermediaries

SortRefer has added a new set of specific point of sale (POS) posters to its marketing...

Brilliant Solutions launches with Kensington

Brilliant Solutions has announced the addition of Kensington onto its lending panel for both the...

Computershare to consolidate mortgage servicing businesses

Computershare says it will service three out of every five outsourced UK mortgages from next...

20% rise in Nationwide’s gross mortgage lending

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that its gross mortgage advances reached £32.6 billion,...

Paragon reports rise in profits and new lending

The Paragon Group of Companies has posted a 12.5% increase in underlying profits to £71.9...
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COMMENT

Artificial Intelligence

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...

Is there such thing as a ‘typical borrower’ anymore?

What is a typical borrower? A few decades ago, it would have been a salaried employee, single source of income and, most likely, a...

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

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PropTech silos prolong mortgage journey, Houzecheck warns

Disconnected property technology is creating new data silos instead of delivering faster mortgage and...
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Swansea Building Society has completed an anniversary charity fund with a £3,000 donation to...
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