Mortgages

CML: March saw largest stamp duty ‘distortion’ to date

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that gross mortgage lending totalled £25.7...

TSB lending up 4% on previous quarter

TSB has published its results for the three months to 31 March 2016. ...

Metro Bank posts improved results

Metro Bank has reported that its underlying loss after tax was down to £7.9m...

FSE to hold Birmingham event

Front Events has revealed that it is to hold a brand new event, FSE...

Coventry for Intermediaries unveils 10yr fixed offset

Coventry for Intermediaries has launched a range of 10-year fixed rate mortgages at 65%...

New fee-free options for Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages has launched fee-free mortgage options at 65% LTV, with added incentives. The intermediary-only...

Rate cuts from the Ipswich

The Ipswich Building Society is making rate reductions for three of its mortgage products. Changes to...

Engaged CRM completes Twenty7Tec sourcing integration

Engaged CRM, which provides CRM solutions to the finance, mortgage, secured loan and bridging intermediary...

FHL hits 95% completion rate before SDLT deadline

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) has reported that over 94% of packaged cases received by...

Tesco Mortgage Intermediaries launches

Tesco Bank has launched its new intermediary service – Tesco Mortgage Intermediaries – with London...

Together celebrates best ever month for lending

Together has revealed that it completed £105 million new lending in March 2016, with...

Today is ‘Mortgage Freedom Day’

Halifax has claimed that today - 19 April - is this year’s UK Mortgage...

3mc appointed to network panel

Mortgage distributor 3mc is to provide a specialist mortgage desk and packaging support service...

Senior appointment at Positive Lending

Positive Lending has appointed Alec Wimbleton to the position of compliance and business assurance...

COMMENT

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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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...

No mandate for automatic cohabitation rights, Deech warns

Proposals giving cohabiting couples automatic rights over homes, pensions and other assets lack clear...

Bristol tops 2026 Japanese knotweed hotspots

Bristol has retained its position as England’s Japanese knotweed capital, recording more than twice...

Marsden passes £100m Guernsey lending milestone

Marsden Building Society has surpassed £100m in mortgage completions in Guernsey through its partnership...

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