Mortgages

SMEs expect difficulties in securing a mortgage

72% of business owners believe self-employment makes it harder to get a mortgage according...

MPC cuts Bank Rate to 4.75%

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has reduced the Bank Rate by...

Housing costs hit 13-month high

October saw growth in rent and mortgage spending increase to 6.4%, its highest rate...

OMS extends Sourcing Brain deal

OMS has agreed a further three-year contract extension with Sourcing Brain, Mortgage Brain’s online...

Bluestone Mortgages introduces residential affordability calculator

Bluestone Mortgages has become the latest lender to offer an online residential affordability calculator. It...

Industry legend retires after 10 years at the helm of successful specialist lender

Serial entrepreneur and industry legend Trevor Pothecary is hanging up his spurs after 10...

Loughborough BS joins Paradigm lender panel

Paradigm has announced the addition of Loughborough Building Society to its lender panel. Member firms...

New report urges use of finance mechanism to fund UK retrofitting

The Green Finance Institute (GFI) has published a major new report in partnership with...

Hinckley & Rugby BS introduces remortgage service with PEXA

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has partnered with PEXA to speed up its remortgage...

Marsden BS ups expat residential LTVs

Marsden Building Society has increased the maximum loan to value (LTV) on a selection...

Net mortgage approvals at highest level in two years

The Bank of England has reported that net mortgage approvals for house purchases increased...

Perenna joins Mortgage Intelligence Group panels

Perenna has partnered with the Mortgage Intelligence Group, as it broadens the distribution of...

Brightstar Group launches the Specialist Lending Expo

The Brightstar Group has announced a new event - the Specialist Lending Expo -...

Adverse borrowers less likely to use a broker than 12 months ago

50% of potential homebuyers with adverse credit say they would speak to a mortgage...

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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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