Mortgages

Openwork restructures core distribution business

Openwork is to divide its distribution business into three specialist business units – wealth,...

Mark Graves to leave Pink

Pink Network has announced that Mark Graves is to leave his position of director...

13% monthly fall in value of gross remortgaging

The value of monthly gross remortgage lending fell to £3.6bn in May, a 13%...

Paradigm offers Marsden BTL exclusives

Paradigm Mortgage Services has launched two new Marsden Building Society buy-to-let products, available exclusively...

BBA: mortgage approvals “steadily improving”

The British Bankers Association (BBA) has stated that the number of house purchases in...

Rate cuts biggest reason for homeowners planning to move

New research from the Nottingham Building Society indicates that recent mortgage rate cuts are...

3mc to distribute for Axis Bank

3mc has been appointed by Axis Bank to distribute its specialist buy-to-let mortgage range...

TFC partners with The Right Mortgage

TFC Homeloans has joined forces with new mortgage network The Right Mortgage to allow its appointed...

New area sales manager for NatWest IS

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has appointed Gemma Pomfret as the new area sales manager (ASM)...

Blemain hires regional development director

Blemain Group has appointed Mark Rookyard as a new regional development director. Rookyard (pictured)...

Family Mortgage sees rates cut

The Family Building Society has reduced the interest rates on its three and five-year...

Y3S releases miLoan V8 sourcing system

Y3S has upgraded its sourcing system for mortgage brokers. The Cardiff-based firm claims...

FHL in new recruitment drive

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) has recruited three new employees to join the administration and...

The Ipswich introduces trio of deals for ‘mortgage misfits’

The Ipswich Building Society is launching three new mortgage products to best suit different...

COMMENT

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...

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

Latest news

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal...

TMG reports record monthly MetLife submissions

TMG recorded its highest monthly submission volume with MetLife, exceeding its previous record by...

Leek raises earned income age limit to 75

Leek Building Society has introduced eight lending criteria changes covering income, contractors, later-life borrowing...

Coventry cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates for new and...

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