Mortgages

HomeLoan Partnership expands panel

HomeLoan Partnership has appointed the Market Harborough Building Society to its lender panel. The Market Harborough says...

CML: gross lending “subdued” last month

Latest estimates from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) suggest that gross mortgage lending reached...

Budget 2015: good for the self-employed?

Specialist lender Kensington said there were reasons to be cheerful for "house hunting entrepreneurs"...

New report into making lending more transparent

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) and Which? have published a joint progress report...

Mortgage Force partners with The Right Mortgage and Protection

The Right Mortgage and Protection has been welcoming a number of directly authorised advisers...

TSB Intermediary to offer remortgages

TSB Intermediary is expanding its mortgage range to include remortgages. In order to meet broker...

New five-year fix from the Leeds

Leeds Building Society has introduced a five-year fixed rate mortgage at 2.99%. It is available...

Rate cuts from Lloyds

Lloyds Bank has made rate cuts in its mortgage product range and has introduced...

CML: FTB lending down but rise in buy-to-let

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that first-time buyers saw a drop in...

New FTB and home mover rates from Halifax

Halifax has unveiled new rates on selected two-year fixed first time buyer and home...

Brokers want individual underwriting to help customers

Research conducted on behalf of Kensington has found that brokers believe that the lack...

Second charge market in flux ahead of regulatory changes

Smart Money believes that the landscape for second charge lending is already changing radically...

Brightstar hails rebrand a success

Brightstar has reported a rise in activity for enquiries and assistance in placing cases...

Paradigm added to Fleet Mortgages’ panel

Fleet Mortgages has added Paradigm Mortgage Services to its distribution panel.  Member firms of Paradigm...

COMMENT

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....

AI is changing banking but trust will define who succeeds

For the past three years, the conversation around artificial intelligence in financial services has been dominated by technology. Every week seems to bring another...

No benefit to be had from ‘wait and see’

It seems to be a recurring theme as of late, but it’s been yet another week of volatile rates. Swap rates continue to move,...

What financial services can learn from the World Cup

Look, bear with us here. What does the World Cup have to do with financial services reviews? Well, more than you think actually! This summer,...

Latest news

Landlord refinancing returns to record levels as fixed-rate deals expire

Buy-to-let refinancing has returned to a record high as landlords respond to the expiry...

Colin Sanders and Sundeep Patel to develop bridging proposition for Paragon

Paragon Bank has appointed Colin Sanders and Sundeep Patel to develop a bridging finance...

Atom bank issues 36% of near-prime mortgage offers on same day

Atom bank delivered 36% of its near-prime mortgage offers on the day of application...

Cambridge BS backs regional drive to tackle housing inequality

Cambridge Building Society is supporting a programme intended to bring businesses, philanthropists and civic...

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