Mortgages

Lenders meet interest-only contact commitment

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has said that mortgage lenders have successfully met...

Next step Essex for Paradigm

Paradigm Mortgage Services will be holding a further mortgage and protection roundtable in Chelmsford,...

Openwork launches Metro Bank on to lender panel

Openwork has added Metro Bank on to its lender panel. Metro Bank’s full product...

Burgess to offer deposit loans to graduates

British Money recently announced its intention to release £50 million to help get people...

Arch promoted at the Saffron

Anita Arch has been promoted to the role of senior business development manager for...

Kensington boosts intermediary team

Specialist lender Kensington is expanding its broker sales team, following its pledge to invest...

Rebrand for TMA

The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) is rebranding and relaunching its proposition, in a the first step...

BancTec to partner with Pepper UK

Pepper UK has appointed BancTec to provide a new front-end loan origination portal to...

NatWest reprices intermediary deals

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is introducing a number of residential rate changes to its intermediary...

NatWest to bring in loan to income cap

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is introducing a four times loan-to-income cap and maximum term of...

Virgin Money cuts rates

Virgin Money has made rate reductions to selected fixed rate and tracker mortgages within...

New deals from the Post Office

The Post Office has unveiled a range of new mortgage rates. Rates have also been...

Pair of new intermediary exclusives from the Teachers

The Teachers’ Building Society has launched two new mortgage products available through intermediaries only. The...

Mortgage approvals fell in April

The Bank of England has reported that the number of loan approvals for house...

COMMENT

Portfolio landlords reshape buy-to-let market

Portfolio landlords are becoming increasingly central to the buy-to-let market as investors take a more structured approach to property ownership. The market has seen a...

Supporting complex cases in a modern mortgage market

In today’s diverse mortgage landscape, brokers are working with a growing number of clients whose circumstances fall outside traditional lending models. From self-employed professionals...

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

The 4.3 million borrowers your pipeline is probably missing

There are 4.3 million self-employed workers in the UK and nearly one in five self-employed workers plans to buy a property in the next...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

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Japanese knotweed ‘knocks £21.4bn off UK housing market’

Japanese knotweed is wiping an estimated £21.4 billion from UK property values, with more...

Fleet Mortgages names new managing director

Fleet Mortgages has appointed Nicola Richardson as its new managing director. Richardson (pictured) has been...

The Monmouthshire goes live with Phoebus mortgage servicing system

Monmouthshire Building Society has gone live with Phoebus to support mortgage account servicing as...

NatWest completes first PEXA remortgage in two working days

NatWest has completed its first remortgage transaction through PEXA’s digital property completion platform within...

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