Mortgages

New 70% deals from SFI

Santander for Intermediaries’ (SFI) has launched two and five-year fixed rate mortgage products at...

Magellan appointed as L&C credit repair lender

Magellan Homeloans has been appointed by London and Country to provide mortgages for clients...

Hinckley & Rugby receives 100% backing

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has received praise from its mortgage customers for...

FSE: gross lending to top £200bn

A panel of industry experts expressed mixed views on what the second half of...

FSE: borrowers trying to ‘game’ buy-to-let market

A panel of industry players have warned the broker community to be aware of...

FSE: some lenders going too far post-MMR

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has given its view of the mortgage market following...

Vertex in key business development hire

Vertex Financial Services has appointed Steve Stone as business development director as it looks...

April mortgage lending up on March

Gross mortgage lending was an estimated £16.6 billion in April, according to the Council...

Metro Bank cuts five-year fixes

Metro Bank has refreshed its five year fixed rate residential mortgage range, reducing prices...

Brokers disillusioned with remortgages post-MMR

Second charge distributor Smart Money has reported a growing number of mortgage brokers who...

Report warns of widespread ‘mortgage prison’

One in 10 of today’s mortgagors risk being "imprisoned" by borrowing deals which are...

Fifth birthday for Aldermore

Aldermore is celebrating five years of providing banking services to SMEs, homeowners and savers...

Paragon posts 20% rise in pre-tax profits

Paragon Group has announced its interim results for the period 1 October 2013 to...

The Mansfield extends 95% deal’s availability

After introducing a 95% discounted rate mortgage in its local area of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire...

COMMENT

Lifting and shifting to the cloud isn’t real transformation

As we gear up to spend time at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference this year, there is one conversation I know we are...

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...

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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...

Lifting and shifting to the cloud isn’t real transformation

As we gear up to spend time at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference...

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...

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