Mortgages

Homebuyers want government action over property market

UK homebuyers are calling for action from the government to tackle the competitive and...

Suffolk BS lowers five-year residential fixed rates

Suffolk Building Society is reducing the rates on its five-year fixed rate residential mortgages. The...

Rowntree unveiled as new Together CEO

Together Financial Services has announced the appointment of Richard Rowntree as CEO and executive...

FHL completes mixed-pool BTL and owner-occupation securitisation

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) has executed its first Residential Mortgage-Backed Securitisation (RMBS) backed by...

Atom Bank lowers near prime and prime rates

Atom bank has made a series of cuts across rates on both its Near...

Pepper Money cuts rates for those who are ‘just off the high street’

Pepper Money has reduced rates across its range by up to 1.00% to provide...

Just Mortgages appoints area director for the north

Just Mortgages has bolstered its self-employed management team with the appointment of Chris Hayes...

19% of borrowers dissatisfied with lender technology

Finova has published a new report - Homeownership in the Digital Age - which...

Hanley Economic BS in self-build partnership

Hanley Economic Building Society has announced a strategic partnership with The Modern Builder (TMB),...

Alexander Hall completes quick mortgage for adverse customer

Alexander Hall has completed a mortgage with Pepper Money for a client with a...

Search begins for Sinclair’s successor at AMI

Having spent over 10 years running the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI), Robert Sinclair...

NatWest Group joins OPDA campaign

NatWest Group has joined the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) to support its campaign...

Loughborough BS increases income assessment for retirement lending

Loughborough Building Society has improved its lending in retirement proposition by moving to assess...

HLPartnership secures investment from South African mortgage distributor

HLPartnership (HLP) has secured a strategic investment from BetterHome Group (BHG), the largest mortgage...

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Surveying industry undervalued in race to the bottom

After a 16-month break from the property industry I returned to find a landscape that had shifted more than I expected. The private B2C surveying...

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...

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FCA chief calls for bold reform to build ‘mortgage market of the future’

The Financial Conduct Authority has set out a sweeping vision for a more accessible...

FCS Compliance to host customer due diligence webinar for property professionals

FCS Compliance has announced the latest in its series of free educational webinars for...

BFS backs recruitment firm acquisition with £6.75m funding package

Independent SME funder Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £6.75 million invoice discounting...

Gen H named among UK’s fastest-growing tech firms in Deloitte Fast 50

Fintech mortgage lender Gen H has been recognised as one of the UK’s fastest-growing...

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