Mortgages

FTB mortgages rise by only 1%

New CML data released today on the profile of UK lending in April 2014,...

MMR triggers homebuying slowdown

House purchase lending has fallen to an 11-month low, as demand slows among home-movers,...

New website for Brightstar

Brightstar Financial has launched its new website band has also reached the milestone of...

Intelliflo offers MMR MOT

Six weeks after the Mortgage Market Review (MMR) was implemented, Intelliflo has released...

Aldermore unveils ‘Ratings & Reviews service’ for borrowers

Aldermore has extended its Ratings & Reviews service to its direct to consumer 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...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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Leeds lending falls amid technology investment

Leeds Building Society completed £2bn of gross mortgage lending during the first half of...

Foundation revives buy-to-let products and cuts holiday let rates

Foundation Home Loans has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range, bringing back several products, adding...

UK residential property transactions edge higher in June

UK residential property transactions rose modestly in June, suggesting that underlying market activity is...

Buyers turn to 1.5 million homes rejected by mainstream lenders

About 1.5 million homes across Britain may fall outside mainstream mortgage criteria, according to...

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