Mortgages

Pepper Money cuts rates by up to 20bps

Pepper Money has announced price reductions of 20 basis points (bps) across its complete...

Gen H cuts core and homebuying rates once again

Gen H is cutting rates across its core and homebuying bundle ranges by between...

LendInvest Mortgages streamlines its residential offering

LendInvest Mortgages has launched a new range of residential mortgage products, with the aim...

April Mortgages ups LTI limits

April Mortgages has increased its loan-to-income caps. The lender provides a range of 5-15...

New index shows scale of homebuying affordability challenge in UK

Skipton Group has launched its Home Affordability Index today. It combines data on the...

Castle Trust Bank makes SW sales team appointment

Castle Trust Bank has bolstered its sales team with the recruitment of Nathan Thorne...

Chancellor urged to make Stamp Duty reform a Budget priority

The Coventry Building Society has called for Stamp Duty reform to be made a...

April Mortgages partners with Coreco

April Mortgages has announced a new partnership with Coreco. Coreco is a London-based provider of...

Hodge improves 50+ and RIO criteria

Hodge has made changes to the criteria on its 50+ and Retirement Interest Only...

Butterfield Mortgages announces two promotions

Butterfield Mortgages has promoted Wendy Scott to senior business development manager and Radhika Madar...

Mojo Mortgages integrates with Twenty7tec’s APPLY

Twenty7tec has announced that Mojo Mortgages has integrated its APPLY module into its back...

Target Group names new chief operating officer

Target Group has promoted Katie Pender to the position of chief operating officer (COO). Pender...

Market Harborough BS allows large loans to £5m

Market Harborough Building Society has announced two key changes to its product range. The...

LiveMore unveils limited edition rates

LiveMore has cut rates on retirement interest-only (RIO) and standard mortgages until the end...

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AGENT VIEW: I know I’m not a mathematician but to me 6.5 x is the new 3.5 x

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be, as they say, and in an era of creeping inflation, job insecurity and the menacing spectre of...

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...

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Paradigm launches eighth annual ‘Reverse Advent’ campaign to support food banks

Paradigm has launched its eighth annual ‘Help Fight Hunger’ Reverse Advent charity drive, calling...

LHV Bank strengthens lending team with new director appointment

LHV Bank has expanded its UK lending team with the appointment of Callum Livingstone...

Redwood Bank extends commercial mortgage terms and eases affordability tests

Redwood Bank has made a series of changes to its commercial investment and owner-occupier...

Major brand revamp as OSB Group launches Rely and signals Kent Reliance retirement

OSB Group has launched Rely, a new specialist buy-to-let lender aimed at supporting brokers...

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