Mortgages

Standard Life Home Finance offers free EPCs and cashback

Standard Life Home Finance has announced a new EPC scheme to encourage consumers to...

Twenty7tec adds Ecology BS to SOURCE

Twenty7tec has added Ecology Building Society to its SOURCE module, giving advisers access to...

Rightmove expects improvement in homebuyer confidence

Rightmove has reported that average new seller asking prices on its platform fell by...

Coventry for intermediaries cuts selected residential & BTL fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a section of fixed rates, with lower options available...

Hodge cuts 50+ and RIO rates

Hodge has reduced rates across a selection of its 50+ and Retirement Interest Only...

Four new faces at West One Loans

West One Loans makes four new hires as part of residential mortgage expansion plans. West...

Suffolk BS doubles its mortgage offer validity period

Suffolk Building Society has extended its offer validity period from three to six months...

Pepper Money reintroduces ‘mid-fee’ deals

Pepper Money has instated price reductions on its five-year fixed rates and reintroduced its...

SimplyBiz Mortgages partners with Marsden BS

Marden Building Society has launched an exclusive range of mortgages, available only to SimplyBiz...

Large rise in purchase mortgage searches from northern cities

Twenty7tec has reported a surge in purchase mortgage searches in six major northern cities:...

CLSQ introduces LiveEPC

CLSQ has launched LiveEPC, a solution designed to provide UK mortgage lenders with real-time...

Skipton to cut residential fixed rate mortgage pricing

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across its mortgage product range at 9am on Tuesday...

Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries bolsters Flex mortgage offering

Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries has improved its flexible mortgage range, reducing selected rates...

Dudley BS grows mortgage book by 9%

Dudley Building Society has reported a 9.3% increase in its mortgage book for the...

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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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