Mortgages

Private Label unveils ‘Rockstar’ mortgages

Private Label has launched its ‘Rockstar' range of mortgage products. It claims the deals are...

Chetwood Financial appoints Mortgage Advisory Board chair

Alan Cleary has been appointed as chair of Chetwood Financial’s Mortgage Advisory Board. Cleary...

Market Harborough eases lending criteria

Market Harborough Building Society has announced changes to its lending criteria to make it...

Precise lowers rates with limited edition residential range

Precise, part of OSB Group, has launched a new limited edition residential range. Rates have...

Mortgage Vision expands to 12 autumn events

Mortgage Brain has announced its Mortgage Vision timetable for the second half of the...

Cherry to campaign for providers to ‘listen and change’

The cherryplc.co.uk forum has responded to user requests by creating a space where brokers...

April Mortgages makes key appointment

April Mortgages has appointed James Pagan as director of product & portfolio management. Pagan (pictured)...

65% of 2024 business could be written in H2, claims distributor

Rob Jupp, group CEO at the Brightstar Group, believes that the majority of business...

Newcastle for Intermediaries rolls out Recite Me accessibility tool

Newcastle Building Society has partnered with assistive technology company, Recite Me, to add accessibility...

MPowered Mortgages claims success for broker chatbot

MPowered Mortgages has reported that 60% of broker enquiries are being solved by MQube's...

Harpenden BS cuts variable rate

Harpenden Building Society has announced a reduction in the price of its residential variable...

Housing market activity remains fairly subdued

Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house prices increased up by 0.2% in...

Mutual Vision works with Sikoia to cut down admin work

Fintech Sikoia is partnering with digital banking platform Mutual Vision to significantly reduce the...

West One joins Quilter mortgage panel

West One Loans’ residential and buy-to-let products have been added to Quilter’s panel. This means...

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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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Black & White Bridging announces new appointment and internal promotions

Black & White Bridging has expanded its relationship team with the appointment of a...

Housing market stalls as Budget fears weigh on buyers and sellers

Britain’s housing market slowed sharply in October as jitters ahead of the Autumn Budget...

Just Mortgages creates new management layer to bolster support for self-employed advisers

Just Mortgages has created a new regional performance management team to strengthen its support...

SMEs urge tax and cost cuts ahead of Autumn Budget as confidence wavers

New research from Paragon Bank suggests that while small and medium-sized enterprises still broadly...

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