Mortgages

Cattles suspends new lending at Welcome

Cattles has "temporarily" suspending lending to new customers in Welcome Finance with immediate effect....

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If AI gives us more time to think, we must learn how to think well

The great promise of AI in financial services is usually expressed in terms of what it can remove. Less administration, less duplication, fewer manual...

The right scrutiny is a precursor of growing lending safely

Credit markets have always had to accommodate change, but there are periods when the assumptions on which they have been built begin to move...

Only one in five of your clients thinks your fee was justified

You know the moment. 40 minutes in. Gone well. They like you, you like them, everyone's getting on. Then you have to say the fee. And...

I’m 49. My dad’s 73. Between us we’ve found the hole in later life lending

I turn 50 in December, and the marketing has already started. Funeral plans, over-50s life cover, “guaranteed acceptance” adverts wedged between the football highlights....

Buying scale was phase one. What happens next?

Mortgage distribution is in a race for scale. Capital wants market share. Consolidators want distribution. Networks want advisers. Good businesses are commanding serious valuations. If I...

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Air and Mortgage Brain link sourcing platforms to widen later life lending options

Air and Mortgage Brain have agreed a collaboration designed to help mortgage advisers assess...

Mortgage network growth diverges as acquisition activity reshapes sector

Stonebridge Mortgage Solutions and HL Partnership have recorded some of the largest increases in...

LMS appoints Ian Robinson as permanent chief executive

LMS has appointed Ian Robinson as its permanent chief executive, four months after he...

Mortgage lending availability falls as banks anticipate recovery in demand

Mortgage credit availability and demand for house purchase and remortgaging all declined during the...

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