Mortgages

Just Mortgages appoints northern area director

Just Mortgages has appointed Zarah Gulfraz as area director for the north. Based in Manchester,...

Perenna Bank joins Right Mortgage Network’s panel

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has announced the addition of Perenna Bank to...

HTB appoints four new lending managers

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has bolstered its specialist mortgages broker support team with four...

Bluestone’s sales & marketing director announces exit

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the departure of its sales & marketing director, Reece Beddall....

LiveMore issues inaugural securitisation

LiveMore has successfully priced and completed its inaugural securitisation, Exmoor Funding 2024-1. The simple,...

LendInvest Mortgages unveils 65% LTV residential remortgage

LendInvest Mortgages has announced the expansion of its residential mortgage range with the launch...

Major causes of gazumping revealed

Homebuyers are being gazumped due to lengthy property chains and delays in getting a...

Rise in broker satisfaction with lenders across all sectors

Smart Money People has published its H1 2024 Mortgage Lender Benchmark covering mortgage broker...

Mental health a rising issue for over-55s

The cost of living crisis has had a significant effect on the mental health...

Slight easing in pressure on household finances

Data analysed from millions of Barclays current accounts has revealed that spending on rent...

Gateway Surveyors reappointed as Marsden BS panel manager

Gateway Surveyors has announced that Marsden Building Society has reappointed it as its panel...

Buckinghamshire BS cuts rates across whole range

Buckinghamshire Building Society has reduced rates by up to 0.20 percentage points across a...

Hodge changes specialist mortgage criteria

Hodge has increased the first death stress on its 50+ product and enhanced criteria...

Mortgage Advice Bureau appoints non-executive chairman

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has appointed Mike Jones as non-executive chairman. Jones (pictured) has spent35...

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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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Atom bank widens near-prime range with new fee tier

Atom bank has expanded its near-prime mortgage offering with the introduction of a new...

Funding 365 reduces AVM bridge rates to 0.64%

Funding 365 has cut rates on its automated valuation model (AVM) bridging loans to...

Foundation trims BTL rates and adds new discount options

Foundation Home Loans has introduced a series of rate cuts and new discount products...

Paragon unveils streamlined multi-property buy-to-let application

Paragon Bank has introduced a new multi-property buy-to-let mortgage process that allows landlords to...

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