Remortgages

NatWest appoints PEXA to digitise remortgage process

NatWest has signed a formal agreement with PEXA Group to begin implementing the digital...

Remortgage pipeline builds despite June slowdown in completions

The UK remortgage market remained steady in June, with new instructions and cancellations holding...

FCA eases mortgage rules to boost affordability and simplify remortgaging

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has unveiled a package of reforms designed to streamline...

The Coventry drops residential rates following stress test revision

Coventry for intermediaries has announced rate reductions across selected residential mortgage products, cutting rates...

Barclays cuts 32 rates and unveils market-leading two-year fixes

Barclays has announced a wave of rate reductions across its residential mortgage range, with...

The Coventry relaxes stress test to boost borrowing power

Coventry for intermediaries has eased its mortgage stress testing criteria, enabling borrowers to secure...

LMS improves its remortgage technology with DART update

LMS has announced an update to its Decisioning and Automated Remortgage Technology (DART), aimed...

Pepper Money launches Flex proposition to ease broker access to inclusive mortgage options

Specialist lender Pepper Money has unveiled a new proposition, Pepper Flex, designed to streamline...

First-time buyers borrow more but fall behind house price rises

An in-depth analysis of mortgage affordability by Acre has revealed widening regional disparities and...

Clydesdale Bank to cut residential and exclusive rates tomorrow

Clydesdale Bank is set to implement a series of rate reductions across its residential...

Barclays cuts mortgage rates for second time in two days

Barclays has announced a second round of mortgage rate reductions in as many days,...

West One unveils 97.5% LTV products

Specialist lender West One Loans has launched a sweeping set of changes across its...

Virgin Money cuts residential fixed rates across key LTV bands

Virgin Money is set to implement a series of rate reductions across its residential...

Skipton cuts fixed rates across 114 mortgage products

Skipton Building Society has announced sweeping cuts to its residential mortgage range, reducing rates...

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A walk on the supply side

The UK government’s stated goal to build 1.5 million homes during the current parliamentary term underlines a strong political focus on addressing the housing...

Don’t build in fear – quality must come before quotas

“This is my message to housebuilders: get on with it. If you promise homes, you have to build them.” - Prime Minister Keir Starmer, 25...

AI won’t replace mortgage brokers – but those who don’t adapt could be left behind, say industry leaders

Artificial intelligence is set to transform the mortgage industry but it won’t replace the role of the broker, according to a panel of sector...

Why the mortgage industry must digitise for the customer, not just for compliance

Home buyers today can manage their finances, verify their ID and even order a sofa for next-day delivery all from their phones. Yet when...

The BBC’s exposé isn’t news to mortgage advisers – but it might be to the public

Let’s be honest, for mortgage advisers, the recent Panorama investigation into conditional selling by estate agents wasn’t so much a revelation as it was...

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MAB sees revenues rise 19% as adviser productivity strengthens

Mortgage Advice Bureau has posted a robust trading update for the first half of...

Rightmove mortgage revenues double as digital growth strategy pays off

Rightmove has more than doubled the size of its mortgages business in the first...

Market Harborough eases stress tests to support wider range of residential borrowers

Market Harborough Building Society has announced a relaxation of its interest rate stress testing...

CHL Mortgages cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 32bps

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has unveiled sweeping rate cuts across its buy-to-let mortgage range,...