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Most brokers don’t discuss second charges

74% of brokers do not mention to their clients that they offer second charge...

Stonebridge launches new performance dashboards for Revolution

Stonebridge has  launched newly-designed Performance Dashboards on its trading platform, Revolution, alongside the completion...

Key Partnerships introduces new retirement funding tool

Equity release referral service, Key Partnerships, has launch its new Retirement Funding Tool, which it...

Metro Bank unveils new 90% LTV products

Metro Bank has added 90% LTV five-year fixed rate mortgages to its residential range. The...

New BTL rates and flat-fee option from Pepper Money

Pepper Money has reduced buy-to-let rates by up to 40 basis points. The new rates...

Hope Capital expands underwriting operation

Bridging lender Hope Capital has announced an expansion ion its underwriting team with the...

FIBA reports lockdown membership rise

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has reported a 50% increase in membership...

IMLA to study Covid’s effects on industry service levels

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) is looking for new information on the practical...

NatWest revises rates on core and exclusive deals

NatWest is making rate changes across both its New and Existing Customer ranges. For their...

Precise Mortgages cuts buy-to-let rates

Precise Mortgages is cutting rates by up to 0.40 percentage points across its range...

OMS expands support and development teams

One Mortgage System (OMS) has grown its support and development teams with two new...

Bridgeshield joins ASTL

Bridgeshield has become the latest professional organisation to join the Association of Short Term...

New shared ownership & Right to Buy options from the Dudley

The Dudley Building Society has relaunch of its shared ownership and Right to Buy...

Retirement market changing due to fragmentation

Canada Life has highlighted two 'retirement journeys' that are increasing dramatically among consumers and...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

Latest news

Gatehouse sells £405m home finance portfolio interest to Waterfall

Gatehouse Bank has sold the economic interest in a £405m home purchase plan portfolio...

Yorkshire BS returns to television advertising after a decade

Yorkshire Building Society has launched its first television advertising campaign in 10 years, with...

Hampshire Trust Bank recruits London business development manager

Hampshire Trust Bank has appointed Cain Lam as a business development manager in its...

Dudley Building Society hires two senior managers

Dudley Building Society has appointed Jayne Roberts as head of lending and Richard McDonald...

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