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New fixes from the Skipton

The Skipton Building Society has introduced revised residential fixed purchase and remortgage products (two,...

Covid-19: LV= moves to help equity release advisers write business

LV= has introduced measures designed to make it easier for advisers to write equity...

Hodge webinar to cover RIO and 50+ mortgage solutions

Hodge is to hold the second in its series of free webinars on Thursday...

Over 1.6m mortgage payment holidays taken

UK Finance has reported that mortgage lenders have given over 1.6 million payment holidays...

The Leeds reaffirms support to borrowers looking to switch

The Leeds Building Society has reaffirmed its commitment to help existing customers move to...

Masthaven unveils fees-free remortgage range

Masthaven Bank has launched a new fee-free remortgage range on its first charge residential...

Hanley Economic to revamp mortgage and savings platforms

The Hanley Economic Building Society has partnered with DPR to initiate an overhaul of...

Accord appoints telephone BDM

Accord Mortgages has appointed a new telephone business development manager (TBDM). Hardeep Kaur will be...

Twenty7Tec appoints UX design partner

Twenty7Tec has selected digital business solutions agency, Dock9, as its user experience (UX) design...

Iress integrates with Knowledge Bank

Iress has integrated its Xplan Mortgage software with criteria search system Knowledge Bank. This integration...

Hodge reintroduces later-life purchases

Hodge is lifting temporary restrictions to its mortgage products. The lender can now accept...

IP claim volumes across AFM members up 39% in two years

Research by the Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM) into 10 member organisations that offer...

TMA extends Eligible.ai partnership

TMA has announced the extension of its partnership with Eligible.ai to offer its members...

Darrell Walker joins Shawbrook Bank

Shawbrook Bank has appointed Darrell Walker as its head of product development and proposition. Walker...

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

Skipton loses former Connells chief’s discrimination case

Skipton Group Holdings and Connells have lost an employment tribunal case brought by former...

IMLA supports flexible mortgage rules but says housing supply remains key

Mortgage lenders have backed proposals to give first-time buyers and other underserved borrowers greater...

Mortgage borrowing jumps to £7.7bn

Net mortgage borrowing more than doubled to £7.7bn in June, up from £3.3bn in...

AMI says mortgage rule reforms must keep advice at their core

Proposals to give lenders greater flexibility must be supported by mortgage advice if they...

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