News

Zephyr Homeloans joins Legal & General Mortgage Club panel

Zephyr Homeloans has been appointed to the Legal & General Mortgage Club lender panel. The...

Foundation Home Loans partners with Mortgage Intelligence

Foundation Home Loans has announced a new relationship with mortgage network and club, Mortgage...

The Mortgage Lender Benchmark returns

The Mortgage Lender Benchmark is once again looking to establish which lenders are providing...

Lloyds extends mental health charity partnership

Mental Health UK and Lloyds Banking Group have announced an extension to their charity...

Jackie Didcock retires from Skipton intermediary role

Jackie Didcock, the Skipton Building Society’s regional manager for intermediaries, has announced her retirement. Didcock...

New part-complete self-build product from the Hanley Economic

The Hanley Economic Building Society has unveiled a new part-complete self-build product. The self-build (part-complete)...

The Yorkshire ups age and maximum term limits

The Yorkshire Building Society has increased the terms available on mortgage lending to a...

Optimum Credit reaches £1bn mark in second charge lending

The UK’s largest second charge mortgage provider, Optimum Credit, has hit a total of...

Pension-led Funding joins FIBA lender panel

The Financial Intermediary and Brokers Association (FIBA) has announced the appointment of Pension-led Funding,...

Connells to trial MBT Affordability

Connells Group has become the first national network of mortgage consultants to trial Mortgage...

PMS and Sesame add Axis Bank UK to lender panels

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network have expanded their respective specialist lending panels with...

Simply’s block discounting facility rises to £30m

SME funder, Simply, has received a further increase to its funding line from Aldermore...

AMI publishes board election timetable

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has revealed details of its board elections which...

Key Partnerships agrees referral deal with domiciliary care provider

Key Partnerships has announced an exclusive collaboration with Bluebird Care, a national domiciliary care...

COMMENT

The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

Latest news

Second-steppers take larger mortgages as deposits shrink

Home movers are turning to higher loan-to-value mortgages as rising property prices and smaller...

Property industry urged to help shape smart data rules

Property businesses are being urged to respond to a government call for evidence that...

Northern first-time buyers pay £10k price for delaying purchase

First-time buyers in northern cities risk losing thousands of pounds by postponing a purchase,...

Virgin Money to raise product transfer fixed rates

Virgin Money will increase residential and buy-to-let product transfer fixed rates on Friday, 24...

PROFILES