News

Annual rate of house price growth continues to slow

Halifax has reported that house prices in the last three months to February were...

New 95% LTV deals from Newcastle Intermediaries

Newcastle Intermediaries has revamped its range of 95% LTV mortgages, with rate cuts on...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts all buy-to-let rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced all its buy-to-let rates by up to 0.10 percentage points. The...

New buy-to-let offering from Masthaven

Masthaven has launched a new buy-to-let mortgage range, which will initially be available exclusively...

Young people increasingly becoming fraud victims or perpetrators

Fraud prevention service Cifas has published new figures showing major rises in the number...

Brokers spending two hours per week checking criteria

Criteria Hub has asked over 1,000 advisers asking how much time they spent per...

Vida Homeloans makes criteria changes

Vida Homeloans has introduced a new maximum LTV of 90% for first time buyers, 100%...

Just Mortgages’ self-employed division continues to grow

Just Mortgages has reported that its self-employed division has increased six-fold in less than...

Longer-term mortgages more popular than two-year deals

Paragon’s latest Financial Adviser Confidence Tracking Index report has found that the preference for longer-term...

InterBay Commercial joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added InterBay Commercial to its mortgage lender panel. Paradigm member firms...

Paul Flowers banned by FCA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Paul Flowers, the former chair of Co-operative Bank,...

Trio of appointments at Tuscan Capital

Tuscan Capital has made three new broker-facing appointments. Dena Thompson has been appointed head of...

Hanley Economic BS unveils Help to Buy remortgage deal

The Hanley Economic Building Society has launched a two-year discounted remortgage product for Help...

TMA unveils anti-money laundering checks

TMA Club has launched SmartSearch to improve its electronic identification checks (EID). DAs can...

COMMENT

Portfolio landlords reshape buy-to-let market

Portfolio landlords are becoming increasingly central to the buy-to-let market as investors take a more structured approach to property ownership. The market has seen a...

Supporting complex cases in a modern mortgage market

In today’s diverse mortgage landscape, brokers are working with a growing number of clients whose circumstances fall outside traditional lending models. From self-employed professionals...

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

The 4.3 million borrowers your pipeline is probably missing

There are 4.3 million self-employed workers in the UK and nearly one in five self-employed workers plans to buy a property in the next...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

Latest news

Fleet Mortgages names new managing director

Fleet Mortgages has appointed Nicola Richardson as its new managing director. Richardson (pictured) has been...

The Monmouthshire goes live with Phoebus mortgage servicing system

Monmouthshire Building Society has gone live with Phoebus to support mortgage account servicing as...

NatWest completes first PEXA remortgage in two working days

NatWest has completed its first remortgage transaction through PEXA’s digital property completion platform within...

Ceta launches renewal hub for intermediaries on Infinity Portal

Ceta has launched a new Renewal Hub on its Infinity Portal, giving intermediaries a...

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