News

Saffron For Intermediaries appoints BDM

Saffron For Intermediaries has promoted Holly Dennis to the role of business development manager. ...

Aldermore appoints chief credit officer

Aldermore has announced the appointment of John Wood to the newly created role of...

Remortgage lending gradually decreasing each month

UK Finance has reported that in May, home buyers borrowed £10.8bn, up 10% on...

Landlords focussing on lower value properties

The latest Complex Buy-to-let Index by Mortgages for Business has found that landlords are...

Paragon outlines PRA Phase 2 implementation schedule

Paragon has stated that it will implement the PRA Phase 2 changes, which require...

Loss of house price momentum in London

The Halifax House Price Index, administered by IHS Markit, indicates a sustained slowdown in...

The Skipton offers sub 1% rates for first time

Tomorrow (13 July) the Skipton Building Society is cutting fixed interest rates for mortgages...

UK sees change in concentration of £1m+ house sales

More than half of £1m+ property purchases are set to take place outside Greater...

FCA publishes interim review of retirement income market

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the interim findings of the Retirement Outcomes...

SortRefer: free remortgage legals “a mirage”

SortRefer has argued that many of the free legal packages offered by lenders are...

AOBP aims for broader based executive committee

The Association of Bridging Professionals (AOBP) has appointed three new members to its executive...

Hinckley & Rugby applications top £100m in H1

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has reported that it received over £100m of...

Keystone to up Classic Range proc fee

Keystone is to increase the Classic Range procuration fee paid to brokers by 10...

Mortgage Force adopts iPipeline’s protection solution

IPipeline has announced that Mortgage Force has adopted its protection modelling and sourcing solution,...

COMMENT

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...

Paragon Bank introduces limited edition 60% LTV buy-to-let products

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let range with a new tranche of 60% loan-to-value...

TwentyCi hires Nick Huntley to lead sales at TwentyEA and TwentyConvey

TwentyCi has appointed Nick Huntley as sales director for TwentyEA and TwentyConvey as the...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

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