News

Welsh house prices fall but some signs of improvement

The LSL/Acadametrics House Price Index shows that in July the average price of a...

Bibby to hold Fit for the Future conference

Bibby Financial Services is to hold an exclusive event for accountants, solicitors, financial advisers...

Nationwide makes widespread rate cuts

The Nationwide Building Society has made reductions across its fixed and tracker mortgage range. All...

West One steps in after last minute lender withdrawal

West One Loans has stepped in to fund a loan of almost £1 million...

Criteria improvements made by Prestige

Prestige Finance has made changes to its product range. It has increased its LTV to...

BBA: consumer confidence is growing

Gross mortgage borrowing of £9.3bn in August was higher than in July and above...

Duncan Bannatyne to open FSE

TV 'dragon' Duncan Bannatyne will open the Financial Services Expo (FSE) on 1 October...

Virgin offers new buy-to-let deals

Virgin Money has unveiled a new range of buy-to-let mortgage products. The new range is...

New app from Exeter Family Friendly

Exeter Family Friendly has launched another income protection smartphone app. It enables advisers to "instantly"...

Santander to adopt Vizolution technology

Santander is to use Vizolution's screen sharing for business solution, vScreen. It will be rolled...

Pink establishes graduate training programme

Pink is running a graduate training programme to bring new faces into the mortgage...

SimplyBiz Mortgages expands lending panel

Tipton & Coseley Building Society has joined the SimplyBiz Mortgages panel of lenders. Members...

Friends Life boosts CIC proposition

Friends Life has made further coverage enhancements to its Protect+ Critical Illness Cover (CIC)...

New deals from Accord Buy to Let

Accord Buy to Let has launched three new mortgages with zero completion fees. The mortgages...

COMMENT

The conveyancing power of sales-ready packs

Conveyancing is stressful – and I'm not just talking about the poor customer experience. From a turnaround time of around eight weeks back in...

Cloud is not about where you host technology, it’s about how

When lenders talk about cloud, the discussion often begins – quite reasonably – with control. Where will the data sit? How will resilience be...

AI, mortgages and the human need we can’t ignore

There is lots of talk about technology with cloud-native and artificial intelligence just some of the buzzwords of today’s dinner parties and conferences. There is...

PMI – an advice gap not to be ignored

The latest figures from the ABI show insurers processed a record £4 billion in individual and workplace private medical insurance (PMI) claims in 2024,...

The self-employed boom and why traditional life cover won’t cut it

There’s a shift happening in how people work and how they buy homes - especially for the self-employed and gig economy worker. Flexibility, autonomy and...

Latest news

Financial firms warned over gaps in tackling domestic and economic abuse

Financial services firms are failing to ask the right questions about domestic and economic...

Family boosts buy-to-let borrowing by up to 35%

Family Building Society has enhanced its buy-to-let affordability assessment, increasing potential borrowing by up...

Average mortgage payments down £119 year-on-year

The average monthly mortgage payment for a new homebuyer has fallen by £119 over...

Wealthy investors increase exposure to buy-to-let as tax allowances are exhausted

Affluent UK investors are allocating more capital to buy-to-let property once ISA and pension...

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