News

Increased interest in this year’s Expo

Mortgage Business Expo London 2012 says the number of exhibitors signed up to the...

Crystal Mortgages records strong September

Crystal Mortgages issued terms on £60.3 million of new business in the third quarter...

HSBC reduces rates on fixed mortgages

HSBC has made a number of rate reductions on its fixed rate mortgages. The changes...

Openwork unveils adviser support programme

Openwork is introducing a number of initiatives designed to support mortgage advisers as they...

NatWest IS rejigs mortgage range

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is making changes to its intermediary mortgage range. Current Account range: A range...

HML to administer two new portfolios

HML has put two mortgage portfolios worth £175 million onto its iCONNECT administration system. The...

Nationwide cuts tracker and fixed rates

Nationwide Building Society is cutting rates across the majority of its fixed rate mortgages...

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Barclays to buy ING Direct UK

Barclays Bank Plc is to acquire the deposits, mortgages and business assets of ING...

Omni Capital partners with boutique brokerage for ‘jumbo’ deals

Omni Capital and Arc & Co have joined forces to complete back-to-back second-charge bridging...

Precise unveils prime broker exclusives

Precise Mortgages has launched a new product range, with which it hopes to break...

YBS cuts 75% and 90% LTV direct rates

Yorkshire Building Society has reduced a number rates at 75% and 90% LTV by...

Underwriting is too rigid: Paradigm

Paradigm Mortgage Services is urging mortgage lenders to adopt a more individual and personal...

Platform cuts rates

Platform has cut rates on a number of residential mortgage products. These include two and...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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Conveyancing sector moves into gear following PM Law Group collapse

The abrupt closure of PM Law Group has left thousands of property transactions in...

Santander UK names new head of mortgage trading

Santander UK has appointed Ben Merritt as head of mortgage trading. Merritt (pictured) will report...

Britain’s post-war generation reaches 80 with longer lives and new financial pressures

The first wave of babies born after the Second World War turns 80 this...

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

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