News

Barclays cuts 32 rates and unveils market-leading two-year fixes

Barclays has announced a wave of rate reductions across its residential mortgage range, with...

The Leeds bolsters intermediary distribution with two senior hires

Leeds Building Society has appointed two senior corporate account managers. Helen Cawthra and Andy Sykes...

FCA proposes stronger safeguards for BNPL borrowers

Buy now pay later (BNPL) customers are set to gain significant consumer protections under...

The Coventry relaxes stress test to boost borrowing power

Coventry for intermediaries has eased its mortgage stress testing criteria, enabling borrowers to secure...

Assetz Capital drops development finance rates

Assetz Capital has reduced its headline development finance rate for the third time in...

HTB backs second phase of North East housing scheme with £3.6m funding

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has agreed a £3.6m development finance facility to support the...

LMS improves its remortgage technology with DART update

LMS has announced an update to its Decisioning and Automated Remortgage Technology (DART), aimed...

Pepper Money launches Flex proposition to ease broker access to inclusive mortgage options

Specialist lender Pepper Money has unveiled a new proposition, Pepper Flex, designed to streamline...

Paragon Bank marks 30 years since pioneering landlord mortgage

Paragon Bank is celebrating three decades since it entered the private rental sector, marking...

Affordability crunch: private renters struggling to save as housing costs soar

A growing divide between renters and homeowners is placing mounting pressure on first-time buyer...

ModaMortgages trims 5-year fixed rates in limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has reduced rates by 5 basis points on selected limited edition five-year fixed...

Foundation Home Loans cuts rates and expands residential range

Foundation Home Loans has unveiled a raft of changes to its residential mortgage offering,...

Aspen cuts rates and unveils new no-valuation refurbishment bridge

Aspen Bridging has made changes to its refurbishment product range, including rate reductions and...

GB Bank expands lending team to meet new business target

GB Bank has made two senior hires to bolster its lending operations as it...

COMMENT

The industry needs to prepare now for Your First Home

The government’s announcement of the Your First Home scheme is genuinely positive news, and anything that boosts confidence among first-time buyers and people trying...

Why advisers can be part of the conveyancing team

There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with recommending a firm and then largely ends once the client...

Why the AI revolution could be a golden age for financial advice

Every major technological shift creates the same debate: will it empower professionals to do more, or eventually replace them? Artificial intelligence is simply the latest...

Should mortgage advisers consider the emerging secondary market for life policies?

Mortgage advisers regularly help clients navigate major life changes. While much of the focus is naturally on borrowing, refinancing and insurance, there is another...

One mortgage journey no longer fits every borrower

In the mortgage market, we have lots of different ways of describing customers depending on where they are in their lives. We talk about...

Latest news

Life changes could create new wave of accidental landlords

Changes in personal circumstances rather than investment plans could push more homeowners into the...

Remortgage searches jump 40% as borrowers return after summer

Remortgage activity drove a sharp rise in mortgage searches during September, with Twenty7tec recording...

Step One Finance adopts OMS origination platform

Step One Finance has introduced a bespoke loan origination system developed with One Mortgage...

Yorkshire BS HQ woodland found to have high biodiversity value

A four-hectare area of woodland at Yorkshire Building Society's Bradford headquarters has been identified...

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