News

Gen H cuts rates by up to 20bps

Gen H has announced another round of rate cuts, in advance of an expected...

Bibby Financial Services bolsters sales team

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has announced the addition of two sales professionals to its...

First-time buyers leading the criteria and affordability search charge

Legal & General Ignite has reported a strong level of criteria and affordability searches...

UTB revamps first and second charge residential ranges

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages for Intermediaries has introduced rate reductions as part of...

Latest MIMHC survey seeks ‘lived experiences’

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has launched its third annual survey as...

SPF Private Clients adopt Criteria Brain and Affordability Brain

Mortgage Brain has announced a strategic partnership with SPF Private Clients (SPF), a whole-of-market...

Newcastle for Intermediaries cuts large loan rates

Newcastle for Intermediaries has introduced reductions across its two and five-year fixed rate products...

Bridging lender supports social enterprise’s outdoor kitchen

Manchester Urban Diggers (MUD), a non-profit social enterprise dedicated to improving local food systems,...

Self-employed enquiries outpacing ones from FTBs

A survey of mortgage brokers carried out by the Family Building Society has found...

More2life expands high LTV product offerings

More2life has announced the expansion of its range of high LTV products, including its...

Coventry for intermediaries changes BTL reference rates

Coventry for intermediaries has made it simpler for landlords to borrow more by reducing...

Bluestone Mortgages makes sales team appointments

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the revision of its sales team with the addition of...

SmartSearch secures investment to match growth plans

SmartSearch, a UK provider of digital compliance and anti-money laundering (AML) software, has signed...

Virgin Money makes positive changes to lending policy

Virgin Money has made changes to its mortgage lending policy in order to make...

COMMENT

Advisers should be brave enough to drown out the noise

If you thought the economic and mortgage market commentary had been particularly noisy recently, I suspect you haven't heard anything yet, because with the...

Expat buy-to-let: a smaller world, a bigger picture

There has been no shortage of gloomy commentary about buy-to-let of late, so you might wonder why anyone living overseas would want to invest...

Taking the anxiety out of finance

It’s an anxious time for mortgage borrowers. A recent study by Handelsbanken Wealth found that the proportion of UK adults apprehensive about making mortgage...

Cashback should put conveyancing into the advice conversation

One of the more interesting findings from our latest quarterly statistics was the position of Nationwide Building Society, which accounted for 25% of all...

Why ownership structure matters in buy-to-let

It's a scenario brokers encounter every day. Two landlord clients approach them about the same type of buy-to-let property, with similar levels of equity...

Latest news

‘The Godfather’ joins Mortgage’s Got Talent judging panel

John ‘The Godfather’ Malone has been recruited as a judge for Mortgage’s Got Talent,...

Royal London introduces AI menopause support tool for staff

Royal London has launched an AI-powered tool designed to help employees and managers access...

Your First Home delays could stall first-time buyer market

Delays in launching the government's Your First Home scheme could cause first-time buyers to...

Foundation recruits former Metro Bank BDM to cover eastern region

Foundation has appointed Foz Ahmad as regional account manager for the East, bringing 12...

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