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ModaMortgages appoints head of sales and BDMs

ModaMortgages has announced that Scott Phillips has been appointed as its new head of...

West One Loans reprices mortgage range

West One Loans has announced changes to its mortgage range with significant pricing reductions...

MARS upgraded to improve Consumer Duty functionality

MorganAsh has announced a range of upgrades to its consumer vulnerability assessment platform. The latest...

BoMaD consider equity release as means for children to buy a home

Parents are turning to lifetime mortgages to help their children buy a home, as...

OMS and TMG Mortgage Network extend technology contract

One Mortgage System (OMS) has extended its contract with TMG Mortgage Network for another...

Hope Capital secures new funding line with Shawbrook Bank

Hope Capital has secured a new funding facility delivering up to £25m from Shawbrook...

Hodge removes height restrictions from criteria

Specialist lender Hodge is removing height restrictions from its lending criteria, meaning it will...

Twenty7tec adds Cumberland BS to SOURCE

Twenty7tec has announced the addition of the Cumberland Building Society to its SOURCE module. The...

AIG Life upgrades underwriting architecture

AIG Life Limited has unveiled a new Underwriting Rules Engine (URE) and enhanced intermediated...

Legal & General announces new protection MD

Legal & General has announced two senior appointments to its Retail Protection team. James Shattock...

Funding 365 launches rates from 0.74%

Funding 365 has revamped its product range following the announcement last week that it...

Dudley Building Society appoints chief risk officer

Dudley Building Society has announced the appointment of Andrew Turvey as chief risk officer,...

Norton Broker Services partners with Legal & General Ignite

Norton Broker Services has partnered with Legal & General Ignite, the mortgage research and...

Silbury Finance strengthens senior management team

Silbury Finance, the Oaktree Capital Management-backed residential development lender, has strengthened its senior leadership...

COMMENT

Let’s not get bogged down in the macro, let’s focus on the ones and twos

In challenging times such as this, it often feels like the first instinct for many in the mortgage market is to talk it down....

Underwriting: Are we saying “no” to the wrong risks?

Over the last two days I’ve talked about the size of the later life lending market and the knowledge gap that still exists around...

The blind spot: residential advisers and the over-55 customer

Yesterday I talked about the supportive nature of the equity release and later life lending community and the fact that collaboration is one of...

The uncomfortable truth about the later life lending market

The headlines around the latest Equity Release Council figures released this month all suggested growth. But I think we need to have an honest...

Are we actually set up to support first-time buyers?

After a summer spent thinking it over, this time of year is often the point where first time buyers decide whether they're going to...

Latest news

Foundation raises income multiples for higher-earning mortgage borrowers

Foundation Home Loans has increased the amount higher-earning residential borrowers can access under changes...

Wealthy Advisers Club funds £997 wellbeing retreat place to MIMHC

The Wealthy Advisers Club has donated a fully funded place at its inaugural Digital...

Access FS mortgage business rises 46.8% in record July

Access Financial Services recorded its strongest month for mortgage business in July, with activity...

LiveMore launches mortgage podcast for brokers and advisers

LiveMore has launched a podcast series covering developments in the specialist and later-life lending...

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