News

Legal & General Surveying Services partners with Metro Bank

Metro Bank customers should see a smoother house buying process following a new partnership...

Clydesdale Bank to cut rates and launch new purchase deals

Clydesdale Bank is reducing selected rates and launching new customer products. The new products will...

Market Harborough BS appoints new chief engagement officer

Market Harborough Building Society (MHBS) has appointed Lesley Vernon to the newly created executive...

MPowered Mortgages’ rates now start from 5.09%

MPowered Mortgages has announced rate reductions across its fixed rate products. The lender’s prime...

Sesame Network adds Tandem Bank to panel

Sesame Network has announced Tandem Bank as its latest lender partner. The...

Access FS acquires digital agency

Mortgage and protection brokerage, Access Financial Services, is launching an in-house digital marketing and...

Paragon launches its lowest BTL fixed rate in over a year

Paragon Bank has launched a 4.69% five-year fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgage, its lowest rate for...

Pepper Money unveils new lower rates

Pepper Money has cut rates across its complete range, cutting the price of more...

Advise Wise joins Folding@home initiative

Advise Wise has announced its partnership with Folding@home, a distributed computing project aimed at...

Atom bank reduces mortgage rates

Atom bank has once again reduced rates across its mortgage products by up to...

HTB appoints City of London BDM

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Serena Grewal as business development...

Hope Capital simplifies product proposition

Short-term lender, Hope Capital, has streamlined its proposition to make it easier for brokers...

Phoebus publishes ESG report

Phoebus has published its second ESG report, outlining what it does to maintain and...

Louisa Sedgwick bolsters role at Paragon following restructure

Paragon Bank has announced a restructure of its buy-to-let mortgages sales function to improve...

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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