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Coventry for Intermediaries cuts selection of fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected fixed rate deals for new applications, with some...

Computershare Loan Services & DPS continue Depaul UK support

Computershare Loan Services and the Deposit Protection Service (the DPS) have donated £40,000 to...

HTB improves specialist buy-to-let, holiday let and semi-commercial criteria

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has made changes to its criteria for specialist buy-to-let, mortgage...

Scottish house prices rise for third consecutive month

The Scottish housing market saw another increase in average house prices in June for...

PRIMIS reveals leading broker queries

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has revealed that the network’s product desk helped appointed representative (AR)...

MPowered Mortgages uses ChatGPT to answer one-third of broker queries

MPowered Mortgages has announced the full rollout of its ChatGPT-powered chatbot tool, CriteriaGPT. Following a...

SimplyBiz reveals schedule for its largest training and development programme

SimplyBiz has announced the details of its autumn events programme, offering over 150 options...

House price growth remains subdued

Land Registry has reported that average UK house prices increased by 1.7% in the...

PMS Mortgage Club adds Market Harborough to panel

PMS Mortgage Club, part of Sesame Bankhall Group, has added Market Harborough Building Society...

Free mentoring scheme looking for more mentees

The cross-industry mentoring scheme launched in June by the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI),...

Recognising consumer vulnerability should be a priority

LiveMore is calling on lenders and intermediaries to take particular note of the vulnerability...

Just Mortgages appoints new Midlands area director

Just Mortgages has bolstered its self-employed management team with the appointment of Nigel Smith...

Hope Capital reveals promotions and hires

Hope Capital has announced changes to its sales team to strengthen its proposition. Kim...

Hodge improves pension drawdown criteria for later life applicants

Hodge is increasing the percentage of pension drawdown it can accept to help more...
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COMMENT

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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...

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