News

Brokers become less pessimistic moving into H2

New research from Crystal Specialist Finance has revealed how mortgage brokers viewed the market...

L&G: property wealth allows people to stay in their ‘forever homes’

New data from Legal & General Home Finance indicates that home improvements remain the...

Air unveils white label calculator

Air has launched a new retained equity and repayments calculator to help advisers illustrate...

Foundation Home Loans cuts rates by up to 85bps

Foundation Home Loans has announced rate reductions of up to 0.85 percentage points on...

VAS Group moves to larger office

VAS Group has moved into a newly refurbished 6,000 square foot office in the...

MorganAsh adds triage service to MARS vulnerability tool

MorganAsh has added a new triage service to its MARS vulnerability software, to help...

Clydesdale Bank unveils new products and cuts fees

Clydesdale Bank has launched a series of new mortgage products. The lender has also announced...

Capita integrates WhenFresh data system into OmigaDigital mortgage platform

Capita has teamed up with WhenFresh to integrate a range of property attribute &...

Gatehouse Bank promotes within business development team

Gatehouse Bank has promoted Thomas Humphreys to the role of lead telephony business development...

Just Mortgages received 52 self-employed broker applications in Q2

National brokerage Just Mortgages says it received 52 applications from brokers to join its...

Equity release adviser’s TV ad banned

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a television ad from Age Partnership after...

West One Loans makes three senior hires

West One Loans’ residential team has reintroduced its range of fixed rates and made...

The Right Mortgage revamps Consumer Duty hub

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has announced a revamp of its Consumer Duty...

LendInvest improves key worker support

LendInvest has announced a new range of residential mortgage products to better serve key...

COMMENT

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...

Leasehold reform has a September window – will Burnham use it?

At the time of writing, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill still has no published First Reading date.  But is it imminent? Andy Burnham entered...

Latest news

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...

Mortgage myths deter would-be first-time buyers

Misconceptions about mortgage eligibility may be prompting aspiring first-time buyers to abandon their plans...

Dudley Building Society publishes guide to trusts

Dudley Building Society has published a guide explaining how trusts can be used to...

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