Overseas

Foreign exchange moves into focus as advisers urged to act earlier in mortgage process

Rising use of overseas funds in UK property purchases is increasing the need for...

RAW Capital Partners streamlines interest payments for overseas landlords

RAW Capital Partners has updated its mortgage proposition to allow foreign national borrowers to...

Gatehouse Bank cuts 5-year BTL rates for expats and overseas buyers

Gatehouse Bank has reduced rental rates by 0.18% across its full range of 5-year...

Gatehouse Bank partnership aims to ease UK property finance for overseas buyers

Gatehouse Bank has partnered with financial technology firm Algbra in a move designed to...

Overseas demand for UK property broadens to every continent

Overseas appetite for UK property has strengthened and diversified over the past five years...

MIMHC launches programme to train over 100 Mental Health First Aiders

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) Foundation has announced its most ambitious programme...

Brokers warn of lending gap to non-UK residents

Brokers are finding it increasingly difficult to secure finance for non-UK residents with new...

Q&A: Jason Berry, Crystal Specialist Finance

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Jason Berry, group sales director at Crystal Specialist...

London’s luxury lettings market surges 154% as wealthy tenants opt to rent

London’s prime lettings market has more than doubled in size during the first half...

Non-doms exit UK, fueling shifts in London’s ultra-prime property market

A growing exodus of non-domiciled residents is reshaping London’s ultra-prime housing market, with new...

Escaping to Europe for the expat life

As the days get a little bit colder and we start to turn up...

Skipton reports 97% rise in EU residents buying UK rental property

Skipton International has seen a significant increase in UK mortgage completions from 2020 to...

Newcastle Intermediaries bolsters large loan offering

Newcastle Intermediaries has expanded its large loan proposition with the introduction of new two-year...

Fiduciam closes first 2019 Spanish loan

Fiduciam has completed the first week of 2019 with its first Spanish loan of...

COMMENT

The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

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Brilliant racks up a memorable afternoon for charity

Brilliant Solutions was on cue at Rileys as 70 players and several late arrivals...

Rayner rules out rent controls

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has ruled out rent controls in England, providing greater certainty...

Mortgage Brain adds Uinsure home insurance quotes to CRM platform

Mortgage Brain has integrated Uinsure with CRM Brain, allowing brokers to arrange buildings and...

Nationwide and Accord the latest to increase rates

Mortgage borrowers have been urged to review their options after Nationwide and Accord increased...

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