Overseas

Growth in overseas property enquiries

There was a significant rise in the number of people purchasing overseas property during...

Come in, the water’s lovely

The overseas mortgage market could provide a valuable new revenue stream, writes Clare Nessling, director...

Castle Trust helps overseas holiday home buyers

Castle Trust says its equity mortgage enables those with at least 40% equity in...

Conti sees sharp rise in overseas mortgage enquiries

Overseas mortgage firm Conti has reported a 62% increase in mortgage enquiries during August,...

Complete FS targets expats with new BTL deal

Complete FS has launched a specialist buy-to-let mortgage in association with Kent Reliance, aimed...

Paul Welch opens Singapore operation

Paul Welch, CEO of Largemortgageloans.com and founder of MillionPlus Private Finance, has hired Carl...

Spain overtakes France for mortgage enquiries in May

British buyers are rekindling their love affair with Spain, according to Conti, the overseas...

Connect Group relocates to larger premises

Connect Group, which includes the Connect Mortgage Club and Connect Overseas, has moved into...

Sun, sea and sangria

Spain’s financial and economic woes may have left a huge glut of new and...

Best French mortgage rates for 65 years

Competition between French banks for domestic buyers has created the best opportunity for UK...

Connect Overseas unveils foreign country mortgage guide

Connect Overseas has launched a downloadable foreign mortgage guide for brokers to complement its...

French buy-to-let attracting foreign investors

UK and international investors are being drawn towards buy-to-let French properties as French mortgage...

Turkey on the crest of a wave

Growing tourism, a stable economy, and a healthy appetite for lending – Turkey’s ticking...

Value of equity release market up 17%

The equity release market enjoyed its most successful year for three years in terms...

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A walk on the supply side

The UK government’s stated goal to build 1.5 million homes during the current parliamentary term underlines a strong political focus on addressing the housing...

Don’t build in fear – quality must come before quotas

“This is my message to housebuilders: get on with it. If you promise homes, you have to build them.” - Prime Minister Keir Starmer, 25...

AI won’t replace mortgage brokers – but those who don’t adapt could be left behind, say industry leaders

Artificial intelligence is set to transform the mortgage industry but it won’t replace the role of the broker, according to a panel of sector...

Why the mortgage industry must digitise for the customer, not just for compliance

Home buyers today can manage their finances, verify their ID and even order a sofa for next-day delivery all from their phones. Yet when...

The BBC’s exposé isn’t news to mortgage advisers – but it might be to the public

Let’s be honest, for mortgage advisers, the recent Panorama investigation into conditional selling by estate agents wasn’t so much a revelation as it was...

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MAB sees revenues rise 19% as adviser productivity strengthens

Mortgage Advice Bureau has posted a robust trading update for the first half of...

Rightmove mortgage revenues double as digital growth strategy pays off

Rightmove has more than doubled the size of its mortgages business in the first...

Market Harborough eases stress tests to support wider range of residential borrowers

Market Harborough Building Society has announced a relaxation of its interest rate stress testing...

CHL Mortgages cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 32bps

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has unveiled sweeping rate cuts across its buy-to-let mortgage range,...