Overseas

Brits selling up and returning to Blighty

The dire state of the economy is causing many Brits with second homes abroad...

Brokers reminded of overseas opportunities

Connect Overseas has highlighted that expats are in need of mortgage expertise and are...

Opportunities across the pond

With signs that the housing market in the USA is bottoming out at last,...

Rise in expat property activity in the UK

Connect Overseas is seeing growth in enquiries from brokers who have expatriate clients looking...

Bumper month at Conti for broker registrations

Conti saw a record number of mortgage intermediaries signing up for overseas mortgages last...

Connect Overseas unveils broker support package

Connect Overseas has added a full package of support in order that any intermediary...

New regs for estate agents involved in overseas property

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has warned that estate agents assisting with buying...

Connect Overseas system at Trigold seminar

Connect Overseas will be demonstrating its foreign mortgages sourcing system at the Trigold Birmingham roadshow...

France remains Brits’ favoured overseas property territory

France remains the leading choice for Brits buying property abroad, according to the latest...

Connect’s sourcing tool gets thumbs-up

Connect Overseas' foreign mortgage sourcing system, launched in July, has received positive endorsement from...

Spain to review Coastal Law implications for property owners

Spain says it intends to improve legal certainty for property owners along the Spanish...

Connect Overseas launches sourcing system

Connect Overseas has unveiled a white label, foreign mortgage sourcing system for brokers. The international...

Brits’ interest in Spanish property back on the rise

Conti, the overseas mortgage specialist, has seen a 33% increase in Spanish mortgage enquiries...

Equity Release Council in Commons launch

The Equity Release Council has begun its public affairs engagement programme with yesterday's House...

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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,...