Self-employed

Self-employed enquiries outpacing ones from FTBs

A survey of mortgage brokers carried out by the Family Building Society has found...

Dudley BS joins TMA panel

TMA Mortgage Club has announced the addition of the Dudley Building Society to its...

Loughborough BS improves self-employed criteria

Loughborough Building Society has revised its self-employed criteria so it can now accept one...

Newcastle Intermediaries reduces self-employed rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has cut rates by up to 15 basis points (bps) across its...

Mortgage Brain and HSBC UK to host free self-employed Criteria Masterclass

Mortgage Brain has partnered with HSBC UK to host a free Criteria Masterclass webinar...

Saffron BS partners with Brilliant Solutions

Saffron Building Society has formed a new packager relationship with Brilliant Solutions. The distributor will...

Saffron for Intermediaries reduces select Core product rates

Saffron for Intermediaries has announced rate cuts across 12 of its core products, including...

Look beyond the credit score to support borrowers with complex incomes

The working world has changed significantly in recent years. It’s not just the ability...

Just Mortgages records best December for self-employed inductions

The self-employed division at national brokerage Just Mortgages is having its busiest ever December...

Self-employed want more understanding from lenders

40% of self-employed people believe lenders need to be more understanding when it comes...

LendInvest Mortgages cuts residential rates

LendInvest Mortgages has reduced rates across its residential product suite in a week of...

Saffron for Intermediaries reduces raft of mortgage rates

Saffron for Intermediaries has announced improvements to its product range including its Self-Employed, Contractor,...

Fear of rejection stopping self-employed applying for mortgages

34% of self-employed individuals have never applied for a mortgage, according to the latest...

Saffron for Intermediaries bolsters self-employed proposition

Saffron for Intermediaries has made a series of changes to its mortgage product offering,...

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The sourcing system effect in specialist lending

In specialist lending, the right fit for a client has never been as simple as picking the top rate from a list. In sectors like...

Why the Renters’ Rights Bill should be a wake-up call for advisers and landlords

The Renters’ Rights Bill is shaping up to be one of the most significant legislative changes to the private rented sector (PRS) in decades. Expected...

Living in a box. Am I living in a cardboard box?

More young people are living with their parents than ever before. The bank of Mum and Dad has evolved into the hotel of Mum and...

Accountants, brokers and the clash of expectations

There’s an old accountant’s joke about financial advisers: the difference between us is that advisers want to look richer than their clients, while accountants...

Rachel Geddes: Redefining what’s possible for brokers and borrowers

When Rachel Geddes picked up the phone after a job interview to ask her mum what a mortgage was, she didn’t realise she was...

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Mortgage industry rallies behind Christmas charity concert

Momentum is building fast behind this year’s Christmas charity concert in aid of EveryYouth...

First-time buyers put at the heart of Treasury mortgage talks

The government will urge lenders to put first-time buyers at the top of their...

Target urges lenders to treat mortgage servicing as a strategic asset

Target Group has called on mortgage lenders to rethink their approach to servicing, arguing...

Heron Financial launches AI training cohort and ethics committee

Heron Financial has launched an artificial intelligence training programme for staff alongside the creation...