Self-employed

Q&A: Chris Blewitt, Darlington Building Society

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Chris Blewitt, head of mortgage distribution at Darlington Building...

Precise launches its highest ever LTV products and slashes residential rates

Precise has made a range of improvements to its residential proposition with cheaper pricing...

Combined salary averages in 2024 mortgage searches up 9.52% YOY

Twenty7tec has reported a year-on-year rise in mortgage searches of 7.96% across 2024. The first...

Vida introduces ‘3 & Easy’ range of 97% LTV mortgages

Vida Homeloans has launched a new range of residential mortgage products at 97% loan...

Twenty7tec unveils 2025 Adviser Playbook

Twenty7tec is providing mortgage brokers with insight into when they are most busy and...

November mortgage market searches down across the board

Twenty7tec has unveiled the latest statistics for the UK mortgage market in November 2024,...

Atom bank rescues borrower with five-day mortgage turnaround

Atom bank has saved a transaction from collapse after providing a residential mortgage within...

SMEs expect difficulties in securing a mortgage

72% of business owners believe self-employment makes it harder to get a mortgage according...

Together products now on The Right Mortgage panel

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has Together to its lender panel. This means the...

Saffron BS cuts rates and adds new contractor and self-employed options

Saffron for Intermediaries has made rate reductions across its complete product range and also...

Pepper improves self-employed affordability calculations

Pepper Money has enhanced its self-employed criteria, including the introduction of the ability to...

Private Label unveils ‘Rockstar’ mortgages

Private Label has launched its ‘Rockstar' range of mortgage products. It claims the deals are...

LendInvest Mortgages improves residential criteria

LendInvest Mortgages has made a number of changes to criteria for its residential mortgage...

TML boosts self-employed applicant’s affordability by extra £230k

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has demonstrated its approach to 'real life lending' by helping...

COMMENT

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

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Millions of households exposed to financial shocks despite apparent stability

Millions of UK households that appear financially secure could struggle to absorb an unexpected...

The Mortgage Hut adopts Instamo tool to speed up mortgage applications

The Mortgage Hut has introduced Instamo's FastSubmit technology to reduce the amount of manual...

FCA sets out timetable for major expansion of anti-money laundering supervision

The FCA expects to begin taking over anti-money laundering supervision of legal, accountancy and...

MAB revenue rises as refinancing drives mortgage completions

Mortgage Advice Bureau reported an 8.6% increase in first-half revenue to £161.0m as higher...

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