Self-employed

Over a quarter of adults with complex incomes have been denied a mortgage

28% of adults with non-typical income streams, including those who are self-employed, freelance, or...

TML provides self-employed offer in 6 working days

The Mortgage Lender (TML) recently progressed a self-employed residential application to offer in six...

Rise in ‘unaffordable’ self-employed mortgages

The number of mortgage enquiries from self-employed applicants that failed to find one affordable...

MBT sees self-employed affordability at lowest level

Affordability for self-employed customers has dropped to its lowest level since records began, according...

TML provides complex self-employed FTB offer in five days

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has outlined its approach in dealing with self-employed applications, moving...

77% of self-employed concerned over mortgage prospects

Over three-quarters of self-employed people are concerned about their prospects of getting a mortgage,...

The self-employed have been marginalised from the mainstream

91% of brokers interviewed and polled for United Trust Bank’s new mortgage white paper...

SmartrCriteria sees surge in searches for self-employed clients

New data from Legal & General Mortgage Club’s SmartrCriteria tool has shown that searches...

Self-employed twice as likely to be rejected for a mortgage

Self-employed individuals are twice as likely to be rejected for a mortgage, according to...

Vida improves criteria for contractors

Vida has unveiled a series of changes to its criteria for borrowers who are...

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries introduces new residential proposition

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries has revamped its residential mortgage offering to give wider access...

Brokers reveal most problematic mortgage applications

Research by broker forum, cherryplc.co.uk, has found that mortgage applications for self-employed clients and...

Newcastle Intermediaries relaunches deals for newly self-employed

Newcastle Intermediaries has unveiled a new range of mortgages exclusively for self-employed applicants with...

Clydesdale simplifies self-employed documentation requirements

Clydesdale Bank has reduced the documentation required to support applications from self-employed customers. The lender...
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COMMENT

Credit Risk

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 20

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

Remortgaging BTL in 2026: acting early on landlord refinancing

The buy-to-let market has rarely stood still in recent years, but 2026 has already delivered more twists and turns than any of us could...

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Bailey signals Bank Rate hold as Iran conflict clouds outlook

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The cost of knowing less

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Call for later life lending advice silos to be broken down

Industry figures have called for closer links between mortgage advisers, wealth managers and later...
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Property transactions remain resilient despite market volatility

Residential property transactions edged lower in April, although industry figures said activity remained resilient...

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