Mortgage
MPowered Mortgages uses AI to automate application process
MPowered Mortgages is now using artificial intelligence tools to speed up and simplify the mortgage application process for brokers and...
Bucks BS launches fee-free shared ownership deal
Buckinghamshire Building Society is introducing a new shared ownership proposition with rates slashed by 30bps from their previous offering. In...
Biggest fall in annual house prices since 2009 – Nationwide
The UK has seen the biggest drop in UK annual house prices since 2009, according to the latest report from...
Housing Watch: Efficiency and energy needed
The Financial Conduct Authority’s director of retail banking, David Geale, recently delivered a speech outlining the regulator’s view on the...
FTB market subdued in April after March peak
The value of the first time-buyer market was more subdued in April, where the value of FTB applications totalled £6.2bn....
Mortgage repayments climb 39% over last decade: Octane
The average mortgage repayment has lifted by 39% to £314 per month over the last decade, with the vast majority...
Foundation returns to resi and BTL markets, increases LTVs
Foundation Home Loans has returned to the residential and buy-to-let markets after, withdrawing its products last week as rates rose...
Property transactions fall sharply – HMRC
The latest figures from the HMRC show a marked fall in housing transactions. The provisional non-seasonally adjusted estimate of the...
JMT Finance enters bridging finance market
JMT Finance is extending its lending proposition into the bridging finance sector. The commercial property lender is launch a bridging...
Feature: Is digital advice the future or a passing fad?
Robo advisers and digital brokers were hailed as the new ‘big thing’ in mortgages six or seven years ago. Fintech...
Hanley BS launches two-year fee-free fix
Hanley Economic Building Society is launching a fee-free two-year fixed rate shared ownership mortgage available up to 95% loan-to-value (LTV)...
Keychain launches ‘paperless’ hub for brokers, solicitors and clients
Start-up Keychain is rolling out a digital hub for brokers, solicitors and their clients aimed at speeding up the mortgage...