Mortgage

Newcastle Intermediaries completes L&G integration

Newcastle Intermediaries says it has completed its integration with Legal & General’s SmartrFit affordability and criteria tool, which will provide...

Beverley Building Society adds 100% LTV FTB mortgage option

Beverley Building Society has added a 100% loan-to-value (LTV), first-time buyer mortgage option to its family assist range. The new...

Housebuilding posts first fall in almost two years: PMI

Housebuilding was the weakest-performing area of construction activity for the fourth month running in June, registering the first overall downturn...

Radio for Intermediaries – Challenges facing the Mortgage Market

HSBC UK’s Head of Intermediaries, Chris Pearson and HSBC Group Economist Liz Martins join Deputy Editor, Gary Adams to discuss...

UK mortgage market remains robust: BoE

The share of households with high cost of living adjusted debt-servicing ratios (DSRs) on their mortgage has remained significantly below...

Former Countrywide execs take stake in law firm Simpson Jones

Former Countrywide executives Paul Chapman and Paul Wareham have acquired a stake in Derbyshire-based law firm Simpson Jones. The conveyancing,...

Consumer Duty Series – How Consumer Duty benefits clients

Amanda Newman Smith is joined by Shelley Read, from Royal London, and Financial Adviser Robyn Allen, from Robyn Allen Solutions,...

FCA appoints six directors

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed six directors to help meet its growing remit. The hires form part of...

Former mortgage broker sets up paraplanning service

A new mortgage paraplanning service Broker Support has been launched by former mortgage broker David Stubbs. Stubbs, who has 18...

More than half of landlords unable to recoup pet damage costs: Propertymark

Pet damage poses more of a risk than the damage inflicted by adult tenants, with 85.3% of landlords and agents...

Day in the Life of… Grace Sparks, business development manager, Skipton

Illustration by Simeon ElsonMy alarm goes off at… …7am when I start getting ready for my day, which first includes...

House prices lift, remortgage approvals dip: LMS

The remortgage market remained in positive territory in the first three months of the year, with homeowner equity indicators hitting...