Mortgage

Contact State joins Equity Release Council  

Regtech and lead generation firm Contact State has joined the Equity Release Council. The firm has joined the lobby group,...

Middle-aged renters jump 70% in a decade: Paragon  

Middle-aged households that privately rent have jumped by 70% over a decade, a report from Paragon Bank shows, “with many...

How Discharging Student Loans in Bankruptcy Just Got a Little Easier: Key Details You Need to Know

Last month, the Biden administration announced significant new policies that will make it easier for many federal student loan borrowers...

Higher FHA Loan Limits For 2023

On Thursday, December 1, 2022, the Federal Housing Administration published the new FHA loan limits for 2023. There are higher...

Day in the Life of… Yochai Zorno, underwriting team manager, bridging, Shawbrook 

Illustration: Simeon ElsonMy alarm goes off at… …6.30am. I like to wake up early so that I have time to...

Broker Focus: Lee Johnson, director, Willow Private Finance

Describe your firm in a few sentences Willow Private Finance is a directly authorised, specialist, whole-of-market mortgage brokerage. We are...

Weekly rate watch: Five-year fix drops 11 basis points

The end of November hosted another week of rate drops across all fixes, shows Moneyfacts data, with the five-year fix...

Vida promotes Cawthra to head of intermediary relationships

Vida has appointed Helen Cawthra to the new position as head of intermediary relationships. Her new role follows the launch...

MBA: Emma Jones, managing director of When The Bank Says No

Starting a business in the mortgage industry is easy. The hard bit is making it last. If I could tell...

Coventry for Intermediaries cuts rates on owner-occupier resi fixes

Coventry for Intermediaries has reduced all owner-occupier fixed rates. The lender’s two-, three- and five-year options have all been reduced,...

BuildLoan launches two products funded by Furness BS

BuildLoan has increased its range of self and custom-build mortgages with the launch of two products funded by Furness Building...

Virgin Money lifts variable rates by 75bps after BoE hike  

The Virgin Money group has made changes to its mortgage variable revert rates, following the Bank of England base rate...