Mortgage

United Trust Bank restructures mortgage sales team

United Trust Bank has appointed Mike Walters to the helm of its restructured mortgage sales team. Walters whose job title...

Jon Hall joins OSB Group as group managing director

OSB Group has appointed Jon Hall as its group managing director, mortgages. Hall hails from Aspinall Financial Services, where he...

Majority of brokers confident of long-term business growth: Accord

A survey carried out by Accord Mortgages describes 79% of brokers as confident in their businesses expanding within the next...

Tenant demand eases in October: Propertymark

The average number of new prospective tenants per letting agent branch dropped from 83 in September to 71 in October,...

Mortgage borrowing dips to lowest total since July: BoE

Net mortgage borrowing in October came to £1.6bn, shows new stats from the Bank of England (BoE), significantly lower than...

Home ownership still out of reach for many: Imla

The UK continues to suffer from a significant housing affordability problem, the latest report from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association...

Housing market ‘busiest since 2007’: Zoopla

With one in 16 privately owned homes having changed hands, 2021 marks the busiest year in the housing market since...

New insurance and finance firm J3 Advisory opens for business

A new insurance and finance firm called J3 Advisory has opened its doors, vowing to “bring together the property insurance...

Comment: Bring on the specialists

People have diverse financial needs and there are so many mortgage products that it is impossible to be fully knowledgeable...

FCA revamps decision-making process

The Financial Conduct Authority has overhauled its decision-making process to ensure it can make “faster and more effective” decisions. As...

Just Mortgages expands broker trainee programme

Just Mortgages has expanded its trainee programme after receiving a record number of applications. The broker firm has accepted 18...

Weekly rate watch: Average two- and three-year fixes rise together

Both the average two- and three-year fixes gained 2 basis points this week, shows Moneyfacts data, each rising from 2.31%...