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Nine in ten brokers want greater use of tech
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (426+ words) Nearly nine in ten (89%) mortgage brokers want technology to play a bigger role in streamlining the mortgage application process, up from 74% six months ago, but opinion on the use of AI is mixed, according to new research from Nottingham Building…...
Nationwide cuts rates for second time in a week
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (236+ words) Nationwide has cut mortgage rates for the second time in less than a week as the market awaits the latest interest rate decision from the Bank of England on Thursday. The company originally cut its remortgage rates for existing customers…...
Why legacy lending is falling short of today's buyers
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (405+ words) This leaves a cohort of otherwise creditworthy applicants navigating a system that doesn't quite reflect their circumstances. Standardised, efficiency-driven underwriting is increasingly out of step with the way many people earn and budget. The point isn't to replace the current…...
Afin Bank appoints new chief commercial officer
3+ week, 2+ day ago (318+ words) Afin Bank has appointed Rob Lankey as chief commercial officer after previously being promoted to national sales director earlier this year. He had previously joined the company as director of credit in its launch phase last year. In his latest…...
Second charge continues to grow in record month for lender
4+ week, 1+ hour ago (224+ words) It follows new data from the'Finance & Leasing Association (FLA),'which showed the UK's second charge mortgage market lent a total of "228m in March 2026, the highest monthly'since'February'2008 and up by more than a third (36%) year-on-year.'The first quarter overall saw "625m of…...
Vida Homeloans widens product offer and relaunches BTL
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (163+ words) Vida Homeloans has relaunched its buy-to-let range to help support property investors and landlords looking for specialist lender support. It has also reintroduced 20 products to its residential range. Both ranges are available via intermediaries only. The expanded residential range includes…...
Sprift partnership provides brokers with instant data
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (202+ words) Brickflow, a digital marketplace for specialist property finance, is partnering with property data platform, Sprift, to incorporate their Key Property Facts reports directly into the workflow. It says this will allow brokers to generate high-authority property reports in a single…...
New BTL discounted products range launched
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (318+ words) A new range of buy-to-let two-year discounted products available up to 80% LTV, has been launched by Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries. Targeted at landlord borrowers seeking to purchase or refinance, rates for the new range of two-year discounted products start from…...
Broker support essential for landlords who average 6. 5 BTL loans
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (354+ words) Broker support remains essential for landlords, who typically hold 6. 5 buy-to-let loans, spread across an average of 2. 1 lender relationships and with average total borrowing standing at "714, 000, according to new data from Pegasus Insight. The research found that the majority continue to…...
Buy-to-let lender makes fleet of cuts and reintroduces products "
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (449+ words) Buy-to-let specialist lender Fleet Mortgages has reduced pricing across its 3% fee, 75% LTV five-year fixed rate products, alongside the reintroduction of a broader range of product options and the introduction of new two-year product transfer (PT) tracker products. The lender has…...