At Newcastle for Intermediaries, we’re dedicated to supporting brokers where it counts. We listen and invest to simplify your work, offering technology to simplify processes, a diverse product range, flexible criteria, and expert case discussions. Recognising every broker and client is unique, we’re ‘Powered by Partnership’, ready to collaborate and find the solution together.| Mortgage Solutions
Self-employed people are sacrificing starting a family or investing in their businesses to improve their chances of getting a mortgage.| Mortgage Solutions
The self-employed mortgage market is projected to rise by 67% over the next five years to £34.8bn, a specialist lender suggested.| Mortgage Solutions
Since joining in 2007, Frankie's career at Newcastle Building Society has seen him work in a variety of roles across direct and intermediary lending. Now, as Head of Intermediary Mortgages, Frankie's focus remains on building strong partnerships with intermediary partners, designing, and delivering a strategic lending vision, and continuously improving the Society's mortgage offering for both borrowers and intermediaries alike.| Mortgage Solutions
Prospective buyers in the future may come up against similar housing affordability challenges seen today if mortgage access improves without more supply, it was said during a debate. The post Future buyers could face same affordability barriers without more housing supply despite criteria changes – debate appeared first on Mortgage Solutions.| Mortgage Solutions
Around 28,000 affordable homes were not delivered due to office-to-residential conversions under permitted development rights (PDR), a trade association found. The post Nearly 28,000 affordable homes ‘lost’ to permitted development rights, analysis finds appeared first on Mortgage Solutions.| Mortgage Solutions
Knowledge Bank has entered a partnership with the Specialist Finance Academy to support brokers in the sector. The post Knowledge Bank partners with Specialist Finance Academy appeared first on Mortgage Solutions.| Mortgage Solutions
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Updated rules around mortgage affordability could see those with car finance payments access larger loans than they could before, a mutual has said. The post FCA affordability changes could improve borrowing for people with car loans, Coventry BS says appeared first on Mortgage Solutions.| Mortgage Solutions
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Every year, the six-week school summer holiday brings with it more than just an exodus to sun-drenched beaches and family barbecues. The post Turning summer silence into strategic success – Flavin appeared first on Mortgage Solutions.| Mortgage Solutions
Many expats find themselves blocked from the UK housing market at precisely the moment they’re trying to return.| Mortgage Solutions
LMS has announced that it has joined industry body The Conveyancing Association as an affiliate member.| Mortgage Solutions
An overwhelming majority, 84%, of first-time buyers are unaware of how to get the best mortgage rate, research from a broker found.| Mortgage Solutions
An extra 21% of first-time buyers in England will have to shell out for stamp duty as the threshold changes next week.| Mortgage Solutions
Pepper Money is a broad specialist lender that exists to help people succeed. Championing individuality. Embracing difference. Acting responsibly. And looking for opportunities to say yes, rather than reasons to say no.| Mortgage Solutions
Gatehouse Bank has reduced rental rates and simplified documentation requirements across its buy-to-let purchase plans for UK residents.| Mortgage Solutions
For years, deposits were treated as the biggest hurdle, but increasingly, affordability is the factor that stops a mortgage application in its tracks.| Mortgage Solutions
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) have kept the base rate at 4.5%, as widely expected.| Mortgage Solutions
Bridging loan books has surpassed £10bn for the first time fuelled by rises in applications, completions and loan book values.| Mortgage Solutions
We do not recommend or accept any responsibility for any third party provider’s products, services, information, advice or opinions provided to you either directly or via their websites. We will not be responsible to you if any product or advice you obtain form a third party is not suitable for you or does not meet your requirements. Any links to a third party provider’s website on this site are for your convenience only. If you contact a third party provider advertised or mentioned on th...| Mortgage Solutions
New specialist lender Afin Bank has come out with a range of residential and buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages, following full approval.| Mortgage Solutions
Afin Bank has appointed Emily Carr (pictured) as its mortgage adviser, and she will head up its in-house team of advisers.| Mortgage Solutions
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to announce a number of reforms to financial regulation, set to boost access to mortgages.| Mortgage Solutions
More first-time buyers who can show affordability will be able to get on the property ladder as lenders now have the chance to surpass the 15% loan to income (LTI) limit.| Mortgage Solutions
Each month as part of our Marketwatch series, we ask top mortgage and property commentators to give their unique perspective into a key news headline, market move or regulatory or political issue to spark discussion and get our readers thinking.| Mortgage Solutions
Now that more lenders are offering higher LTI multiples, how likely are you to suggest a borrower use this to the maximum?| Mortgage Solutions
The Equity Release Council has brought on PriceHubble, developer of real estate valuation, insight and analytics solutions, as an associate member.| Mortgage Solutions
The ERC has launched an international forum, with representatives from Canada, Germany, Holland, France, Ireland, Italy and Poland.| Mortgage Solutions
Financial product market intelligence specialist Defaqto has become a member of the Equity Release Council (ERC).| Mortgage Solutions
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Social mobility is a diversity category that many businesses struggle to define and engage in as it is complex and hard to measure.| Mortgage Solutions
DIFF has launched its School Leavers initiative to encourage wider social mobility in the mortgage industry.| Mortgage Solutions
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We do not recommend or accept any responsibility for any third party provider’s products, services, information, advice or opinions provided to you either directly or via their websites. We will not be responsible to you if any product or advice you obtain form a third party is not suitable for you or does not meet your requirements. Any links to a third party provider’s website on this site are for your convenience only. If you contact a third party provider advertised or mentioned on th...| Mortgage Solutions
The MIMHC Walk and Talk has raised over £15,000 for the Niall Stringer Foundation, exceeding its target of £10,000.| Mortgage Solutions
The Thames Bridges Trek is the latest challenge being taken on by the Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC).| Mortgage Solutions
We do not recommend or accept any responsibility for any third party provider’s products, services, information, advice or opinions provided to you either directly or via their websites. We will not be responsible to you if any product or advice you obtain form a third party is not suitable for you or does not meet your requirements. Any links to a third party provider’s website on this site are for your convenience only. If you contact a third party provider advertised or mentioned on th...| Mortgage Solutions
Word On The Street wants to grow and is looking to hire more brokers so it can be the "go-to broker" in the specialist lending industry.| Mortgage Solutions
Specialist property finance broker Word On The Street has appointed Jack Medlicott (pictured) as a partner.| Mortgage Solutions
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Homebuyers rushed to beat stamp duty changes, driving up mortgage volumes, but rising bills and taxes leave first-time buyers worried.| Mortgage Solutions
The imposition of tariffs by President Donald Trump has led to an initial fall in swap rates, which dictate mortgage pricing.| Mortgage Solutions
Masthaven has become the latest lender to join the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA), bringing membership to 48.| Mortgage Solutions
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has announced a base rate cut from 4.5% to 4.25%.| Mortgage Solutions
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The amount of time needed to save for a deposit for a house is four times longer for solo women, according to a report.| Mortgage Solutions
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has elected to cut the base rate to 4.5% – its lowest level since July 2023.| Mortgage Solutions
Halifax wants to make life as easy as it can for intermediaries. That’s why it is committed to providing and delivering excellent products and service to you and your clients. It’s easier to do business with Halifax Intermediaries. The lender’s product proposition includes home movers, remortgages, large loans, new build, Help to Buy and affordable housing. You can also secure a great new deal for your existing Halifax clients and retain their business with the lender’s product trans...| Mortgage Solutions
A potential base rate cut could benefit those on tracker and SVRs and up consumer confidence but may not lead to fixed rate cuts as swap rates have priced in base rate cuts.| Mortgage Solutions
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Virgin Money and Nationwide are increasing their mortgage rates, the latest lenders to increase some of their rates.| Mortgage Solutions
Lenders HSBC and TSB are increasing some of their mortgage rates, while Gen H and MPowered are making cuts.| Mortgage Solutions
The cut in the base rate has led to an uptick in customer enquiries, especially from first-time buyers, brokers have said.| Mortgage Solutions
The Bank of England (BoE) has cut the base rate to 5%, a year after it was raised – and remained frozen – at 5.25%.| Mortgage Solutions
