The first 1,000 customers have signed their mortgage deeds using qualified electronic signatures (QES) through Veyco’s Remortgage iQ platform. It has taken an average of just two minutes and 43 seconds to complete the registration and signing stage. The use of QES removes the need… The post First 1,000 customers sign mortgage deeds using QES appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
The 13th August, unfolded very differently from how I had expected. After returning home from a meeting, I was met with a flurry of WhatsApp messages from family, friends and colleagues asking whether our home was safe and whether I had any further information about… The post Blog: Stourbridge Fires: the challenges facing our built environment appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has integrated intelliflo office (IO) as its new customer relationship management (CRM) provider for member advisers. Intelliflo is a provider of software for financial advisers in the UK. The intelliflo office CRM integrates agentic AI, which runs continuously in the background… The post Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) integrates with intelliflo office appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
Propertymark has called for wider reform of England’s housing market to help more buyers onto the property ladder. High prices, large deposits and a weak development pipeline continue to limit access for first-time buyers, according to Propertymark. They also make it harder for existing homeowners… The post Propertymark calls for housing reform to help buyers appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
HSBC is cutting rates on a wide range of residential and buy-to-let products tomorrow, while Gen H has lowered rates on high-loan-to-value products today. Virgin is also trimming some new business deals by up to 10 basis points, while increasing a number of product transfer… The post HSBC and Gen H cut rates appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
Santander has announced it will be reducing most residential and buy-to-let (BTL) fixed rates across its new business and product transfer ranges. As part of the cuts, almost all residential 60%, 75%, 80% and 85% loan-to-value (LTV) one-, two-, three-, five- and seven-year fixed rates… The post Santander and Nottingham BS become latest lenders to trim prices appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
There’s nothing quite like a bold target to focus attention, and Project 28 has certainly given the property industry one. Its ambition to reduce the period between sale agreed and exchange to 28 days is commendable, if ambitious, especially when you take into account that… The post Blog: Can property transactions really get from 109 days to 28? appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
Nationwide is cutting rates by up to 0.15 percentage points across two-, three- and five-year fixes with its lowest rate starting from 4.48%, effective 18 August. First-time buyers products will be reduced by up to 0.10% across two-, three- and five-year fixed rate products up… The post Nationwide cuts rates by up to 0.15% with lowest now at 4.48% appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
West Brom Building Society has launched a new mortgage range for foreign nationals living and working in the UK into homeownership. The new range, which follows a pilot programme carried out in 2025, is available to first-time buyers and home movers. The range launches with… The post West Brom BS launches mortgage range for foreign nationals appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
Iress’ UK business delivered a 43% increase in pre-tax earnings (EBITDA) to £4.6m in the first half of 2026, as it continued to invest in product development, AI and engineering capabilities. The firm provides mortgage industry software including Trigold, The Exchange, Lender Connect, Xplan Mortgage… The post Iress grows UK earnings by 43% in first half appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
