Phoebus has announced plans to expand its employee numbers by 20% as it looks to continue developing its technology and service offerings. The recruitment campaign will see 25 new staff being taken on over the 12 months, and it has said that it is accelerating the development of a range of solutions such as API development, migrations, servicing and analysis.
Defaqto has announced that its integration with new fintech challenger, Plannr, is now live. Defaqto Engage now connects with Plannr’s customer relationship management technology for advisers, planners and wealth managers, and is used by more than 30% of advisers in the UK. As a result of the integration, advisers can now transfer client product and fund information from Plannr to Engage, with resulting research and reports being sent from Engage bank to Plannr. Defaqto has said that this means highly user-friendly client records are coupled to the research source, with methodology and focus on compliance.
Hodge has announced further enhancements to its professional mortgage product, offering customers with complex incomes greater financial flexibility in the current economic climate. The specialist lender has removed the need to meet capital repayment affordability when assessing interest only applications, increasing the amount customers can borrow. It is the latest in the series of adjustments made since Hodge launched its professional mortgage product to help barristers, architects, doctors, dentists and other defined professionals with multiple income streams improve their borrowing power. The firm has also reduced the minimum income required for this product from £35,000 to £30,000, and has increased its maximum age from 40 to 50.
NEW BUILD IN FOCUS - NEW EPISODE OF THE MORTGAGE INSIDER PODCAST, OUT NOW
Figures from the National House-Building Council saw Q1 2025 register a 36% increase in new homes built across the UK compared with the same period last year, representing a striking development for the first-time buyer market. But with the higher cost of building, ongoing planning challenges and new and changing regulations, how sustainable is this growth? And what does it mean for brokers?
The role of the bridging market and technology usage in the industry
Content editor, Dan McGrath, sat down with chief operating officer at Black & White Bridging, Damien Druce, and head of development finance at Empire Global Finance, Pete Williams, to explore the role of the bridging sector, the role of AI across the industry and how the property market has fared in the Labour Government’s first year in office.
Does the North-South divide still exist in the UK housing market?
What do the most expensive parts of the country reveal about shifting demand? And why is the Manchester housing market now outperforming many southern counterparts?
In this episode of the Barclays Mortgage Insider Podcast, host Phil Spencer is joined by Lucian Cook, Head of Research at Savills, and Ross Jones, founder of Home Financial and Evolve Commercial Finance, to explore how regional trends are redefining the UK housing, mortgage and buy-to-let markets.
In this episode of the Barclays Mortgage Insider Podcast, host Phil Spencer is joined by Lucian Cook, Head of Research at Savills, and Ross Jones, founder of Home Financial and Evolve Commercial Finance, to explore how regional trends are redefining the UK housing, mortgage and buy-to-let markets.
The new episode of The Mortgage Insider podcast, out now
Regional housing markets now matter more than ever. While London and the Southeast still tend to dominate the headlines from a house price and affordability perspective, much of the growth in rental yields and buyer demand is coming from other parts of the UK.
In this episode of the Barclays Mortgage Insider Podcast, host Phil Spencer is joined by Lucian Cook, Head of Research at Savills, and Ross Jones, founder of Home Financial and Evolve Commercial Finance.
In this episode of the Barclays Mortgage Insider Podcast, host Phil Spencer is joined by Lucian Cook, Head of Research at Savills, and Ross Jones, founder of Home Financial and Evolve Commercial Finance.
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