Exclusive: April Mortgages launches 7x LTI borrowing exclusively via brokers

As part of the monthly Tech Talk with Mortgage Brain, Mortgage Solutions speaks to Cloe Atkinson, chief operating officer (COO) at the company.

Artificial intelligence (AI) might feel like it appeared overnight – one day we were Googling spaghetti recipes, the next ChatGPT was writing them for us.

This week, Mortgage Solutions speaks with Kiale Sheret, business development manager (BDM) at Darlington Building Society.

With all the political and economic upheaval we’ve experienced over the past year, it’s sometimes easy to forget the personal impact that wider financial uncertainty can have, particularly on those just starting out in their careers.

By now, we’ve all heard the stories: lenders appear to have been taking margin early in the year, playing it somewhat safe, holding back on volume in Q1.

There’s something about spring that brings with it a natural urge to take stock. It’s a time of the year when many of us reset, refocus and question whether we’re heading in the right direction.

Gen Z, those born between the late 1990s and early 2010s, are digital natives fundamentally reshaping the way financial advice is consumed.

As part of the Green Mortgage Advice Initiative (a cross-industry collaborative project dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of integrating sustainable finance and energy solutions conversations into mortgage advice)m the second working group, Adviser Awareness, is dedicated to ensuring that mortgage advisers have the knowledge, resources, and confidence to engage customers on the topic of green mortgages and sustainable home financing.

The mortgage market is on solid footing this year. While the Bank of England decided to hold the base rate in March, we’ve seen very healthy competition between lenders and the return of sub-4% mortgage rates for borrowers.