The Bridging and Development Lenders Association (BDLA) has welcomed a move by the Financial Conduct Authority to review the 12-month term limit applied to regulated bridging loans.
The support follows the publication of the FCA’s Mortgage Rule Review Feedback...
Vernon Building Society has launched a new Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor mortgage range aimed at buyers who need additional income support to access home...
Connect for Intermediaries has added specialist distributor BuildLoan to its lender panel, expanding adviser access to tailored finance solutions for self-build and complex renovation...
Members of the Family Building Society are calling on the government to make greater use of brownfield land and underused commercial property to help...
Barclays has announced further reductions across its mortgage range, with three-year fixed rates seeing cuts of up to 0.29%, effective from Tuesday 16 December.
The...
Furness Building Society has appointed John Worth to its board, strengthening governance as the mutual looks to support long-term growth.
The Barrow-in-Furness based society said Worth (pictured) will join its board in January, bringing more than 40 years’ experience...
Rental supply across England has increased by more than 15% over the past year, despite ongoing uncertainty for landlords around regulation and taxation, according to new research from Dwelly.
The study examined available rental listings across every county in...
LendInvest Mortgages has announced a new development finance funding structure supported by HSBC and AB CarVal, designed to scale its proposition in the small and mid-sized residential development market.
The partnership launches with £175 million of senior capital committed...
SM Advice has launched a three-month free social media management service for advice firms with no online presence, following research showing more than half of advisers do not use social platforms to discuss protection.
The move follows the latest...
When Graham McClelland, the youthful and quietly intense chief executive of Gen H, arrived at the City of London office of the fast-growing mortgage...
For years, the protection market has assumed that younger adults are less engaged with financial risk planning. Yet the latest findings from Bruised Britain...
Perception and reality are often mistaken for one another. That is especially true in the buy-to-let market, where sentiment frequently diverges from what is...
The Cambridge Building Society has moved to strengthen support for residential borrowers by increasing its affordability stress limits, a change it says will allow some customers to borrow as much as £33,000 more than before.
The adjustments apply across its full residential mortgage range, offering...
Can we expect lenders to try and tighten their grip on borrowers at their advisers’ expense in 2026?
Many advisers will have seen signs of this shift, but the pace is now hard to ignore. With all banks/lenders having their own apps, what does this...
The bridging market has continued to strengthen this year. Data from the Bridging and Development Lenders Association shows loan books at record levels, reinforcing...
Perenna has agreed a distribution partnership with Primis Mortgage Network, in a move designed to expand broker access to the lender’s growing range of longer-term fixed rate mortgages.
Primis, one of the UK’s largest appointed representative networks with over 1,000 firms and 2,000 advisers, will...
