First-time buyers, older borrowers and the self-employed could benefit from a more flexible approach to mortgage lending under proposals unveiled by the Financial Conduct Authority.
The regulator has launched a consultation on a package of mortgage rule changes designed...
Aria Finance has joined Mortgage Brain’s Sourcing Brain module as a packager.
The move gives Aria Finance access to Sourcing Brain’s network of more than...
Pivotal has appointed Nneka Orji as group chief operating officer and Charlie Crossfield as group chief technology officer.
The mortgage and protection advice platform said...
Fintel is to give all Simplybiz and threesixty advice firm customers access to AI-powered file checks across every advice case from August.
The group, which...
Specialist lender LiveMore has expanded its lending criteria, reducing the time it looks back at historic credit issues as it seeks to improve access to mortgages for borrowers with more complex financial backgrounds.
The changes mean borrowers with historic...
The Legal Services Board is joining the government’s new AI Growth Lab, a scheme designed to help legal services providers and technology firms test artificial intelligence products under regulatory supervision before they are launched.
The initiative, which is being...
Specialist mortgage broker Cleerly Mortgages has implemented Acre’s CRM platform after a review of the market, with the firm reporting higher client conversion rates and improved broker productivity following the move.
The advice firm said the decision forms part...
First-time buyers are increasingly being drawn into paying stamp duty as rising purchase prices push more transactions above the £300,000 threshold, Connells Group has found.
Research from the group shows 30% of first-time buyers in England are now purchasing...
Last year mortgage technology specialist Fignum appointed Steve Carruthers as growth director, signalling its intent to scale its operations and deepen its role as...
Mortgage advertising used to operate in two settings only: either aggressively corporate or suspiciously aspirational.
You were either looking at a couple laughing at salad...
Many aspiring homeowners are postponing key life milestones and enduring workplace and relationship pressures in an effort to secure a place on the property ladder, according to new research from Mojo Mortgages.
The online mortgage broker's First-Time Buyer Sentiment Survey 2026, based on responses from...
The buy-to-let market has rarely stood still in recent years, but 2026 has already delivered more twists and turns than any of us could have anticipated when the year kicked off.
Product withdrawals, swap rate volatility, changing expectations around Bank Base Rate and wider economic...
Equity Release Group has launched a specialist adviser network aimed at helping firms expand their later life lending propositions as regulatory pressures and market complexity continue to increase.
TERN – The Equity Release Network – has been developed over the past three years and is...
