At its meeting ending on 17 December 2025, the Monetary Policy Committee voted by a majority of five to four in favour of a rate cut, with four members preferring to keep Bank Rate unchanged at 4%.
The close...
Residential mortgage lender Gen H has extended its internal credit criteria in a move designed to support more first-time buyers who may have experienced...
LMS has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointment of Alexi Walsh as chief financial officer (CFO), as the business looks to accelerate...
Paragon Development Finance has launched a dedicated funding product for the development of care homes, as the lender looks to support experienced operators and...
Software specialist Phoebus is applying principles more commonly associated with software development to its people strategy, a move the business says is improving employee...
House prices are expected to rise modestly in 2026, with asking prices forecast to increase by 2% as improving affordability and a strong choice of homes for sale support market activity, according to the latest outlook from Rightmove.
The...
Approximately 93,000 buy-to-let landlords exited the market during 2025, according to estimates from property purchasing firm LandlordBuyer, as regulatory reform and financial pressures reshaped the economics of private renting.
The firm says the pace of exits is unlikely to...
The growth in limited company ownership of buy-to-let property has been driven largely by a new generation of landlords entering the market with corporate structures already in place, according to new research from Paragon Bank.
A survey of more...
Paymentshield says sales momentum has continued to build through 2025, with new business volumes on track to rise by more than 15% year on year.
The general insurance provider expects new business to be up by over 15% by...
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...
Reading FCA FS25/6, it is difficult not to notice an uncomfortable irony in the regulator’s conclusions around execution-only sales.
The paper rightly raises concerns about...
After months of fevered speculation before the Budget residential property transactions juddered to a halt.
I always suspected that as ‘confidence arrives on foot and...
Research among bridging professionals suggests political uncertainty outweighs concerns over rates, affordability and housing supply.
Government policy is viewed as the biggest risk facing the mortgage market, according to new research from Black & White Bridging, with intermediaries placing it ahead of interest rates, affordability...
For years, the protection market has assumed that younger adults are less engaged with financial risk planning. Yet the latest findings from Bruised Britain...
It’s fair to say that later life lending has moved from a niche corner of the market into a more mainstream space, as older borrowers seek new ways to manage loans, maintain income, clear debt, and support their families.
This shift has become clearer as...
Younger people are often badged with some unfair stereotypes when it comes to protection - "they're not interested", "they don't care", "they won't engage"....
Norton Home Loans, part of the Norton Financial Services Group, has joined the lender panel of L&G’s Mortgage Club, giving member advisers access to the lender’s full suite of second charge mortgage products.
The move brings a long-standing specialist player into one of the largest...
