TMG Mortgage Network appoints Bob Scott to support adviser growth plans

TMG Mortgage Network has appointed Bob Scott as sales and growth director as the business looks to increase adviser profitability and strengthen support for appointed representative firms. Scott (pictured) joins the network from Movin Legal, where he spent the...

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Fleet Mortgages joins LMS panel link

Fleet Mortgages has joined LMS Panel Link in a move intended to improve lender-law firm connectivity and streamline parts of the conveyancing process. The intermediary-only...

Coventry cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let rates by up to 0.12%. The lender said the new deals launch today, with cuts made...

Halifax and Lloyds cut mortgage rates by up to 14bps across purchase and remortgage ranges

Halifax and Lloyds Bank have reduced rates across a range of first-time buyer, home mover and remortgage products, with cuts of up to 12bps...

Leeds appoints BDM to support Midlands brokers

Leeds Building Society has appointed Lee Nicholls as business development manager for the Midlands. Nicholls (pictured) joins the mutual with more than 10 years' experience...

Paradigm calls for mandatory advice for first-time buyers

Paradigm Mortgage Services has called for mandatory regulated mortgage advice for all first-time buyers, arguing that the change would provide a targeted safeguard under Consumer Duty. The distributor has published a discussion paper, entitled Mandatory Mortgage Advice for First-Time...

GB Bank launches core buy-to-let and bridging product range for intermediaries

GB Bank has launched a new off-the-shelf buy-to-let and bridging range for intermediaries as it looks to broaden its proposition beyond bespoke lending. The specialist lender said the move would provide brokers with a clearer suite of product options...

The Buckinghamshire joins Mortgage Broker Tools platform

Buckinghamshire Building Society has partnered with Mortgage Broker Tools to make its lending proposition available through the platform from today. The partnership will give brokers using Mortgage Broker Tools access to the society’s affordability assessment, criteria and product information. Buckinghamshire...

Kensington adds free valuations across residential range

Kensington Mortgages has introduced free valuations across all residential mortgage products while cutting rates across its residential and buy-to-let ranges. The lender said the move extended its existing free valuation proposition on buy-to-let mortgages. Kensington has reduced rates by up...

PROFILE

Steve Caruthers on understanding how lenders operate

Last year mortgage technology specialist Fignum appointed Steve Carruthers as growth director, signalling its intent to scale its operations and deepen its role as...

INDUSTRY COMMENT

How advisers can win the 2026 remortgage wave

The surge in property transactions during the 2021 ‘race for space’, when completions peaked at more than 200,000 in June of that year, is...

Accidental landlords – do they need different support?

It is unfair to view buy-to-let investors as one homogenous group. There are so many different profile of landlords – and that of the...

Why mortgage marketing is finally starting to look human

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...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

In steadier markets, the adviser experience becomes the differentiator

When markets become more uncertain or transactional activity looks like it is flattening, the firms that stand out are rarely the ones simply chasing...

Industry needs to move from hoarding data to using it to make decisions

Mortgage lenders have spent the last few years plugging into every available external source, from Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) to payroll verification. We have built...

Q&As

BUY-TO-LET

Later life lending slows as borrowers remain cautious

Later life mortgage lending slowed during the first quarter of 2026 as older borrowers...

Shawbrook and TML cut buy-to-let rates

Shawbrook and The Mortgage Lender have made a series of changes to their buy-to-let...

Landlords seek greater certainty from lenders as mortgage market volatility bites

Landlords are continuing to borrow and invest despite recent mortgage market disruption, but are...

TPFG sees landlord compliance opportunity from RRA

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) says the introduction of the Renters’ Rights Act (RRA)...

Fleet Mortgages joins OPDA to support homebuying data reform

Fleet Mortgages has joined the Open Property Data Association (ODPA) as the buy-to-let lender...

The Mortgage Works adds tracker deals and trims fixed rates

The Mortgage Works is adding new two-year tracker products to its buy-to-let range and...

Rental yields edge up as landlords find firmer footing

Rental yields across the private rented sector stabilised in the first quarter of 2026,...

ModaMortgages adds two-year fixes to buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has expanded its buy-to-let range with the launch of limited edition two-year fixed-rate...

NEWSLETTER SIGNUP

FIRST-TIME BUYERS

Hanley Intermediaries cuts mortgage rates across residential, RIO and self-build

Hanley Intermediaries has reduced rates across its residential, retirement interest-only (RIO) and self-build mortgage ranges by up to 0.65% as lenders continue to compete for borrowers across mainstream and specialist sectors. The changes include reductions on a number of headline products aimed at first-time buyers,...

Coventry lowers selected residential and buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates by up to...

Gen H cuts mortgage rates by up to 30bps

Gen H has reduced rates across its mortgage range, with cuts of up to...

Think tank calls for abolition of stamp duty and council tax

A major new report has called for stamp duty and council tax to be...

Housing recovery stalls as political uncertainty hits confidence

The UK housing market recovery expected at the start of 2026 has stalled as...

OPINION

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 20

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge...

Remortgaging BTL in 2026: acting early on landlord refinancing

The buy-to-let market has rarely stood still in recent years, but 2026 has already...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 19

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday last week as leaders Jason Berry and Charlie Morley crossed the finish line at HSBC's Birmingham head office at 15:45. Some 64 participants from...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 18

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday last week as...

DISTRIBUTION

Equity Release Group launches adviser network

Equity Release Group has launched a specialist adviser network aimed at helping firms expand...

Canal trek triumph as Berry and Morely win gold

Jason Berry and Charlie Morely finished their epic 141-mile trek up the Grand Union...

Shepherds Friendly inks Primis distribution deal

Shepherds Friendly has agreed a distribution partnership with Primis Mortgage Network for its income...

The Right Mortgage adds TAB to lender panel

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has added specialist property finance lender TAB to...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 14

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge in London on Sunday and reaches its climax at HSBC's Birmingham head office later today. There are some 72 participants from across the mortgage sector taking part. The six-day...