LMS has announced that Nick Chadbourne is to step down as chief executive after leading the business since 2016.
Chief operating officer Ian Robinson, who has been with LMS for more than 20 years, will become interim chief executive...
Specialist lender Ampla Finance has launched a new brand identity, Untangled, as it looks to expand its presence across legal and property finance.
The new...
Halifax has once again been named the best overall lender for broker experience in Smart Money People's latest Mortgage Lender Benchmark.
The lender retained its...
Nationwide is reducing rates across its switcher mortgage range for existing customers by up to 0.12 percentage points.
The new rates, which apply across two-year,...
Hinckley & Rugby for intermediaries has launched four two-year discount visa mortgage products across residential and buy-to-let lending.
The products, available from Friday 5 June...
NatWest has expanded its intermediary leadership team with the creation of two new corporate account manager roles.
The bank said the move is intended to strengthen support for its strategic intermediary partners and help brokers support customers through the...
New mortgage commitments increased in the first quarter of 2026 even as completed lending activity slowed, according to the latest figures from the Bank of England.
The Bank’s Mortgage Lenders and Administrators Statistics showed the value of new mortgage...
A cross-party group of MPs has called for a major review of stamp duty as part of a wider package of measures designed to improve home ownership affordability and help more first-time buyers onto the property ladder.
In a...
YBS Commercial Mortgages has reduced rates across its five-year fixed product range by 0.15%.
The changes apply from 10am today, Tuesday 9 June, across the lender’s new-business range.
The reductions cover five-year fixed rates for portfolio landlords seeking buy-to-let finance,...
Last year mortgage technology specialist Fignum appointed Steve Carruthers as growth director, signalling its intent to scale its operations and deepen its role as...
Following the latest US tariff announcement, lenders are continuing to price and operate on the basis that market conditions remain relatively stable. However, the...
For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake.
Despite advances in digital banking,...
Lloyds and Halifax are reducing rates across homemover, first-time buyer, remortgage, product transfer and further advance mortgage ranges from Monday 8 June.
The lenders said rates will fall by up to 0.10 percentage points across all two-year, three-year and five-year homemover and first-time buyer products.
Remortgage...
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...
