The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has described the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA’s) Feedback Statement and roadmap on DP25/2 as a positive step towards widening access to sustainable homeownership, while maintaining robust lending standards.
The association said it was...
Three of the UK’s most widely used adviser technology systems – Dynamic Planner, FE fundinfo and True Potential – have been added to AdviserSoftware.com’s...
Broker search behaviour on Knowledge Bank suggests bridging finance is playing an increasingly central role in meeting complex and time-sensitive client needs.
Data from the...
The Cambridge Building Society has donated hundreds of essential items to local charities after customers and colleagues supported its Christmas Giving Tree campaign.
Items including food, toiletries, towels and sleeping bags were left under Giving Trees across the society’s...
Inheritance tax receipts have climbed to £5.8 billion in the first eight months of the 2025/26 tax year, underlining the growing importance of later life and property-based financial planning.
Data published by HM Revenue & Customs shows receipts are...
Paragon Bank has launched a new buy-to-let tracker mortgage range linked to the Bank of England Base Rate, aimed at giving landlords greater flexibility at a time of fluid interest rate expectations.
The new range tracks Bank Base Rate,...
Homebuyers paid £13.7bn in Stamp Duty between January and November, according to new analysis from Coventry Building Society.
The figure represents a 19% increase on the £11.5bn paid over the same period last year, based on the latest HMRC...
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...
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 UK’s largest property platform says its...
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"....
Chetwood Bank is raising the maximum buy-to-let exposure limit to £10 million for both its ModaMortgages and CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries brands.
The digital challenger bank is doubling both lenders’ previous lending limits of £5 million to help support brokers with clients looking to grow...
