Landbay has made its Premier buy-to-let products available across Scotland after an initial phased launch.
The lender said the 75% LTV range is now open to the whole market, allowing all broker firms to place standard remortgage business, like-for-like...
The Cambridge Building Society has relaunched its First Step mortgage, offering first-time buyers across England and Wales a route into home ownership with a...
Darlington Building Society is to host a CPD-accredited webinar later this month looking at how regulation, artificial intelligence and changing client expectations are affecting...
Certua Life has launched in the UK, positioning itself as a protection-focused life insurer built to distribute cover through digital financial platforms rather than traditional channels.
The business said it is the first new protection-focused life insurer to be...
Tandem Bank has been named among the UK’s Best Workplaces 2026, marking its first appearance in Great Place To Work’s national rankings.
The Blackpool-headquartered challenger bank was placed 99th in the large companies category at this year’s UK’s Best...
One Mortgage System (OMS) has expanded its partnership with Sikoia, adding wider document verification and data insight functions across its CRM and originations platforms.
The update builds on the earlier integration of Sikoia’s AI-led document processing and is aimed...
Simplybiz Mortgages and the Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) have added Brickflow and Provide to their Specialist Property Finance Panel, widening access to sourcing across bridging, development finance, specialist buy-to-let and commercial mortgages.
The two organisations launched the...
If you’ve been in financial services long enough, you know that one great introducer can transform your business.
Introducers, whether they are estate agents, accountants,...
During 2024 CIExpert commissioned Opinium to speak to 5,000 consumers – a mix of genders and ages – regarding critical illness (CI) insurance.
The aim...
The property ladder is usually talked about in terms of deposits, equity, and affordability but recent research reveals a less visible truth; moving up...
This month’s Spring Statement may not have delivered dramatic housing announcements, but the data released alongside it paints a clear picture about the continued...
Debt Awareness Week, beginning on 16th March, provides a timely opportunity for reflection. The early months of the year have long been associated with...
The UK housing and mortgage market continues to face uncertain conditions as geopolitical tensions and economic pressures weigh on buyer confidence, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey.
The February survey shows demand from prospective buyers weakened further, with...
There are growing signs that development activity across England is beginning to gather momentum again. After a prolonged period of caution driven by higher borrowing costs, planning uncertainty and squeezed margins, confidence is slowly returning among developers and professional property investors.
While activity remains uneven,...
David Copland, business development director and a founding member of Pivotal Growth, is to retire after helping build the consolidator into a network of 24 firms with more than 550 advisers.
Copland (pictured) has been closely involved in the business since its launch in 2021,...
