Landlords are reassessing where they invest as regional differences in yields, arrears and void periods reshape buy-to-let strategies, research from Foundation has found.
The Q2 2026 Pegasus Insight Landlord Trends report recorded an estimated average portfolio value of £1.8m,...
Saffron for Intermediaries has urged brokers not to dismiss complex income cases as changing employment patterns leave more borrowers outside traditional lending criteria.
The lender...
Accord Mortgages will reduce selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates by up to 0.18% from 8am on Thursday 13 August.
The intermediary-only lender will cut...
Scottish Building Society has partnered with Malted AI to analyse every customer interaction across its service channels.
The mutual has introduced the Malted Platform to...
Paragon Bank has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range, introducing rates from 3.55% and products at up to 80% loan-to-value (LTV).
The range includes 2- and...
Disconnected property technology is creating new data silos instead of delivering faster mortgage and homebuying transactions, Houzecheck has warned.
Writing today in Property Soup Richard Sexton (main picture), commercial director at Houzecheck, argued that the industry must shift its...
Swansea Building Society has completed an anniversary charity fund with a £3,000 donation to YMCA Cardiff.
The £25,000 fund was established to mark Alun Williams's 25 years as chief executive of the mutual.
It has provided £20,000 to Faith in...
One of the great promises of artificial intelligence has always been objectivity. Machines, unlike people, do not have bad days. They do not favour candidates because they remind them of themselves. They do not become impatient, tired or...
Proposals giving cohabiting couples automatic rights over homes, pensions and other assets lack clear public support, Baroness Ruth Deech has warned.
The crossbench peer (main picture, inset) made the claim in a submission to the Ministry of Justice’s consultation,...
After nearly four decades in financial services, Sesame Network distribution director Toni Smith still believes technology should make advisers stronger, not replace them.
When Toni...
The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...
Average mortgage rates increased during July, reversing the reductions recorded a month earlier, according to Moneyfacts.
The Moneyfacts Average New Mortgage Rate rose by 0.12 percentage points from 5.47% at the beginning of July to 5.59% at the start of August.
Average 2- and 5-year fixed...
For the past three years, the conversation around artificial intelligence in financial services has been dominated by technology. Every week seems to bring another breakthrough, another model or another promise of greater efficiency.
Yet amid all the excitement, one question has often been overlooked. Just...
Walsham Brothers has appointed Fintel's whole-of-market protection club Omni Protect as its first distribution partner.
The agreement follows Beagle Street's announcement two weeks ago that Omni Protect would be the founding distribution partner for its launch into the adviser market.
Adviser firms using Omni Protect will...
