Andy Rowe has left his position as head of sales at Zephyr Homeloans after being made redundant following a company restructuring.
The specialist lending executive is now seeking a new senior role in mortgage lending, with a focus on...
Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched a specialist mortgage range for borrowers who have rebuilt their finances after experiencing credit difficulties.
The Credit Renew...
The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) increased financial services revenue by 10% to £13m during the first half of 2026 following its acquisition of Smart...
Confidence across the finance and leasing industry improved during the second quarter despite most firms continuing to expect weaker UK economic conditions, according to...
Market Harborough Building Society has appointed Brad Nicholls as Deputy Chief Finance Officer as it continues to expand its specialist lending capabilities and enter...
Melton Building Society has joined the Mortgage Broker Tools panel, giving advisers access to its affordability assessments through the research and sourcing platform.
The integration, completed at the end of July, allows brokers to compare Melton's affordability results with...
Knowledge Bank’s technology powers all three of the highest-rated criteria sourcing services in the H1 2026 Mortgage Lender Benchmark Study.
Air Sourcing led the category with a Broker Experience Index score of 74.5, followed by Iress with 72.2 and...
Accord Mortgages is reducing fixed rates across its 80% loan-to-value buy-to-let range by 0.10 percentage points.
The intermediary-only lender said the changes, aimed at landlords with smaller deposits, would take effect at 8am on Thursday, August 6. Products at...
Nine in 10 recent homebuyers are concerned that housing market changes could reduce their equity, despite most believing their property has risen in value.
Research by mortgage broker Boon Brokers found that 91% of people who bought a home...
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...
Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...
For the past three years, the conversation around artificial intelligence in financial services has been dominated by technology. Every week seems to bring another...
Nationwide is cutting fixed mortgage rates for first-time buyers, home movers and remortgage customers from tomorrow (4 August).
The UK's largest building society will reduce rates by up to 0.19 points across selected two-year, three-year and five-year products, taking its lowest fixed rate to 4.52%.
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Recent adviser research from Nottingham Building Society underlines the appetite for greater use of technology across the mortgage process. The vast majority (89%) of...
The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director and head of AI & advanced analytics at Lloyds Banking Group, marks an important step in accelerating the responsible adoption...
Skipton Group Holdings and Connells have lost an employment tribunal case brought by former Connells Group chief executive David Livesey, who successfully claimed unfair dismissal and age discrimination.
The tribunal found that Livesey (main picture, inset) was constructively dismissed after Connells breached his employment contract...
