The Brightstar Group has launched Schools-Finance to help independent schools secure funding for property, operational and investment projects.
The specialist finance broker is the sixth company in the group’s portfolio and follows the addition of The School Fees Company...
More2life has formed an exclusive partnership with Verified Building Services to help lifetime mortgage applicants complete essential property repairs that might otherwise prevent their...
UK residential property transactions declined in July on a seasonally adjusted basis as borrowing costs and economic uncertainty continued to temper activity.
The provisional seasonally...
Zurich has made its Personal Protection and Income Protection products available through UnderwriteMe's Protection Platform.
The products will initially be offered through a small number...
Access Financial Services has unveiled a five-year strategy to expand its adviser network, develop new talent and invest in technology and data.
Founder and chief...
Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched a residential affordability calculator intended to give mortgage brokers a more accurate indication of clients' borrowing potential.
The tool, developed with web development agency Melon, reflects the society's lending policy and approach to underwriting.
Buckinghamshire...
Guardian reduced its average underwriting time to less than one day during the first half of 2026, compared with three days in 2025.
Cases requiring medical evidence were underwritten in an average of less than 1.5 days, according to...
The value of new second charge mortgage business reached £205 million in June 2026, up 16% from a year earlier, according to the Finance & Leasing Association.
Lenders completed 3,828 new agreements during the month, an annual increase of...
The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Drew Wilson as specialist lending development manager.
Wilson (pictured) will report to Victoria Clark, head of lending, and work with the network's member firms and advisers across the specialist lending market.
He...
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...
There has been no shortage of commentary over recent years suggesting landlords are heading for the exit, buy-to-let apparently no longer works and the...
For years, ESG strategies across the UK mortgage sector have operated under a relatively straightforward principle: better Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings equal lower...
HSBC UK will reduce a broad selection of fixed mortgage rates for new and existing borrowers from 1 September, while raising several tracker rates.
The changes cover products for first-time buyers, home movers and remortgage customers, including fee-saver, standard, high-value mortgage and Premier deals.
Among its...
In challenging times such as this, it often feels like the first instinct for many in the mortgage market is to talk it down. They will often look at the market as the sum of its challenges. To be fair, there are plenty of...
Omni Mortgage Club has added Sharia-compliant property finance provider Nomo to its lender panel.
The Fintel-owned, whole-of-market mortgage proposition said the agreement would broaden the specialist and international finance options available to its member firms.
Omni Mortgage Club, which was developed with input from advisers and...
