This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for over 20 years. But for the last decade my other half has been in...
Simplify has appointed Samantha Tickell as key account director as the conveyancing and property services group looks to strengthen support for introducer partners.
Tickell (pictured)...
Mortgage brokers are moving first-time buyers through early stages of the application process in a matter of days, although delays beyond submission continue to...
Three quarters of homebuyers expect artificial intelligence to play a role in the homebuying process, but UK consumers remain more cautious than their counterparts...
The Cambridge Building Society has reintroduced fixed-rate mortgages across its main range, offering new options for first-time buyers, remortgage borrowers and home movers.
The refreshed...
Rely has completed a buy-to-let remortgage in 6.5 working days, moving a landlord off bridging finance shortly after refurbishment works were finished.
The specialist lender said the case ran from initial application through to completion and the release of...
Conveybuddy donated £8,249 to three charity partners in the first three months of 2026, with the total linked to completed conveyancing cases referred through its platform.
The conveyancing distributor said £4,208 went to the Motor Neurone Disease Association, while...
First Mortgage has acquired Home Loan Services (Glasgow) Ltd in a move that strengthens its position in Scotland’s new-build mortgage market.
The adviser firm, which is part of the Mortgage Advice Bureau group, said the deal would deepen its...
Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched a new range of two-year fixed rate mortgages across its Credit Revive and Credit Restore products for borrowers with historic credit issues.
The mutual said the new deals are available from today and are...
The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...
20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...
Santander is cutting rates across a wide range of higher loan-to-value mortgage products from Thursday 16 April, including two-year fixes for first-time buyers borrowing at 85% to 95% loan-to-value.
The lender said the changes form part of a broader repricing across selected residential mortgages and...
One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is that the sector has always been made up of a wide range of different borrower types, each of whom have...
For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency.
If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...
Leeds Building Society has hired Michelle Ward as corporate account manager, adding more than 25 years of industry experience to its intermediary distribution team.
Ward (pictured) joins from Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank, where she held the role of national account manager, bringing experience in...
