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 adjusted estimate was 96,710 transactions, according to HM Revenue and Customs, down 2% from...
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...
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...
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...
More than half of prospective first-time buyers believe securing a mortgage would be difficult, according to research from Yorkshire Building Society.
The building society's No Way Home? Restoring Britain's Housing Ladder report found that 56% of prospective first-time buyers...
Darlington Building Society has provided a residential mortgage to a first-time buyer approaching retirement whose income came primarily from a pension.
The case required a detailed affordability assessment because the applicant, who is based in the UK, relied on...
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...
Support for building new homes locally is almost twice as high as opposition while helping first-time buyers is the top housing priority among Gen Z, research from Barclays has revealed.
More than two in five UK adults (43%) supported new homes being built within three...
Over the last two days I’ve talked about the size of the later life lending market and the knowledge gap that still exists around over-55 customers.
For the final part of this series, I want to talk about something that many advisers discuss privately but...
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...
