Connells Group generated £33.3bn of mortgage lending in 2025 as group profits surged 19% despite what it described as a stop-start housing market.
Pre-tax profit rose to £73.1m, up from the previous year, while revenue increased 9% to £1.16bn....
e-Money Capital Limited has joined the Bridging & Development Lenders Association as the trade body’s latest lender member, taking total lender membership to 55.
e-Money...
Echo Finance has formed a partnership with Mortgage Train Academy aimed at helping newly qualified advisers move more quickly from CeMAP certification into active,...
Landlords are committing the equivalent of almost four working days a month to managing their rental properties, with larger portfolio owners spending substantially more...
Skipton Group increased its mortgage balances to £33.3bn in 2025, with a record 50% of new lending supporting first-time-buyers, as it reported lower headline profits but maintained strong capital ratios.
The mutual group, which comprises Skipton Building Society and...
Pepper Money has reduced buy-to-let rates by 0.50% across its 70%, 75% and 80% LTV tiers, with its lowest five-year fixed now priced at 3.94%.
The specialist lender has applied the reductions across its Pepper 48 and Pepper 36...
UK house prices increased 2.5% in the year to November 2025, signalling firmer conditions in the sales market despite continued affordability pressures, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.
The average UK home was valued...
Marsden Building Society has widened its expat mortgage criteria, increasing maximum loan-to-value ratios on flats and reducing minimum property values for certain buy-to-let cases.
The society has introduced a series of changes across its Expat Residential and Expat Buy-to-Let...
Conditional selling remains one of the most persistent and contentious issues facing the UK housing and mortgage markets with brokers continuing to report pressure...
There is lots of talk about technology with cloud-native and artificial intelligence just some of the buzzwords of today’s dinner parties and conferences.
There is...
The latest figures from the ABI show insurers processed a record £4 billion in individual and workplace private medical insurance (PMI) claims in 2024,...
There’s a shift happening in how people work and how they buy homes - especially for the self-employed and gig economy worker.
Flexibility, autonomy and...
Asking prices for newly listed homes were effectively flat in February, edging down by £12 to £368,019, as the market took stock following January’s unusually strong start to the year.
The subdued monthly movement contrasts with the typical 0.8% rise seen in February over the...
The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the regulator’s highly anticipated Pure Protection Market Study interim report.
Due for publication this quarter, the study seeks to examine consumer understanding...
Royal London has become the latest insurer to join CIExpert’s Income Protection Insight Zone, widening adviser access to detailed product information across the protection market.
The mutual is the eighth provider to be included in the zone, extending CIExpert’s coverage beyond life and critical illness...
