The Mortgage Hut has introduced Instamo's FastSubmit technology to reduce the amount of manual data entry involved in submitting mortgage cases to lenders.
The system is now live with advisers at the brokerage and is designed to populate decisions...
Howden has opened its first commercial insurance office in Wrexham as the broker expands its presence across North Wales.
The firm said the expansion reflected...
UK homebuyers remain committed to purchasing a property but are less willing than buyers overseas to change their spending, borrowing or property expectations to...
Keystone Property Finance has reduced pricing across a number of its buy-to-let mortgage ranges, with cuts of up to 15 basis points.
The specialist lender...
Saffron for Intermediaries has broadened its specialist mortgage criteria with new expat HMO products and changes aimed at borrowers starting a new job.
The lender has added Expat HMO products to its buy-to-let range, including options for large HMOs,...
Twenty7tec has added Gable Mortgages to its RESEARCH platform, making the lender's zero-deposit residential range available to advisers through its sourcing system.
Gable's products, which are available at up to 100% loan-to-value, will now sit alongside the wider residential...
Second charge mortgage lending continued to grow in July, with £205 million of new business recorded during the month, according to the Finance & Leasing Association.
The figure was 2% higher than in July 2025, while lending over the...
Perenna has completed the integration of second charge lender Scroll Finance as it prepares to widen its presence in specialist mortgages, including a planned move into first charge buy-to-let later this year.
Scroll, which Perenna acquired last year, will...
Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...
Typically, affordability and customer vulnerability have sat in different parts of the business. Credit risk looks after affordability: can this person repay what they’re...
FORTO Finance has launched in the UK mortgage and protection market following a pilot that began in April.
The new brokerage will advise on residential mortgages, remortgages, buy-to-let lending, specialist property finance and protection.
Founded by mortgage and protection adviser Anthony Curtis, with Esmé Rook as...
Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...
Take a client you placed on a 5-year fix last year. Over the life of that deal, their bank is now planning to contact them somewhere between 780 and 1,300 times.
Three to five times a week, every week, for five years. That's the published...
Walsham Brothers has added Paradigm Protect to its growing list of distribution partners as it seeks to widen adviser access to its mortgage payment protection insurance range.
Adviser members of Paradigm Protect will now be able to access Walsham Brothers' mortgage payment protection insurance (MPPI)...
