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...
Family Building Society has reintroduced 60% loan-to-value products across its core owner-occupier range and reduced selected fixed rates by as much as 30 basis...
Recognise Bank has appointed creative studio EveryFriday to lead a full rebrand as it looks to strengthen its positioning among SMEs and property professionals.
The...
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 in the United States and Canada, according to new research from Cotality.
The study, which...
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 line-up includes two-year and five-year fixed-rate products, alongside the society’s existing discounted variable rate...
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...
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...
Government-backed Help to Buy schemes delivered modest improvements in housing affordability, with the gains concentrated among higher-income households, according to new analysis.
Research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) suggests that the flagship policies, introduced in 2013 to support homeownership, did little to shift...
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...
