LSL Property Services has reported an 8% increase in mortgage revenue during the first half of 2026 as the wave of borrowers reaching the end of fixed-rate deals continued to drive remortgage activity.
The group maintained an 8.9% share...
Virgin Money is increasing selected residential and buy-to-let rates from 16 September while withdrawing a range of 65% LTV products and introducing new 60%...
National Friendly has moved further into the protection market with the launch of Friendly Life Cover, a term assurance product available to advisers directly...
Nationwide has appointed Richard Walker as head of intermediary sales and new build, bringing in the former Virgin Money executive to lead its broker-facing...
Borrowers with non-standard incomes, unusual properties or international circumstances should not automatically be treated as difficult to place, according to Saffron for Intermediaries.
The lender said changes in the way people work, invest and structure their finances mean mortgage...
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...
OakNorth has joined HSBC and Investec in a senior lending club backing BetterHome Group’s acquisition of Mortgage Support Services Ltd, the parent company of Stonebridge.
The transaction will support BetterHome Group’s further expansion in the UK mortgage market and...
Gen H has appointed Laz Doel as key account manager in a newly created position aimed at developing the lender's relationships with key broker firms.
Doel (pictured) will report to Paddy Doyle, corporate account lead at Gen H, as...
There was probably a degree of unintended irony in the Treasury choosing to call the Chancellor, John Healey’s, first major market ‘intervention’ his ‘Growth...
Berkeley Group has called on the Government to slash stamp duty for first-time buyers and downsizers and scrap the 5% surcharge on property investors in an attempt to boost housing transactions and new development.
The housebuilder wants stamp duty capped at 1% for first-time buyers...
We have a tendency when talking about mortgage technology to start with what it can automate.
How many documents can it process, how quickly can it reach a decision and, increasingly, what can AI do that somebody previously had to do manually?
They are perfectly reasonable...
Mortgage Advice Bureau has cut its full-year profit expectations by £5.4m as the anticipated recovery in the housing market failed to materialise and delays to new lead flows hit its Fluent business.
In a trading update to the City this morning the Group said it...
