PEXA UK appoints CEOs as Joe Pepper steps down

PEXA UK chief executive Joe Pepper will step down at the end of June, with Krystle Kocik and Simon Wright appointed as co-chief executive officers from 1 July. The change forms part of a new leadership structure at PEXA...

Latest news

A new PM brings a new opportunity to rethink housing policy

Politics, as it seems to do in recent times, has moved at remarkable speed over the last couple of weeks. In what feels like...

LendInvest launches semi-commercial BTL lending products

LendInvest has launched a new semi-commercial proposition within its range of buy-to-let products. The lender’s newest proposition will be across two and five-year fixed rate...

more2life urges FCA to mandate signposting of all later life lending products

more2life chief executive Dave Harris has called on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to make it mandatory to signpost all available products to older...

Residential transactions up 17% in May despite ongoing uncertainty

UK residential property transactions rose 17% in May 2026 compared with the same month last year, although activity dipped slightly on a monthly basis,...

Paragon Bank launches £1,000 cashback deal

Paragon Bank is offering £1,000 cashback across 21 products within its buy-to-let mortgage range. The cashback applies across a selection of five-year fixed rate products for single self-contained properties, as well as Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) and multi-unit...

Atom bank launches 95% LTV near prime mortgages

Atom bank has launched a 95% LTV near prime range and reduced rates across its other near prime products by 0.10%. Atom said the new range is in direct response to broker feedback and is designed to help those...

Just Mortgages self-employed division nears 500 advisers after 10 years

Just Mortgages is celebrating 10 years of its self-employed division after growing from just three advisers at launch to almost 500 today. The brokerage said self-employed advisers now make up almost 75% of its adviser headcount, with plans to...

Ageas teams up with Source Insurance

Ageas UK has joined Source's Insurance panel, expanding access to its home insurance products for advisers. The insurance firm said the move reflects its continued investment in adviser distribution, alongside a strategic focus on embedded insurance propositions to develop...

PROFILE

Steve Caruthers on understanding how lenders operate

Last year mortgage technology specialist Fignum appointed Steve Carruthers as growth director, signalling its intent to scale its operations and deepen its role as...

INDUSTRY COMMENT

New product launches bring renewed competition to protection market

The protection market has seen a flurry of product launches in recent weeks, with Beagle Street and Guardian bringing much needed change and innovation...

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

Q&As

BUY-TO-LET

The Mortgage Works cuts buy-to-let rates

The Mortgage Works has reduced buy-to-let mortgage rates by up to 0.25 percentage points...

Paragon Bank appoints business development manager for Scotland

Paragon Bank has appointed Holly Morrison as a business development manager (BDM) for Scotland. Morrison...

GB Bank cuts rates across core BTL range

GB Bank has reduced rates across its buy-to-let core range, with rates now starting...

Accord trims rates across residential and buy-to-let ranges

Accord Mortgages is reducing rates across its residential and buy-to-let product ranges for the...

RAW Capital Partners records strongest month for lending completions

Specialist lender RAW Capital Partners achieved a record month for loan completions in May,...

Molo strengthens broker support with new BDM appointment and internal promotion

Molo has expanded its distribution team with the appointment of Ben Saffery as business...

Barclays cuts mortgage rates across residential and buy-to-let ranges

Barclays is reducing rates across a broad range of residential and buy-to-let mortgage products...

ModaMortgages removes fees on limited-edition buy-to-let products

ModaMortgages has removed application fees from its limited-edition buy-to-let mortgage products, weeks after reducing...

NEWSLETTER SIGNUP

FIRST-TIME BUYERS

Political clarity should benefit homebuyers

It’s been another positive week for the mortgage market, with lenders continuing to reduce rates across the board. Encouragingly, there’s every expectation that this trend will continue, providing further confidence across the market as we head into the second half of the year. While there’s...

Nationwide cuts mortgage rates for third time this month

Nationwide Building Society has reduced mortgage rates by up to 0.25 percentage points across...

Gen H and Just Mortgages tool to help shared ownership borrowers move to full ownership

Just Mortgages and Gen H have introduced a new calculator designed to help shared...

Mortgage rates have surged since Brexit vote, says L&C

The cost of borrowing has risen sharply in the decade since the UK voted...

Renters face decades-long wait to save a first-time buyer deposit

A third of aspiring homeowners are saving £100 a month or less, leaving many...

OPINION

AI for brokers: the three lines you should never cross

Most AI advice aimed at advisers is either breathless hype or vague caution. Here is something you can actually act on: a practical way...

Hobson’s Choice: Which root canal treatment would you prefer, Sir?

Now that Andy Pandy from ‘oop norf’ is de facto the Prime Minister elect...

Buy-to-let: reality versus a much-peddled narrative

Every few months, it seems, another report emerges suggesting buy-to-let no longer stacks up...

A week of progress and reassurance

The past week has brought further reassurance for borrowers. With the Bank of England holding the base rate as expected and inflation remaining steady at 2.8%, the latest data reinforces confidence that the housing market is continuing to move in the right direction. While we're...

ABS 2026 review: Economic factors stemming growth

As the Global ABS conference ended there was no doubt that it was a huge success, with official numbers being confirmed at 5,500 attendees,...

DISTRIBUTION

AR market consolidates as revenues rise despite fewer principal firms

The UK's appointed representative market is becoming more concentrated, with fewer principal firms overseeing...

Fintel chair and TMG chief rescue Rotherham United Women

Rotherham United Women Football Club has been rescued from the brink of extinction after...

TRM Network promotes Amy Wilson to new propositions role

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has promoted Amy Wilson to the newly created...

Nomo joins Paradigm panel to expand access to GCC property investors

Shariah-compliant property finance provider Nomo has joined the lender panel of Paradigm Mortgage Services,...

L&G Mortgage Club appoints key relationship manager

L&G Mortgage Club has appointed Gurpreet Chahal as key relationship manager to support broker partnerships and collaboration across the intermediary market. Chahal (pictured) will act as a senior contact for networks, clubs and key intermediary partners, with responsibility for managing and developing strategic relationships and...