TMG Mortgage Network has appointed Donna Bibby as head of finance, with responsibility for financial reporting, commissions and planning as the Rotherham-based business expands.
Bibby (pictured) joins the network, which supports around 300 appointed representatives and registered individuals, bringing...
Mortgage brokers could face increased demand for advice following the Autumn Budget, with 93% of homeowners needing help understanding how government policy and economic...
Halifax Intermediaries has introduced an updated online mortgage application system designed to simplify case submissions and document handling for brokers.
The new platform, which began...
More than half of England and Wales's 50 leading emerging property hotspots are in the North, according to research examining affordability, house price growth...
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published 12 sound practices designed to help financial institutions strengthen their governance and risk management as the use...
Later life lending specialists may struggle to capitalise on growing demand for advice unless they invest in artificial intelligence and improve the efficiency of their businesses, according to Air chief executive Will Hale.
Speaking at the Air Evolve Summit...
Finance for home improvements more than doubled in the third quarter of 2026, according to V12 Retail Finance, amid signs that households are prioritising renovations over moving home.
The lender reported a 112% year-on-year increase in the value of...
Borrowers under the age of 70 account for nearly two-thirds of more2life's lifetime mortgage customers who choose to make interest payments, according to figures covering the first nine months of 2026.
Data from the lender shows that 63.6% of...
Chetwood Bank has appointed Melanie Czarra as a non-executive director and chair of its board risk committee, bringing more than 30 years of international banking and corporate finance experience to the role.
Czarra (pictured) will succeed Duncan Martin, who...
Business development managers (BDMs) have long played an important role in the relationship between lenders and brokers.
Traditionally, much of that relationship has centered around...
John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...
It’s an anxious time for mortgage borrowers. A recent study by Handelsbanken Wealth found that the proportion of UK adults apprehensive about making mortgage...
One of the more interesting findings from our latest quarterly statistics was the position of Nationwide Building Society, which accounted for 25% of all...
Removing stamp duty for older homeowners and people moving to smaller properties could help release housing stock and stimulate transactions, according to economist Darren Winder.
Winder, head of Lazarus Economics and Strategy, argued that the cost of moving home had become a more significant obstacle...
Credit markets have always had to accommodate change, but there are periods when the assumptions on which they have been built begin to move more quickly than the rules and processes designed to oversee them. We may be in one of those periods now.
The...
LSL Financial Services has appointed Matt Surridge as propositions director, a newly created position overseeing the development of broker services across its Primis network and TMA Club.
Surridge (pictured) will work with appointed representative and directly authorised firms to identify improvements to the support and...
