The Financial Conduct Authority has set out its latest vision for open finance, with early work expected to focus on improving access to credit for SMEs and exploring how shared financial data could support mortgage borrowing and management.
In...
Santander is cutting rates across a wide range of higher loan-to-value mortgage products from Thursday 16 April, including two-year fixes for first-time buyers borrowing...
Vernon Building Society has appointed Louise Thorpe as its first chief customer officer.
Thorpe (pictured) has joined the society in the newly created role as...
HLPartnership has added Afin Bank to its lender panel, giving advisers across the network access to another option for borrowers with more complex income...
Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has bought consumer platform HomeOwners Alliance as it looks to build relationships with borrowers earlier in the home-moving process and...
Almost half of UK adults said in March they feel less safe than they did 10 years ago, according to new research from National Friendly.
The insurer’s Bruised Britain #3: Modern Day Fears study found 45% of adults felt...
Advice firms could add as much as £760,000 to their value by building later life lending capability from just 25 cases a year, according to new analysis from Air.
The later life lending platform said its latest report found...
Keystone Property Finance has appointed Steve Griffiths as commercial director, adding a senior industry figure as the specialist buy-to-let lender looks to expand its distribution and sharpen its proposition.
Griffiths (pictured) will work with chief executive David Whittaker and...
Glenhawk has appointed Ryan Brewer as business development manager for the North West, North East and Scotland as the bridging lender continues to add to its sales team.
Brewer (pictured), who is based in Manchester, joins with more than...
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...
The number of zero-deposit mortgage sales reached 574 in the first three quarters of 2025, according to Financial Conduct Authority data obtained via a Freedom of Information request by Compare the Market.
This marks a sharp recovery from the low point of 135 recorded in...
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 up with product changes, they could build a thriving business placing most clients with high street lenders.
But the market has...
According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...
Paradigm Mortgage Services has made a series of senior appointments including a new head of sales as it looks to accelerate growth across its mortgage, protection and compliance offering.
The firm has appointed Louise Weiss (main picture, inset) as head of sales, with responsibility for...
