Mortgage Mogul targets growth with high street move

The Mortgage Mogul is targeting further growth after establishing a high street presence in Wolverhampton, with founder Balwant Dhaliwal aiming to double the mortgage and protection business over the next year. Dhaliwal (main picture), a mortgage and protection adviser,...

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Propertymark warns Scottish mansion tax could restrict housing market

Propertymark has warned plans for a Scottish “mansion tax” could make it harder for people to move home and has called for a wider...

Berkeley calls for stamp duty overhaul to kick-start housing market

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...

Stronger UK growth adds to interest rate uncertainty

Stronger-than-expected UK economic growth has added another complication to the outlook for interest rates as borrowers face elevated market funding costs and renewed inflation...

Tipton expands Credit Plus range with second tier

Tipton & Coseley Building Society has added a second tier to its Credit Plus mortgage range, widening the criteria for borrowers with more complex...

Property industry moves to speed up mortgage transactions

Lenders, conveyancers and estate agents are testing new ways of sharing property information earlier in an effort to speed up mortgage transactions and reduce delays for buyers. Project 28 marked its first anniversary with around 100 senior property industry...

Gable Mortgages adds zero-deposit range to Sourcing Brain

Gable Mortgages has joined Mortgage Brain's Sourcing Brain platform, giving brokers access to its zero-deposit mortgage range through the sourcing system. The addition means intermediaries can research Gable Mortgages' products through Sourcing Brain when assessing first-time buyer, key worker...

Remortgage searches rise 11% year on year as August activity slows

Remortgage searches continued to support mortgage market activity in August, with Twenty7tec recording an 11% year-on-year increase despite a summer slowdown in overall search volumes. A total of 1,556,758 mortgage searches were completed during the month, down 13% from...

The Darlington reduces mortgage rates by up to 40bps

Darlington Building Society has cut rates across its residential and specialist mortgage ranges by up to 40bps. The repricing, which takes effect immediately, covers selected two-year and five-year fixed-rate products for purchase and remortgage customers across standard residential, specialist...

PROFILE

Darrell Walker on LendInvest’s next chapter

After 35 years in banking and mortgages, the former football hopeful thought he might have found the company where he would see out his...

INDUSTRY COMMENT

The new Chancellor wants to remove barriers to growth; he should start with housing

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...

Triple lock or no triple lock? That is not the question

The debate over the State Pension triple lock has returned. But perhaps the more important question is what the debate tells us about the...

Your clients have already asked AI

The FCA published research on 27 August showing that 56% of 18- to 40-year-olds who hold or are considering investments say they trust AI...

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BUY-TO-LET

Mortgage’s Got Talent launches for 2026

Mortgageforce is bringing the mortgage industry together this November for Mortgage's Got Talent –...

Castle Trust Bank adds medium HMO pricing to TermTen range

Castle Trust Bank has expanded its TermTen buy-to-let range with a new pricing category...

The Marsden eases expat criteria and cuts documentation requirements

Marsden Building Society has revised its expat mortgage criteria, removing its minimum income requirement...

Rental arrears among landlords fall to record low

The proportion of landlords experiencing rental arrears has fallen to its lowest level since...

Millennials and Gen Z set to make up 62% of landlords within a decade

Millennials and Generation Z are expected to account for almost two-thirds of UK landlords...

Butterfield provides £4.5m for prime London buy-to-let acquisitions

Butterfield Mortgages Limited has provided £4.5 million to finance the acquisition of two prime...

Holiday let mortgage enquiries rise for 88% of brokers

Almost nine in 10 mortgage brokers have reported an increase in holiday let mortgage...

FIRST-TIME BUYERS

Cambridge BS family moves into Rent to Home property

A family of four has moved into a Cambridge Building Society rental property in Northstowe after being selected through its Rent to Home ballot. Caitlyn and Toby, who have two young children, are among the latest tenants to join the scheme, which allows renters to...

Semi-detached homes lead house price growth

Semi-detached and terraced homes are outperforming the rest of the housing market as buyers...

FCA explores rent payments as mortgage evidence

Rental payment histories could play a greater role in mortgage affordability assessments as the...

Stamp duty blamed as home moves fall to once every 21 years

Stamp duty is deterring millions of people from moving home and restricting opportunities for...

Ecology launches 95% mortgage for Scottish first-time buyers

Ecology Building Society has launched a mortgage for first-time buyers using the Scottish government’s...

OPINION

The technology that matters doesn’t make the decision

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...

In our industry, competition and collaboration aren’t opposites

If there's one theme running through the market at the moment, it's the power...

We must not accept our snail’s pace home buying system

Buying a house in this country can be ridiculously slow, as a handful of...

Deferment and capitalisation rates: small percentages, large consequences

The Government is currently consulting on Leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates to determine what deferment and capitalisation rates should be prescribed under the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act (LAFRA). To many investors this may sound like specialist valuation assumptions, but in practice, they are among the...

Your clients can’t tell which firm they’re dealing with

Two clients walk into your firm in the same week. One of them is a referral from a mate of yours. Complicated case, self-employed, bit...

DISTRIBUTION

Rosemount renews adviser mental health partnership

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has renewed its partnership with SIX Mental Health Addiction (SIX...

MAB cuts 2026 profit forecast as mortgage market recovery stalls

Mortgage Advice Bureau has cut its full-year profit expectations by £5.4m as the anticipated...

Scottish BS takes specialist mortgage range nationwide

Scottish Building Society has expanded its intermediary mortgage proposition across mainland UK, giving brokers...

Mortgage Intelligence adds the Swansea to lender panel

Mortgage Intelligence has added Swansea Building Society to its lender panel, giving advisers across...

L&G opens Ignite mortgage sourcing platform to all brokers

L&G has extended access to its Ignite mortgage sourcing platform to brokers across the market, regardless of their mortgage club, network, firm or CRM provider. The new direct registration route widens access beyond the platform's existing distribution channels, which were primarily through L&G's Mortgage Club...