Pivotal has reported a 121% year-on-year increase in second charge lending through its Believe Loans team, significantly ahead of wider market growth.
Believe Loans joined Pivotal in September 2025 following the group’s acquisition of Believe Money Group.
UK Finance data...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined and banned two former Blue Horizon Asset Management (BHAM) executives after finding they used false and misleading...
ModaMortgages has reduced rates by up to 10 basis points across its limited-edition five-year fixed buy-to-let range.
The specialist lender's products, which carry no application...
Providence Equity Partners has agreed to acquire Hometrack, the residential property valuation and risk data provider, for an undisclosed sum.
Hometrack supplies digital valuation technology...
Coventry for intermediaries has reduced every fixed-rate mortgage in its range, with lower rates available to new and existing customers.
The lender has cut rates...
Family Building Society has appointed Kirsty Dancer as business development manager for the East and West Midlands.
Dancer (pictured) joins from Vitality Life and Health, where she was also a business development manager.
She has about 20 years of experience...
Atom bank has reduced rates across its Prime and Near Prime mortgage ranges.
All Prime rates have been cut by 0.20 percentage points with immediate effect, while Near Prime rates have fallen by 0.10 percentage points.
Prime products now start...
Retirement concerns account for more than half of financial advice enquiries received by Inzuzo, as consumers seek help with pensions and accessing their savings.
The financial services lead generation company tracks about 150,000 UK online searches each month across...
More than half of prospective buyers would consider purchasing a home with a friend or family member as affordability pressures reshape the housing market, research suggests.
A survey commissioned by the online broker Mojo Mortgages found that 52% of...
After nearly four decades in financial services, Sesame Network distribution director Toni Smith still believes technology should make advisers stronger, not replace them.
When Toni...
At the time of writing, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill still has no published First Reading date.
But is it imminent? Andy Burnham entered...
Residential remortgage searches increased by 7% during July as purchase and buy-to-let activity weakened, according to Twenty7tec.
The mortgage technology provider recorded 1,790,196 searches during the month, representing a 1% increase from June and little change from July 2025.
Remortgage searches reached 700,628, rising by 5%...
The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...
Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are.
Every year the same conversation happens. Lenders are cutting out the intermediary. Technology will replace the adviser. Comparison sites are coming for your clients. The trade...
For the past three years, the conversation around artificial intelligence in financial services has been dominated by technology. Every week seems to bring another...
TMG Mortgage Network has added Handelsbanken to its lender panel, giving advisers access to the bank's relationship-led mortgage proposition and UK branch network.
The agreement, effective from 3 August 2026, broadens the range of options available to TMG advisers working with borrowers whose circumstances may...
