Landlord Action founder Paul Shamplina will appear in a BBC Panorama investigation into criminal gangs using false identities and references to gain control of rental properties.
Panorama: There’s a Gangster in My Flat, airing tonight (Monday 20 July) at...
Newcastle for Intermediaries has relaunched its Joint Mortgage Sole Proprietor (JMSP) range with broader eligibility, revised age criteria and lending of up to 95%...
Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...
Landlord gross rental yields strengthened during the second quarter, driven by growth in Scotland, the West Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber, according to...
HSBC UK is increasing rates across a range of residential and buy-to-let mortgages from Tuesday 21 July.
The changes affect two-year and five-year fixed-rate products for first-time buyers, home movers and remortgage customers.
Fee-saver and standard residential products are included...
Afin Bank has joined Mortgage Advice Bureau’s lender panel, giving its advisers access to the specialist lender’s residential and buy-to-let mortgage range.
The bank provides mortgages for borrowers whose circumstances may not meet the affordability criteria used by mainstream...
One Mortgage System has retained the highest rating among mortgage CRM platforms in the latest Smart Money People Mortgage Lender Benchmark Study.
OMS recorded a Broker Experience Index score of 67.0 in the CRM category, having also led the...
Bruton Knowles has launched a land referencing application designed to reduce the time required to acquire land and manage land rights.
The national chartered surveying firm said Solstice had been researched, developed and tested in-house following a six-figure investment.
Around...
Everyone in the industry is talking about artificial intelligence, but mortgage tech boss Zahid Bilgrami is more interested in what nobody is discussing, writes...
For much of the past decade, mortgage technology investment has focused on origination and with good reason. Faster decisions in principle, automated affordability assessments,...
The first half of 2026 has reminded us how quickly sentiment can change within the mortgage and housing markets.
After a fairly stable and promising...
Experience has always counted in the mortgage market. Brokers who worked through the financial crisis, the Covid pandemic, the Liz Truss mini-Budget and cost-of-living...
The number of mortgage lenders willing to offer loans worth six times a borrower's income has quadrupled over the past year as regulatory changes reshape the high loan-to-income (LTI) market.
Latest data from Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) shows 20 lenders now offer a maximum LTI...
One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process.
The Government's plans to...
Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before.
Net borrowing fell from £4.4bn to £2.9bn. Base rate's been held at 3.75% since Jun, but swap rates have been swinging on the back...
Stonebridge has released its 2026 Regional Roadshow dates and revealed where it will be taking its mini-conference tour of Britain this year.
The mortgage and protection network stages the Stonebridge National Conference each Spring but takes to the road in the Autumn for six roadshows...
