Family BS strengthens intermediary team with BDM appointment

Family Building Society has appointed Sam Byrne as business development manager for the northern and western Home Counties. Byrne (pictured) joins the mutual from Mortgage Advice Bureau, where she was regional manager for London and the South East. She...

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Foundation refreshes buy-to-let range with new products and rate cuts

Foundation has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range with new products and rate reductions across a number of existing options. The intermediary-only specialist lender has introduced...

MorganAsh urges financial services firms to improve support for unpaid carers

MorganAsh has backed a new Carers UK blueprint aimed at building more carer-friendly communities, but said financial services firms must do more to identify...

Buckinghamshire cuts rates across credit repair ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has reduced selected rates across its Credit Revive and Credit Restore mortgage ranges by up to 30bps. The changes apply to five...

Rosemount launches AI tool to speed up ceding scheme work

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has launched an AI-powered tool designed to help advisers deal more efficiently with ceding scheme providers. The mortgage, protection and financial...

Conveyancing Association launches summer webinar series

The Conveyancing Association has launched a summer webinar series for conveyancing firms, delivered with its affiliate members. The series will run throughout June, July and August and is intended to provide conveyancing professionals with practical guidance on issues affecting...

Atom bank lowers near prime mortgage rates

Atom bank has reduced rates across its near prime mortgage range by 10bps. The reductions apply across the lender’s full range, from 60% LTV to 90% LTV, including both fee-charging and fee-free products. Rates now start at 5.39% for a...

Countrywide Surveying Services maintains perfect AssocRICS training record

Countrywide Surveying Services has recorded a 100% pass rate in its latest AssocRICS assessment window, with all 13 trainee surveyors in its most recent cohort achieving qualification. The latest results extend the company's track record in developing new talent...

Buyer demand stabilises but mortgage market remains cautious

The UK housing market may be showing early signs of stabilisation but mortgage brokers are likely to face a challenging summer as buyer demand, agreed sales and house prices all remain in negative territory, according to the latest...

PROFILE

Steve Caruthers on understanding how lenders operate

Last year mortgage technology specialist Fignum appointed Steve Carruthers as growth director, signalling its intent to scale its operations and deepen its role as...

INDUSTRY COMMENT

Mortgage advice for first-timers is a no-brainer

Considering how politically important first-time buyers have been to recent governments, and the taxpayers’ money that has been thrown at a large number of...

We’re only scratching the surface with Near Prime

The growing importance of Near Prime to brokers and their clients was evident during our recent webinar, where brokers were polled on both the...

Lenders expecting stability despite global uncertainty

Following the latest US tariff announcement, lenders are continuing to price and operate on the basis that market conditions remain relatively stable. However, the...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

Q&As

BUY-TO-LET

Landlord rental incomes rise to record £89k

Average annual rental income has reached a record £89,000, according to the latest Landlord...

Aria Finance joins Mortgage Brain sourcing panel

Aria Finance has joined Mortgage Brain’s Sourcing Brain module as a packager. The move gives...

L&G Mortgage Club launches specialist lending academy

L&G’s Mortgage Club has launched a Specialist Academy to help advisers support clients with...

Pepper Money raises £545m through RMBS deal

Pepper Money has raised £545 million through the capital markets as part of its...

The Darlington trims mortgage rates by up to 20bps

Darlington Building Society has reduced selected rates across its residential, specialist residential, shared ownership,...

The Mortgage Works signals buy-to-let rate reductions

The Mortgage Works is cutting rates by up to 0.22 percentage points across selected...

Accord reduces residential and buy-to-let rates

Accord Mortgages is cutting rates across its residential and buy-to-let ranges. The intermediary-only lender said...

Leek BS launches five-year buy-to-let fixed rate

Leek Building Society has added a five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage to its intermediary...

NEWSLETTER SIGNUP

FIRST-TIME BUYERS

FCA looks to widen mortgage access with proposed lending reforms

First-time buyers, older borrowers and the self-employed could benefit from a more flexible approach to mortgage lending under proposals unveiled by the Financial Conduct Authority. The regulator has launched a consultation on a package of mortgage rule changes designed to give lenders greater flexibility to...

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle...

First-time buyers face rising stamp duty costs as more homes breach £300k

First-time buyers are increasingly being drawn into paying stamp duty as rising purchase prices...

Lloyds and Halifax cut mortgage rates

Lloyds and Halifax are reducing rates across homemover, first-time buyer, remortgage, product transfer and...

West Brom cuts shared ownership mortgage rates

West Brom Building Society has reduced selected shared ownership mortgage rates by up to...

OPINION

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 20

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as leaders Jason Berry and Charlie Morley crossed the finish line at HSBC's Birmingham head office at 15:45. Some 64 participants from...

Remortgaging BTL in 2026: acting early on landlord refinancing

The buy-to-let market has rarely stood still in recent years, but 2026 has already delivered more twists and turns than any of us could...

DISTRIBUTION

OneDome named among Europe’s fastest-growing fintech firms

OneDome has been named one of the fastest-growing fintech companies in Europe, the Middle...

The Right Mortgage sets out June roadshow programme

The Right Mortgage has announced details of a series of member roadshows taking place...

Omni Protect appoints Caspian as referral partner

Omni Protect has appointed Caspian Insurance as its endorsed protection referral partner for firms...

Shepherds Friendly inks Primis distribution deal

Shepherds Friendly has agreed a distribution partnership with Primis Mortgage Network for its income...

Equity Release Group launches adviser network

Equity Release Group has launched a specialist adviser network aimed at helping firms expand their later life lending propositions as regulatory pressures and market complexity continue to increase. TERN – The Equity Release Network – has been developed over the past three years and is...