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 recovery in the housing market failed to materialise and delays to new lead flows hit its Fluent business. In a trading update to the City...

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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 for HMOs containing between seven and 10 rooms. The new medium...

Conveyancers warn Government plan could push up homebuyer fees

Homebuyers could face higher conveyancing fees under Government proposals to redirect some of the interest earned on money held in solicitors' client accounts, the...

Four in 10 borrowers expect to carry mortgage into retirement

Almost four in 10 mortgage borrowers expect to enter retirement without having paid off their home loan, research from Royal London reveals. The study found...

Scottish BS takes specialist mortgage range nationwide

Scottish Building Society has expanded its intermediary mortgage proposition across mainland UK, giving brokers in England and Wales access to its specialist lending range...

Rosemount renews adviser mental health partnership

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has renewed its partnership with SIX Mental Health Addiction (SIX MHA), continuing to provide mental health and addiction support to members of its adviser network. The mortgage, protection and financial planning network first partnered with...

TPFG mortgage lending jumps 17% to £2.7bn

The Property Franchise Group's mortgage advisers arranged £2.7bn of lending during the first half of 2026, up 17% from £2.3bn a year earlier. Mortgage volumes also increased, with its Financial Services division arranging 13,400 mortgages compared with 12,800 in...

Countrywide extends Coventry BS valuation deal for five years

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has extended its valuation partnership with Coventry Building Society for a further five years. Under the renewed agreement, CSS will continue to provide valuation services supporting the mutual's residential and buy-to-let mortgage lending across the...

Access FS rolls out Elev8 adviser CRM

Access Financial Services has launched Elev8, a new CRM for mortgage and protection advisers, developed with Evolve Tech Solutions. The platform brings together case management, workflow support, client communications, performance tracking, training and business development tools. Access FS said Elev8...

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

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 of retention, and just how much can be achieved when...

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 recent studies have highlighted. Research from the House Buyer Bureau...

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...

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BUY-TO-LET

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...

OMS links with Scroll Finance through new API integration

One Mortgage System (OMS) has integrated with Scroll Finance to allow brokers to progress...

Landlords face £40k penalties as property licensing expands

Landlords are being urged to check local licensing rules as councils expand schemes and...

Tipton expands expat and limited company buy-to-let range

Tipton & Coseley Building Society has added mortgage products for limited company landlords and...

Stoke-on-Trent tops Paragon student rental yield rankings at 9.42%

Properties in known student postcodes generate higher average rental yields than those in non-student...

Afin Bank recruit to lead treasury and regulatory reporting

Afin Bank has appointed Simon McClean as head of treasury and regulatory reporting as...

FIRST-TIME BUYERS

Semi-detached homes lead house price growth

Semi-detached and terraced homes are outperforming the rest of the housing market as buyers increasingly balance their need for space against affordability, according to e.surv. Average house prices across Great Britain rise by 1.8% in the year to August, but e.surv's latest house price index...

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...

Digital ID trust mark could speed up mortgage applications

A new government-backed digital identity trust mark could help mortgage brokers and lenders reduce...

OPINION

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...

It’s time to look at retention

As the summer winds down and the back-to-school routine kicks back in, I urge...

Landlords are buying – and advisers should take note

There has been no shortage of commentary over recent years suggesting landlords are heading...

Why energy efficiency is hiding mortgage portfolio risk

For years, ESG strategies across the UK mortgage sector have operated under a relatively straightforward principle: better Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings equal lower risk. Lenders have naturally focused their green product strategies around EPC ratings. Improving energy efficiency reduces carbon emissions, lowers household energy...

Affordability shocks and expiring deals: why the 2026 mortgage peak demands a holistic protection review

I speak to mortgage advisers and brokers every day, and one topic keeps coming up - the sheer number of mortgage deals coming to...

DISTRIBUTION

Openwork adds April Mortgages to lending panel

Openwork has added April Mortgages to its lending panel, giving advisers access to a...

TMG backs Rotherham United Women in shirt sponsorship deal

TMG Financial Services has agreed a partnership with Rotherham United Women FC to become...

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...

James Miller & Associates renews Stonebridge partnership

The Cornwall-based mortgage and protection firm James Miller & Associates has extended its partnership...

Together completes 1,000th Networks & Clubs channel case

Together has completed its 1,000th case through its Networks & Clubs channel, providing a shared ownership mortgage to a couple buying their first home. The applicants secured a £51,000 first-charge repayment mortgage over a one-year term to buy an 18% share of a three-bedroom semi-detached...