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Santander renews broker pledges for 2026

Santander has renewed its Broker Pledges for 2026, extending its commitments on pricing transparency,...

Barclays reduces rates across residential and remortgage ranges

Barclays Mortgages has reduced rates across a wide range of residential purchase, remortgage and...

Former Ramsbottom mill site redeveloped for housing with Paragon backing

A long-derelict industrial site in Ramsbottom is being brought back into use as a...

Hampshire Trust Bank promotes pair to regional account director roles

Hampshire Trust Bank has promoted Barry Ireland and Wes Baker to regional account director,...

GB Bank posts first full-year profit as balance sheet growth accelerates

GB Bank has reported its first full year of post-tax profitability, alongside sharp growth...

HSBC UK trims buy-to-let stress rates in bid to ease landlord affordability

HSBC UK has reduced its buy-to-let affordability stress rates for domestic landlords, a move...

Afin Bank announces high net worth and diaspora strategy lead

Afin Bank has promoted Tippie Malgwi to head of high net worth and diaspora...

Lloyds data points to shifting housing hot spots as regional markets diverge

The South West city of Plymouth topped Lloyds’ latest ranking of housing hot spots,...

High street banks line up in £2.5bn contest for Evelyn Partners

Barclays and NatWest Group have progressed to the second round of an auction for...

Atom bank cuts operational carbon emissions by 22% as business continues to grow

Atom bank has reported a 22% reduction in its operational carbon emissions over the...

Virgin Money and Clydesdale to cut SVR to 6.74% after Bank rate move

Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank are reducing selected variable and tracker rates following the...

Barclays lowers rates again as three-year fixes see sharpest cuts

Barclays has announced further reductions across its mortgage range, with three-year fixed rates seeing...

Q&A: Richard Harrison, Atom bank

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Richard Harrison, head of mortgages at Atom bank. Mortgage...

Atom backs investor’s move into commercial property with £3m warehouse loan

Atom bank has completed a £3 million commercial mortgage to support an established residential...
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How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

What building the future means for mortgages

Earlier this month I attended the Abundance 360 summit in Los Angeles, Peter Diamandis’s annual gathering of entrepreneurs, scientists, tech CEOs and investors who are,...

Five things brokers across the country are telling me right now

The thing I’ve always enjoyed most about working in the specialist mortgage market is the people. I’m lucky that a big part of my job...

The FCA has made the case for holistic mortgage advice

Last Thursday, the head of the FCA stood up at the JP Morgan Pensions and Savings Symposium and dropped a line that deserves more...

Technology’s biggest challenge is not the one you think

There is a version of the mortgage technology story that gets told at conferences and in trade press with some regularity. It involves platforms, disruption...

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Property sector must embrace long-term reform to withstand global shocks, says OPDA

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has called on the government to adopt a...
News

Rent rises hold steady as UK house price growth slows

Private rents across the UK rose at the same annual rate in February, while...
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Movera reports rise in completions as expansion gathers pace

Home moving group Movera has reported a sharp increase in activity across its conveyancing...
Technology

NatWest begins digital mortgage completions with PEXA rollout

NatWest is now actively transacting on PEXA’s digital property platform, marking a key step...

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