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Precise Mortgages completes fourth securitisation

Precise Mortgages completed its fourth public securitisation this week. It brings the total issuance...

CHL loans and platform acquired

Permanent TSB has agreed to sell £2.5bn of the Capital Home Loans (CHL) mortgage...

Gross advances down 8%

The Bank of England has released its Mortgage Lenders and Administrators Statistics for the...

Sesame unveils BTL deals with State Bank of India

Appointed representatives (ARs) of the Sesame network now have access to State Bank of...

Aldermore reveals IPO plans

Aldermore Group Plc has announced the pricing of its initial public offering (IPO). It will be...

Foundation Home Loans tweaks criteria

Foundation Home Loans (FHL), which launched its first buy-to-let product portfolio to the intermediary market...

HSBC expands access to its buy-to-let range

HSBC buy-to-let mortgages are now available to HSBC Advance and Premier customers, subject to...

Demystifying the planning rules around HMOs

In a recent article we examined the licensing requirements for Houses in Multiple Occupation...

Vantage Finance secures full CCA permissions

Vantage Finance has been granted full CCA permissions by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA),...

TMW to step early repayment charges

The Mortgage Works (TMW) will apply a reducing scale of early repayment charges (ERCs)...

TFC Homeloans secures CCA permissions from regulator

TFC Homeloans has been granted full CCA permissions by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)....

New associate member for the ASTL

Duff & Phelps has joined the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) as a...

SFI changes mortgage pricing

Santander for Intermediaries (SFI) is making increases to a small number of products. The changes...

Fleet Mortgages expands distribution

Directly authorised (DA) members of Legal & General Mortgage Club will have now have...

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A steadier second half of 2026 in sight?

The first half of 2026 has been a reminder that the mortgage market does not operate in isolation. While domestic economic conditions have remained...

How brokers can secure better client outcomes in a volatile market

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...

Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

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...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

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HLPartnership sets out leadership transition as Chris Tanner steps back

HLPartnership has announced plans for a leadership transition that will see BetterHome Group chief...

NatWest joins lenders increasing mortgage rates as market uncertainty grows

NatWest has become the latest major lender to announce increases to its fixed mortgage...

Lloyds highlights mortgage support as fixed-rate deals come to an end

Lloyds is reminding homeowners approaching the end of their fixed-rate mortgage deals that a...

Together raises £563m through latest residential mortgage securitisation

Together has completed the pricing of a £562.9 million residential mortgage-backed securitisation, marking its...