Commercial

TRM partners with Crystal Mortgages

New broker network, The Right Mortgage and Protection (TRM), has entered into a preferred...

Shawbrook changes structure of specialist teams

Shawbrook Bank has made a number of changes and promotions across its specialist teams...

Birketts strengthens property law service

Nick Pickersgill has joined the commercial property team at law firm Birketts as a...

Contour Capital makes senior hire

Specialist property lender and investor Contour Capital has appointed Gordon Mackie as a director. ...

Bibby hires East Midlands corporate manager

Bibby Financial Services has appointed Barry Lee as corporate manager in the East Midlands. Lee...

Brokers bullish about buy-to-let

82% of brokers expect the buy-to-let market to continue to strengthen during 2015, according...

Development finance brokers upbeat about prospects

73% of development finance brokers expect to grow their businesses in 2015, according to...

ThinCats in underwriting deal with ESO Capital Group

Peer to peer secured business lending platform ThinCats has announced a partnership with ESO...

Shawbrook hires new BDM in Scotland

Shawbrook Bank has appointed Peter McDermid as the new business development manager (BDM) for...

Business boost for LendInvest from smaller investors

LendInvest says it has seen significant growth in investment requests, since it dropped its...

Focussing on the professionals

In our market, experience counts for a lot. When we were setting up Fleet...

Bibby bolsters Scottish operation

Bibby Financial Services has strengthened its Inverness, Stirlingshire and Perthshire team with the appointment of...

Damien Druce joins Crystal Mortgages

Crystal Mortgages has appointed Damien Druce as head of distribution and development to grow...

United Trust Bank hires head of sales

United Trust Bank has appointed Keith Sangwin as head of sales for its asset...
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Opinions & blogs

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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Building Societies

The Monmouthshire gives more than £10k to flood-hit local community

Monmouthshire Building Society has donated more than £10,000 to residents, sports clubs and businesses...
Buy-to-let

Rent growth slows as house prices edge higher, with Middle East tensions clouding outlook

Private rent inflation eased again in March while UK house prices rose modestly in...
Appointments

Gen H expands broker sales team with three BDM hires and internal promotion

Gen H has expanded its broker sales team with three new business development managers...
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Detached homes dominate new lifetime mortgage lending in early 2026

Owners of detached properties accounted for more than four in 10 new lifetime mortgages...

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