Commercial

RBS partners with alternative finance providers

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is to formally refer customers to Funding Circle and...

Aldermore passes asset finance milestone

Aldermore has revealed that its asset finance portfolio has exceeded £1 billion. The bank’s...

60% of brokers expect H2 bank rate rise

A survey, carried out by United Trust Bank with brokers working in the...

New lending manager for Shawbrook

Paul O'Hara has been appointed by Shawbrook Bank as a lending manager in its...

Start Up Loan scheme reaches lending milestone

The 25,000th Start Up Loan scheme deal has been approved, taking the total amount...

Non-standard yields rising faster than for vanilla BTLs

Average yields on non-standard properties have increased even further above more 'simple' buy-to-let investments,...

Ezbob introduces scratch card scheme

Ezbob is offering a scratch card for each case submitted before 15 February. Introducers will...

Bibby appoints head of sales for the north east

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Mike Day as its head of sales for...

FLA reports ‘solid’ November for asset finance

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has today released figures which showed a 12%...

Housing minister to keynote NAEA conference

Brandon Lewis MP, minister of state for housing and planning, department of communities and...

NACFB appoints new chairman

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has appointed Paul Goodman as its...

TFC Homeloans and Precise offer masterclasses

Distributor TFC Homeloans is partnering with Precise Mortgages to offer 'specialist lending masterclasses'. The...

SMEs avoiding insurance despite increased turnover

New research by LV= Broker reveals that 75% of SMEs improved or maintained their...

Brokers still being turned down by high street lenders

Developers are still turning to brokers for help having been turned down for funding...
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COMMENT

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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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...
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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...
Buy-to-let

Brokers invited to webinar on boosting landlord income strategies

Brokers are being offered an opportunity to learn how to help landlords accelerate income...

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