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Remortgages
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Green mortgages
interest-only mortgages
Overseas
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Holiday/short-term let
Portfolio BTL
Consumer buy-to-let
Green BTL
Let-to-buy
Specialist
Bridging
Auction finance
Development exit
Development finance
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Commercial mortgages
Semi-commercial
SME finance
PBSA
Asset finance
Invoice finance
Second Charges
Self-build
Later Life
Equity Release
RIO mortgages
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Critical Illness
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Conveyancing
Panel restrictions boost case for conveyancing specialists
New conveyancing panel restrictions adopted by mortgage lenders are moving the market a significant...
8 October 2015
Mortgage Brain unveils ConveyancingBrain
Mortgage Brain has announced the launch of ConveyancingBrain, a new conveyancing service for mortgage...
1 October 2015
FSE London: need for specialist BTL conveyancers
Landlords have been urged to visit mortgage brokers twice a year to ensure they...
16 September 2015
Estate agent rapped over misleading claims
Bolton based Redman Casey Estate Agents has had two issues investigated by the Advertising...
16 September 2015
Sorting the conveyancing wheat from the chaff
When it comes to conveyancing there are certain fundamentals that will be craved by...
1 September 2015
Busiest summer for lending in years, says conveyancer
A national firm handling conveyancing has reported an very large rise in the number...
14 August 2015
Time for remortgage clients to grasp the nettle
The Bank Base Rate (BBR) rollercoaster appears to have been steadily cranked up in...
27 July 2015
Broker Conveyancing sees instructions up by a third
Broker Conveyancing has reported that quarterly instruction levels for both purchases and remortgages were up by...
13 July 2015
SortRefer expands BDM team
SortRefer, the online broker referral portal, has appointed Tina Panayi as its newest business...
7 July 2015
Lenders still – and will always – wield the power
Reading about the major UK lenders and their apparent push for some of the...
6 July 2015
Blacks Connect upgrades quote & instruction system
Blacks Connect has announced an upgrade of its broker quotation and instruction system with...
25 June 2015
Trade shows confirm positive industry feeling
The Spring exhibition season is over – at least the major all-encompassing ones –...
8 June 2015
Precise expands conveyancer panel
Precise Mortgages has expanded its conveyancer panel following feedback from brokers and borrowers. The...
4 June 2015
The Dudley chooses conveyancing services partner
The Dudley Building Society has appointed LMS to provide conveyancing services for the fees...
14 May 2015
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COMMENT
Cover
The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up
Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...
9 June 2026
Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck
For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...
8 June 2026
The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about
There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...
3 June 2026
Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows
High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...
1 June 2026
The cost of knowing less
There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...
29 May 2026
Latest news
Buy-to-let
Paragon launches tailored buy-to-let service for complex cases
Paragon Bank has launched a Tailored service to support buy-to-let mortgage applications that fall...
10 June 2026
valuations
Castle Trust Bank adds AVMs to buy-to-let applications
Castle Trust Bank has introduced automated valuation models on eligible buy-to-let cases as part...
10 June 2026
News
HSBC UK cuts mortgage rates by up to 11bps
HSBC UK has reduced rates across its mortgage range, with cuts of up to...
10 June 2026
News
Ampla Finance unveils Untangled rebrand as it broadens specialist lending ambitions
Specialist lender Ampla Finance has launched a new brand identity, Untangled, as it looks...
10 June 2026
PROFILES
Steve Caruthers on understanding how lenders operate
Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom
Profile: Andrew Lloyd, CEO of Fignum