LATEST COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS NEWS

Bluestone Mortgages reopens for new business

Bluestone Mortgages has restarted new lending activity today. The lender will initially be offering its...

Nearly £15bn provided through Covid lending schemes

Latest Treasury figures show that the banking and finance industry has provided almost £15 billion...

Conveyancing Association urges housing market stimulation measures

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has called on the government to extend its furlough scheme...

Protection market expected to grow despite economic uncertainty

Advisers are expecting strong growth across the individual protection market as a whole and...

MMA launches recovery podcast

The Mortgage Market Alliance (MMA) is launching a series of podcasts with the aim...

Covid-19 dominates Knowledge Bank’s April searches

April’s results from the monthly Knowledge Bank tracker of criteria searches show that across...

Hodge to hold broker Q&A on Covid-19

Hodge is hosting a live 15-minute lending update for brokers on Wednesday (13 May). The...

The Leeds provides financial education for pupils

The Leeds Building Society is sharing new learning resources with its members, colleagues and...

LV= issues six-month equity release rate guarantee

LV= has introduced a six-month interest rate guarantee on its equity release applications. For any...

The Buckinghamshire introduces AVMs for remortgages

The Buckinghamshire Building Society has simplified its current mortgage range and launched new products....

Roma Finance offers bridge-to-term product

Roma Finance is providing a bridge-to-term product to offer borrowers peace of mind when...

Asset finance new business down 28%

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has revealed that total asset finance new business...

OSB moves to 70% LTV ceiling on BTL and residential

OneSavings Bank has announced "enhanced" lending options. Precise Mortgages recently extended its range of products to...

May off to ‘flying start’ for remortgages, says LMS

Conveyancing solutions provider, LMS, has published its latest weekly update, tracking remortgage market performance through...

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Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

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Skipton to cut residential rates and revive three-year fixes

Skipton Building Society is cutting rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

The Leek lowers mortgage rates across residential and specialist products

Leek Building Society is cutting mortgage rates across parts of its residential, shared ownership,...

Fleet Mortgages adds two-year tracker products to buy-to-let range

Fleet Mortgages has launched three new two-year tracker mortgages at 75% loan-to-value across its...

Norton Home Loans provides remortgage on PRC home in Southampton

Norton Home Loans has completed a £218,000 remortgage for joint applicants in Southampton, allowing...

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