LATEST COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS NEWS

Hodge reintroduces later-life purchases

Hodge is lifting temporary restrictions to its mortgage products. The lender can now accept...

TMA extends Eligible.ai partnership

TMA has announced the extension of its partnership with Eligible.ai to offer its members...

OneFamily outlines remote applications policy

OneFamily has made some changes to its processes to ensure that its lifetime mortgage...

Paradigm offers free compliance support

Paradigm Mortgage Services has launched a new offer to directly authorised (DA) firms with...

Nearly half of UK SMEs worry about their ability to survive

Nearly half of SMEs in the UK are concerned about the immediate business viability...

ABI: Covid-19 payouts likely to top £1.2bn

Initial estimates from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) suggest that its members expect...

Bank of Ireland updates include mortgage holiday product transfers

Bank of Ireland UK has announced a range of additional supports for mortgage customers. Product...

Call for urgent stamp duty holiday

The property law firm Collyer Bristow has echoed the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors'...

Combined effort to prevent Covid-19 scam texts

The UK mobile industry, banking and finance sector and the National Cyber Security Centre...

National Friendly launches new telephone and video GP service

National Friendly has linked with digital health provider of remote primary care, Medical Solutions,...

Weekly rise in remortgage instruction volumes

LMS has reported an increase in remortgage instruction volumes, following a dip after the...

LV= unveils protection payment break

LV= is introducing ‘payment break’ financial support for qualifying existing members with LV= protection...

Aspen Bridging maintains pre-Covid property valuations

Aspen Bridging has declared that it will lend on pre Covid-19 property values. The bridging...

Openwork boosts training support

Openwork is increasing its training and education support to help firms improve their client...

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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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