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Borrowers moved early as rate cut expectations built, Twenty7tec data shows

Mortgage search activity reached its highest level of the month on 9 December, nine...

Bridging finance momentum shows up in Knowledge Bank broker search data

Broker search behaviour on Knowledge Bank suggests bridging finance is playing an increasingly central...

Gen H widens credit criteria to support more first-time buyers

Residential mortgage lender Gen H has extended its internal credit criteria in a move...

Hanley Economic widens lending criteria to reflect modern working patterns

Hanley Economic Building Society has refreshed its residential lending criteria, aiming to accommodate a...

Early winter slowdown as lender criteria changes hit 2025 high

Knowledge Bank’s November data reveals a quieter month for broker searches set against a...

Santander sees surge in solo first-time buyers after lending rule changes

Santander UK has reported a sharp rise in applications from solo first-time buyers following...

Accord makes top slicing available to first-time landlords

Accord Mortgages has enhanced its top slicing criteria to accept first-time landlords subject to...

The Yorkshire and Accord remove income threshold for higher LTI loans

Yorkshire Building Society has scrapped its minimum income requirement for first-time buyers seeking loans...

Digital overhaul spices up specialist lending for Paragon Bank

Paragon Banking Group has reported another year of resilient profit growth, increased shareholder returns...

C&M Wealth integrates bridging criteria with Knowledge Bank

C&M Wealth has become the latest specialist bridging lender to upload its criteria to...

Assetz Capital cuts rates as developers pivot to conversions amid deepening planning delays

Assetz Capital has reduced pricing across its refurbishment, regeneration and development-exit loans with borrower...

Vida eases criteria to widen access to homeownership

Vida Homeloans has introduced two changes to its lending criteria aimed at increasing flexibility...

PM Data Services launch Genie buy-to-let sourcing engine

PM Data Services – the team behind digital broker Property Master - has launched...

Halifax eases mortgage access for non-UK nationals

Halifax has introduced changes to its lending criteria designed to make it easier for...
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COMMENT

Comment

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

News

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...
Technology

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...
Building Societies

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...
Cover

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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