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Paradigm revamps Mortgage Broker Tools partnership for member firms

Paradigm has relaunched its partnership with Mortgage Broker Tools, extending access to the affordability...

Precise extends mortgage terms to ease affordability pressures

Specialist residential lender Precise has cut rates across its residential range and introduced mortgage...

UTB expands residential offering with new super prime and specialist tiers

United Trust Bank has expanded its residential mortgage proposition with the launch of two...

Opus First Media launches Bridging Soup

Opus First Media has expanded its specialist publishing portfolio with the launch of Bridging...

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries raises income multiples across bespoke mortgages

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries has increased the maximum loan-to-income available across its Bespoke...

Furness Building Society partners with Gen H to widen access to homeownership

Furness Building Society has entered into a partnership with residential mortgage lender Gen H...

Suffolk widens lending criteria to support more complex households

Suffolk Building Society has introduced a series of criteria changes aimed at expanding access...

AffCalc adds four lenders as platform extends affordability coverage

Knowledge Bank has added four lenders to its AffCalc affordability platform, expanding the range...

2026 forecasts: More pessimism or will the housing market strengthen?

Throughout 2025 many in the housing industry, both lenders and builders cast serious doubt...

Fixed rates dominate as first-time buyers drive activity in 2025

The UK mortgage market in 2025 was shaped by falling rates towards year-end, a...

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...
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COMMENT

Opinions & blogs

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

Build, baby, build? Well we will need to fund more than the usual suspects

There was a noticeable sense of optimism at UKREiiF this year. That may sound surprising given the economic headwinds of recent years, but the...

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Borrowers shift back to 2-year fixes as rate hopes grow

Mortgage borrowers are increasingly opting for 2-year fixed-rate deals as expectations build that mortgage...
Opinions & blogs

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR...
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Stonebridge releases 2026 Regional Roadshow dates

Stonebridge has released its 2026 Regional Roadshow dates and revealed where it will be...
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Pepper Money cuts rates across resi and affordable homes range

Pepper Money has cut rates across its residential and affordable home ownership range. Residential rates...

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