criteria

The Saffron broadens criteria across buy-to-let, self-build and residential lending

Saffron for Intermediaries has widened criteria across its buy-to-let, self-build and residential mortgage ranges...

Finova Broker Payments links with Mortgage Broker Tools on broker research offering

Finova Broker Payments has agreed a partnership with Mortgage Broker Tools that will give...

UTB widens criteria on benefits income and later life lending

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced further changes to its residential and second charge...

Regulators set out framework for higher loan-to-income lending as cap is eased

The Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct Authority have published proposals setting out how...

Suffolk BS tops £800m in mortgage assets after strong 2025 growth

Suffolk Building Society has passed £800m of mortgage assets for the first time after...

UTB eases mortgage and second charge processes with criteria changes

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced a series of service and criteria changes across...

Brokers want live criteria as AI changes how cases are placed

Brokers are increasingly turning to technology to ensure they are working with accurate, up-to-date...

Fleet Mortgages loosens buy-to-let criteria

Fleet Mortgages has introduced a series of criteria changes across its buy-to-let range aimed...

Skipton scraps 16 mortgage fees in simplification drive

Skipton Building Society has removed 16 mortgage administration fees in a move designed to...

23% of would-be homeowners stay in jobs they dislike to secure a mortgage

Almost one in four aspiring homeowners have remained in roles they dislike in order...

Mercantile Trust enhances criteria and unveils new calculator

Mercantile Trust has announced a series of lending criteria enhancements alongside the launch of...

Vida extends foreign national criteria across buy-to-let range

Vida Homeloans has widened its foreign national lending criteria across its entire buy-to-let range,...

Mortgage Brain continues hub rollout with Mortgage Force and Affinity onboarding

Mortgage Brain has completed the onboarding of Mortgage Force and Affinity Group onto its...

JammJar sets out Winter26 platform changes ahead of live launch

JammJar has outlined new functionality coming to its Winter26 platform update ahead of a...

COMMENT

Taking the anxiety out of finance

It’s an anxious time for mortgage borrowers. A recent study by Handelsbanken Wealth found that the proportion of UK adults apprehensive about making mortgage...

Cashback should put conveyancing into the advice conversation

One of the more interesting findings from our latest quarterly statistics was the position of Nationwide Building Society, which accounted for 25% of all...

Why ownership structure matters in buy-to-let

It's a scenario brokers encounter every day. Two landlord clients approach them about the same type of buy-to-let property, with similar levels of equity...

You own the shares, but are you really just the custodian?

I've built three businesses and I've said the same thing most entrepreneurs have probably said to their mates and family at some point: "Give...

The FCA protection market study shouldn’t ignore redundancy

Considering a third of employers are likely to implement staff redundancies by January 2027, according to Acas, redundancy cover shouldn’t be ignored in wider...

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AI could prove critical as later life lending demand grows, Air warns

Later life lending specialists may struggle to capitalise on growing demand for advice unless...

Home improvement finance surges 112% as households invest in existing properties

Finance for home improvements more than doubled in the third quarter of 2026, according...

Younger equity release borrowers more likely to make interest payments

Borrowers under the age of 70 account for nearly two-thirds of more2life's lifetime mortgage...

Chetwood Bank names new board risk committee chair

Chetwood Bank has appointed Melanie Czarra as a non-executive director and chair of its...

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