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Home Purchase Plans
Gatehouse widens gifted deposit rules beyond close family
Gatehouse Bank has widened its gifted deposit criteria to accept funds from non-family members...
5 August 2026
Gatehouse sells £405m home finance portfolio interest to Waterfall
Gatehouse Bank has sold the economic interest in a £405m home purchase plan portfolio...
3 August 2026
Gatehouse launches limited-edition HPPs and cuts selected BTL rates
Gatehouse Bank has introduced a range of limited-edition Home Purchase Plan and buy-to-let products...
19 June 2026
Gatehouse Bank cuts selected HPP and buy-to-let rental rates
Gatehouse Bank has reduced rental rates on selected Home Purchase Plan and buy-to-let products...
12 June 2026
Gatehouse removes deposit requirement for discounted family purchases
Gatehouse Bank has removed its minimum deposit requirement for Home Purchase Plan customers buying...
2 June 2026
Offa joins Knowledge Bank to expand broker reach
Offa has partnered with Knowledge Bank as the Islamic property finance fintech looks to...
26 May 2026
Offa expands home finance team as Islamic lender builds on product growth
Offa has strengthened its home finance division with four new hires as it looks...
14 May 2026
Gatehouse Bank partners with Finvise to speed up valuations
Gatehouse Bank has partnered with Finvise to provide faster property valuations for UK home...
13 May 2026
Offa promises one-hour Islamic home finance offers
Offa has unveiled what it describes as a high street bank-beating Home Purchase Plan,...
23 February 2026
Access FS partners with Islamic home finance provider StrideUp
Access Financial Services has signed a new partnership with UK-based home-financing fintech company StrideUp. The...
2 February 2026
Gatehouse Bank launches refinance fee saver purchase plans for UK residents
Gatehouse Bank has introduced a limited edition range of refinance products for UK residents...
18 December 2025
HomeNow to expand rent-to-own scheme after securing £65m funding
HomeNow has secured £65 million in new funding as it prepares to expand its...
19 November 2025
StrideUp hails milestone £308m Islamic home finance deal
A landmark £308 million securitisation by StrideUp has reconnected Islamic home finance with the...
10 November 2025
Gatehouse Bank trims rates on buy-to-let plans
Gatehouse Bank has announced reductions of up to 0.20% on its range of fixed-term...
15 July 2025
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COMMENT
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Bank Rate holds, but the pressure is building
The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) last month at 3.75% provides another period of stability for the mortgage market,...
25 August 2026
How are we supporting the next generation of first-time buyers?
With GCSE and A-level results out over the last fortnight, it feels like the right moment to ask a question the industry doesn't spend...
24 August 2026
Let’s not get bogged down in the macro, let’s focus on the ones and twos
In challenging times such as this, it often feels like the first instinct for many in the mortgage market is to talk it down....
21 August 2026
Underwriting: Are we saying “no” to the wrong risks?
Over the last two days I’ve talked about the size of the later life lending market and the knowledge gap that still exists around...
20 August 2026
The blind spot: residential advisers and the over-55 customer
Yesterday I talked about the supportive nature of the equity release and later life lending community and the fact that collaboration is one of...
19 August 2026
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ModaMortgages adds fixed-fee options to limited-edition range
ModaMortgages has expanded its limited-edition buy-to-let range with new fixed and percentage-based product fee...
25 August 2026
Portfolio BTL
Rely cuts rates for landlords with large property portfolios
Rely has launched a limited-edition range of buy-to-let mortgages for landlords who own 11...
25 August 2026
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Momenti Group expands Mortgage Minds support for brokers
Momenti Group has added group mentoring and one-to-one strategic sessions to its Mortgage Minds...
25 August 2026
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Vida introduces part-and-part mortgage option for residential borrowers
Vida Homeloans has launched a part-and-part repayment option across most of its residential mortgage...
25 August 2026
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