Lenders

Mortgage fraud rises across every category

Mortgage-related fraud increased across every category tracked by Cifas during the first half of...

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market...

Hampshire Trust Bank recruits London business development manager

Hampshire Trust Bank has appointed Cain Lam as a business development manager in its...

What financial services can learn from the World Cup

Look, bear with us here. What does the World Cup have to do with...

Mortgage lending rebounds but book growth lags

UK mortgage gross lending increased by more than a fifth during 2025, although substantially...

IMLA supports flexible mortgage rules but says housing supply remains key

Mortgage lenders have backed proposals to give first-time buyers and other underserved borrowers greater...

Digital mortgage ID checks unaffected by government U-turn

Digital identity verification used by mortgage lenders, brokers and other regulated firms is unaffected...

Family BS launches broker Mortgage Hub

Family Building Society has launched an online mortgage application platform designed to give brokers...

Rayner rules out rent controls

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has ruled out rent controls in England, providing greater certainty...

Virgin Money to raise product transfer fixed rates

Virgin Money will increase residential and buy-to-let product transfer fixed rates on Friday, 24...

Santander backs Octopus Zero Bills homes with affordability mortgage

Santander has launched a mortgage that could allow buyers of eligible Octopus Zero Bills...

Affordability rule changes drive borrowers towards new lenders

Mortgage advisers are increasingly using modified affordability assessments to move borrowers to new lenders...

Yorkshire Building Society lending rises as impairment charge weighs on profit

Yorkshire Building Society increased mortgage lending in the first half of 2026, although a...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM)...
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COMMENT

Business

Your clients can’t tell which firm they’re dealing with

Two clients walk into your firm in the same week. One of them is a referral from a mate of yours. Complicated case, self-employed, bit...

It’s time to look at retention

As the summer winds down and the back-to-school routine kicks back in, I urge the industry to turn its attention to something just as...

Landlords are buying – and advisers should take note

There has been no shortage of commentary over recent years suggesting landlords are heading for the exit, buy-to-let apparently no longer works and the...

Why energy efficiency is hiding mortgage portfolio risk

For years, ESG strategies across the UK mortgage sector have operated under a relatively straightforward principle: better Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings equal lower...

Affordability shocks and expiring deals: why the 2026 mortgage peak demands a holistic protection review

I speak to mortgage advisers and brokers every day, and one topic keeps coming up - the sheer number of mortgage deals coming to...

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Technology

Sesame Bankhall steps up OneView development through JammJar partnership

Sesame Bankhall Group has formed a technology partnership with JammJar to accelerate the development...
events

NPTN by LMS assembles industry panel to examine property market reform

NPTN by LMS will bring together senior property industry figures for a live webinar...
Buy-to-let

Together webinar to examine portfolio landlord lending strategies

Together is to examine changing landlord trends and portfolio lending strategies in a broker...
Cover

Alps and Guarantor Insure launch cover for student guarantors

Alps and Guarantor Insure have launched an insurance scheme intended to protect people acting...

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