Loans

Smart Money relaunches buy-to-let proposition

Cheshire-based specialist distributor, Smart Money, has unveiled a new offering for introducers. Having previously focussed on...

Suros Capital hires high-net worth specialist

Luxury asset backed lender, Suros Capital, has appointed Charles Hodge as business development director. He is...

Together raises £500m bond issue

Specialist lender Together has announced the issuance of £500m in six-year bonds at a coupon of...

Castle Trust appoints tech & ops chief

Castle Trust Bank has appointed Nick Bennett as its new chief technology & operations...

Pepper plans fivefold servicing growth in Spain with new platform

Pepper European Servicing (PES) plans to grow its Spanish business fivefold in the next...

West One joins Society for Mortgage Professionals

West One has become the first specialist lender to join the Society for Mortgage...

West One revamps second charge offering

West One has unveiled its largest selection of second charge changes, including rate reductions...

Masthaven partners with PRIMIS

Masthaven Bank has teamed up with PRIMIS Mortgage Network to  provide the latter's c. 2,200 brokers access to...

Shawbrook ups second charge maximum loan size

Shawbrook Bank has increased the maximum loan size across its second charge offering, with...

Philip George becomes Equifinance NED

Specialist second charge lender Equifinance has announced the appointment of Philip George, as a...

Loans Warehouse appoints secured loans ops director

Nick Rember is to join Loans Warehouse on 18 January in the newly created...

OSB sales teams restructured

Precise Mortgages, Kent Reliance for Intermediaries and InterBay Commercial sales teams have been restructured. Field-based...

Knowledge Bank sees shake-up in criteria searches

Knowledge Bank has reported a change in criteria searches in December. The largest change last...

Together increases maximum mortgage LTV

Together has increased its maximum loan to value (LTV) to 70% across its first...
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COMMENT

Buy-to-let

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

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Energy efficiency

Energy-efficient homes ‘may carry higher climate risks’

Some of the UK’s more energy-efficient homes could face greater long-term exposure to flooding...
Housing

New towns plan may help supply but risks falling short, says former RICS chair

The government’s announcement of seven proposed new towns has been broadly welcomed as a...
Buy-to-let

Buy-to-let mortgage rates rise as landlords face fresh cost pressures

Buy-to-let mortgage rates have risen sharply this month, while landlords are also facing further...
Technology

Virgin Money to take mortgage application systems offline for five days

Virgin money has announced that its Virgin Money and Clydesdale online application platforms will...

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