Loans

Clever Lending duo take charge of growth plans

Clever Lending has appointed two new directors to lead the specialist distributor’s ambitious plans...

Home improvement loans boosting Fluent Money new business

Fluent for Advisers, the dedicated intermediary arm of Fluent Money, has revealed a significant...

Equifinance agrees deal with Phoebus Software

Second charge mortgage lender Equifinance has signed into a five-year contract with Phoebus Software...

TMA Club partners with Together

TMA Club has added specialist lender, Together, to its lender panel. TMA members now...

First 4 Bridging moves into second charge sector

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has set up a dedicated second charge division. The new division,...

David Robinson to leave Shawbrook

David Robinson, sales & distribution director of Shawbrook’s residential mortgages team, is leaving the...

Natwest provides £100m senior debt facility to Evolution Money

Evolution Money has announced a new three-year, £100m senior debt facility with NatWest. The arrangement...

Together joins PRIMIS lender panel

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has added Together to its lender panel. Members of the network now have access...

First 4 Bridging becomes fully FCA regulated

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has reached fully regulated status with the Financial Conduct Authority...

The Money Group unveils new specialist lending brand

The Money Group has established a new brand, Specialist Money Limited. Jeff List has been appointed...

Brightstar launches education initiative

Brightstar Financial has introduced an education programme for brokers. The distributor will, over the coming...

New Masthaven website includes live criteria search

Masthaven Bank has launched a new website for brokers across its mortgage and short-term...

Masthaven now connected with SMG’s Lenderlink

Masthaven has launched its new Application Programming Interface (API) connection with master broker Specialist...

Regulation ‘behind success of second charge market’

Fluent for Advisers has argued that not enough credit is given to the role...
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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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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...
Later Life

Parental support for adult children is reshaping retirement plans

Three in five parents with children aged over 18 are providing financial support, with...
First-time buyers

LISA payouts near £140m as industry warns against disrupting first-time buyer support

The Lifetime ISA delivered almost £140m in government bonuses last year, as industry figures...
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Mortgage borrowing rises as approvals edge higher in February

Mortgage borrowing and approvals both increased in February, although activity remains close to recent...

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