Mortgages

Big restructure at Afin Bank as leaders head for pastures new

Afin Bank is restructuring its senior management team after key players James Briggs and...

The Vernon boosts affordability support with JBSP launch

Vernon Building Society has launched a new Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor mortgage range aimed...

Connect adds BuildLoan to panel to boost self-build and renovation support

Connect for Intermediaries has added specialist distributor BuildLoan to its lender panel, expanding adviser...

Barclays lowers rates again as three-year fixes see sharpest cuts

Barclays has announced further reductions across its mortgage range, with three-year fixed rates seeing...

The Furness appoints John Worth as non-executive director

Furness Building Society has appointed John Worth to its board, strengthening governance as the...

SM Advice offers free social media support for advisers lagging behind online

SM Advice has launched a three-month free social media management service for advice firms...

FCA outlines reforms aimed at broadening access to mortgages

The Financial Conduct Authority has set out plans to reshape the mortgage market, with...

Growth in mortgage lending forecast to continue despite tighter affordability

UK Finance has released its latest Mortgage Market Forecast for 2026 and 2027, projecting...

Q&A: Richard Harrison, Atom bank

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Richard Harrison, head of mortgages at Atom bank. Mortgage...

Lenders divided on whether regulatory scrutiny will ease in 2026

Lenders are split on whether regulatory scrutiny will ease in 2026, new research from...

Nationwide slapped with £44m fine over prolonged financial crime control failures

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Nationwide Building Society £44m after finding widespread...

Stamp duty receipts rise sharply as market shows signs of broad recovery

Stamp duty revenues increased substantially in the past financial year as activity returned to...

Hanley Economic widens lending criteria to reflect modern working patterns

Hanley Economic Building Society has refreshed its residential lending criteria, aiming to accommodate a...

Tandem appoints new chief technology officer to drive digital overhaul

Tandem Bank has hired Russell Strevens as chief technology officer, handing him responsibility for...

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Less Autumn Budget and more Autumn Bodgit

After months of fevered speculation before the Budget residential property transactions juddered to a halt. I always suspected that as ‘confidence arrives on foot and...

What the agents say: 2026 housing market predictions

Next year should be a year of steady progress for the housing market. After a challenging 2025 where we saw little to no house...

Graham McClelland on Britain’s broken mortgage market

When Graham McClelland, the youthful and quietly intense chief executive of Gen H, arrived at the City of London office of the fast-growing mortgage...

Younger consumers are ready for protection. So why aren’t we reaching them?

For years, the protection market has assumed that younger adults are less engaged with financial risk planning. Yet the latest findings from Bruised Britain...

The buy-to-let market continues to defy expectations

Perception and reality are often mistaken for one another. That is especially true in the buy-to-let market, where sentiment frequently diverges from what is...

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Big restructure at Afin Bank as leaders head for pastures new

Afin Bank is restructuring its senior management team after key players James Briggs and...

Targeted support must not sideline customer vulnerability, MorganAsh warns

Firms preparing to offer the FCA’s new targeted support service risk falling foul of...

Less Autumn Budget and more Autumn Bodgit

After months of fevered speculation before the Budget residential property transactions juddered to a...

Bridging brokers cite government policy as main risk to mortgage market

Research among bridging professionals suggests political uncertainty outweighs concerns over rates, affordability and housing...

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