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adverse credit
Norton Home Loans partners extends access to specialist solutions
Norton Home Loans has partnered with broker London & Country (L&C) Mortgages to widen...
18 March 2025
Atom bank breaks Near Prime record
Atom bank has reported another record-breaking month for Near Prime activity. Over the course of...
14 March 2025
Loughborough BS extends 5.5x income to 95% LTV
Loughborough Building Society has increased the loan to value (LTV) on its 5.5x income...
25 February 2025
Atom Bank cuts near prime mortgage rates
Atom Bank has announced rate reductions across its near prime residential mortgage range. The lender...
19 February 2025
Pepper Money unveils 20bp mortgage rate reductions
Pepper Money has cut the price of every mortgage product in its range by...
13 February 2025
Bluestone Mortgages ups LTV limits to 90%
Bluestone Mortgages has raised its loan-to-value (LTV) bandings, now offering mortgages of up to...
12 February 2025
UTB ups maximum residential LTV to 95%
United Trust Bank Mortgages has increased the maximum loan to value (LTV) across its...
6 February 2025
Atom bank cuts Near Prime & Prime rates
Atom bank has lowered reduced rates across both its Prime and Near Prime products. Rates...
30 January 2025
Foundation Home Loans increases maximum loan sizes
Foundation Home Loans has announced maximum loan size increases across the majority of its...
16 January 2025
Vida introduces ‘3 & Easy’ range of 97% LTV mortgages
Vida Homeloans has launched a new range of residential mortgage products at 97% loan...
9 January 2025
Seize the opportunity to help those rejected by the high street
Whatever lies ahead of us in 2025, it will certainly be a year full...
3 January 2025
Specialist mortgages to become the norm
As we look ahead to 2025, the specialist mortgage market is set to play...
30 December 2024
Helping reduce the stress for borrowers with credit problems
Concerns regarding mortgage affordability have been a key topic in the industry over the...
18 December 2024
Specialist mortgages take longer, but customers don’t seem to mind
91% of brokers are spending a lot more time completing specialist mortgage cases than...
18 December 2024
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COMMENT
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In our industry, competition and collaboration aren’t opposites
If there's one theme running through the market at the moment, it's the power of retention, and just how much can be achieved when...
7 September 2026
We must not accept our snail’s pace home buying system
Buying a house in this country can be ridiculously slow, as a handful of recent studies have highlighted. Research from the House Buyer Bureau...
4 September 2026
Deferment and capitalisation rates: small percentages, large consequences
The Government is currently consulting on Leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates to determine what deferment and capitalisation rates should be prescribed under the Leasehold and...
4 September 2026
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...
1 September 2026
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...
1 September 2026
Latest news
banks
Mortgage deals drive two in five bank account switches
Two in five mortgage holders who changed banks after moving home did so to...
8 September 2026
Buy-to-let
Landlords face £40k penalties as property licensing expands
Landlords are being urged to check local licensing rules as councils expand schemes and...
8 September 2026
Profile
Darrell Walker on LendInvest’s next chapter
After 35 years in banking and mortgages, the former football hopeful thought he might...
8 September 2026
banks
Mortgage rates set to rise as leading banks reprice deals
Mortgage borrowers face higher costs as leading lenders respond to a rise in swap...
7 September 2026
PROFILES
Darrell Walker on LendInvest’s next chapter
Toni Smith on the human factor and the fourth emergency service
The AI questions the mortgage industry needs to ask – and address