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Neurodiversity Celebration Week: Strength in different thinking

In an industry built on detail, judgement, resilience and relationships we often focus on...

Santander’s higher LTV cuts see 98% first-time buyer deal below 5%

Santander UK will lower the rate on its recently launched My First Mortgage to...

The Coventry cuts higher LTV fixed rates in first-time-buyer push

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected residential fixed rates, with changes focused on higher...

Kensington cuts rates across eKo, residential and buy-to-let ranges

Kensington Mortgages has reduced rates across its eKo proposition and introduced lower pricing on...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has...

Vida introduces high LTV Pathway range

Vida Homeloans has launched a new high loan-to-value residential mortgage range aimed at widening...

West Brom targets first-time buyers and movers with £2,000 cashback launch

West Brom Building Society has launched two new five-year fixed mortgage products offering £2,000...

Kensington cuts residential mortgage rates across high LTV lending

Kensington Mortgages has reduced rates across its residential range, cutting pricing by as much...

Nationwide cuts mortgage rates again as sub-4% pricing spreads

Nationwide has made further cuts across its fixed rate mortgage range, lowering prices by...

The Skipton broadens new build mortgage range as demand shifts

Skipton Building Society has expanded its mortgage range for new build buyers, offering 95%...

Kensington cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Kensington Mortgages has lowered rates by up to 0.47% across its residential Select and...

Allica boosts SME mortgage appetite and launches cashback offer

Allica Bank has refreshed its owner-occupier mortgage appetite as it looks to help established...

HSBC to further cut residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates

HSBC is set to lower rates across its residential and buy-to-let ranges, including products...

Santander trims home mover mortgage rates

Santander is cutting rates across its residential fixed mortgage range for home movers and...

COMMENT

Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

Latest news

Darlington completes complex expat new-build mortgage

Darlington Building Society has completed an 80% LTV mortgage for a joint application from...

New builds coming to market at lowest level since 2017

The number of new build housing developments coming to market is at its lowest...

Rental affordability improves most in London

London recorded the biggest improvement in rental affordability in June, according to Propertymark, with...

Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus...

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