Mortgages

Paradigm in technology partnership with Acre

Acre, the intermediary platform, has announced a new partnership with Paradigm, the mortgage, protection...

West One Loans expands residential product availability to all brokers in Scotland

Following its pilot, West One Loans has opened up its residential range to all...

Potential FTBs put off by mortgage difficulties

The negative experience of securing a mortgage is deterring 42% of aspiring first-time buyers...

Virgin Money increases fixed rate pricing

Virgin Money has increased a number of its fixed rate mortgage products. The changes are...

Gen H simplifies affordability for income booster mortgages

Gen H has streamlined how it calculates affordability for income booster cases. The lender...

Intermediary firms expanding despite labour market issues

38% of mortgage intermediary companies are expanding their operations, according to Paragon Bank research. ...

Chetwood Financial appoints director of marketing

Chetwood Financial has appointed Roselle Allsop as its new director of marketing. The Wrexham-based...

FTBs saw sharp reduction in affordable options last year

The number of affordable options for first-time buyers fell by 40% in 2023, according...

April Mortgages extends Stonebridge distribution arrangement

April Mortgages has extended the distribution of its range of mortgages to the whole...

Own New Rate Reducer set to lower borrowing rates for new home purchases

Own New is to launch a mortgage product which it claims will bring lower...

Interest in new-build homes continues to dwindle

E.surv’s latest Property Watch report has concluded that the UK housing market has shown...

Credit ‘blips’ are not limited to low income clients

It’s easy to focus on the challenges faced by those on lower incomes at...

Jane Simpson joins Legal & General Mortgage Services

Legal & General Mortgage Services has announced the appointment of Jane Simpson as strategic...

Tandem Bank unveils affordability calculator

Tandem has announced the launch of its affordability calculator to support intermediaries. Brokers can...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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