Mortgages

L&G: mortgage activity levels fuelled by financial gifting

Legal & General has revealed that first-time buyers are still pursuing their home ownership...

Gen H partners with Dynamo for Intermediaries

Mortgage lender Gen H has expanded its broker panel with the addition of Dynamo...

Q&A: James Gilliam, managing director, Pure Panel Management

BestAdvice fires the questions at James Gillan, managing director at Pure Panel Management BestAdvice (BA):...

Landmark unveils digital hubs to connect the home-moving market

Landmark Information Group has introduced LandmarkConnect, a series of digital hubs to help connect...

Clydesdale Bank adds new product transfer deals amidst range shake-up

Clydesdale Bank has made a number of changes to its product offering. Changes have been...

Coventry for intermediaries adds new offset and interest-only products

Coventry for intermediaries has expanded its product range with new offset and interest-only options. Two...

Family BS refreshes mortgage range

Family Building Society has made a number of changes to its mortgage offering. Five-year fixed...

Tembo partners with Barratt London to help first-time buyers

Tembo is partnering with Barratt London, part of Barratt Developments, to help get more...

Average remortgage monthly payment up by £310

LMS has published its latest remortgage market activity data, covering March 2023. It found...

Leeds BS ups maximum loan sizes

Leeds Building Society has increased maximum loan sizes for higher LTV (loan to value)...

LendInvest reduces residential rates

LendInvest has updated rates across its residential mortgage range as it continues to improve...

Affordability platforms “lead to brokers considering more lenders”

The number of brokers who say they now use an affordability system for at...

Finova launches Apprivo2 product switch functionality

Finova, the cloud-based mortgages and savings software provider, has announced its new product switch...

Mini-Budget caused mortgage overpayment spike

UK households made an unprecedented £23.3bn of mortgage overpayments in 2022, equivalent to £64m...

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The PT is dead. Long live the broker!

Did you know that every time a borrower approaches their bank directly, a mortgage broker dies? I’m teasing, of course. They don’t really die....

Landlords defy the doom – the buy-to-let bounce-back

While the Bank of England recently voted to hold the interest rate at 4%, which will have been disappointing news to landlords who had...

The 12 Days of Christmas: Staying front of mind when clients go quiet

December has long been a quiet month for mortgage advisers. By mid-November, many client conversations slow or pause entirely, often with the familiar refrain:...

Why UPRNs and data standards are central to the next generation NLIS

In October 2025, through the Fourth Round of the Regulators’ Pioneer Fund (RPF), Government’s Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) has awarded Land Data a grant...

AGENT VIEW: I know I’m not a mathematician but to me 6.5 x is the new 3.5 x

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be, as they say, and in an era of creeping inflation, job insecurity and the menacing spectre of...

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Mortgage Brain adds Rely to sourcing platform

Mortgage Brain has added OSB Group’s newly launched buy-to-let lender, Rely, to its Sourcing...

Assetz Capital strikes £150m funding deal with Cambridge & Counties Bank

Assetz Capital has agreed a funding facility of up to £150 million with Cambridge...

Secure Trust Bank backs Silcoms with £4.2m funding package

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has provided more than £4m in support of Silcoms...

L&G Mortgage Club adds Ecology Building Society to panel

L&G’s Mortgage Club has strengthened its green lending offering by adding Ecology Building Society...

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