Mortgages

Mini-Budget caused mortgage overpayment spike

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

MHBS appoints specialist business development manager

Market Harborough Building Society (MHBS) has recruited Bianca Steenkamp as specialist business development manager. The...

MQube partners with Thought Machine for ‘real-time’ decisioning

MQube, the parent company of mortgage lender MPowered Mortgages, has partnered with Thought Machine,...

Foundation Home Loans reduces buy-to-let and owner-occupier rates

Foundation Home Loans has announced rate reductions of up to 0.75% on selected buy-to-let...

West One launches new ‘Platinum’ residential range

West One Loans has launched a new range of residential mortgages with rates up...

Central Trust unveils one-year fixed rate product

Central Trust has added a new one-year residential fixed rate option to its product...

Just Mortgages appoints sales manager

National brokerage Just Mortgages has appointed Andy Cuthbert to the role of sales manager...

Q&A: Tom Denman-Molloy, intermediary sales manager, Mansfield Building Society

BestAdvice fires the questions at Tom Denman-Molloy, intermediary sales manager at Mansfield Building Society BestAdvice...

Smartr365 tool to aid Legal & General Mortgage Club procuration fee payments

Smartr365 has announced the launch of a tool to automatically sync procuration fee claim...

Coventry for intermediaries cuts selected residential and buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced its complete FTB Only range at 90-95% LTV. In addition,...

Support for low deposit schemes vital after Help to Buy

National brokerage Just Mortgages has said that the sector must continue to get behind...

Leeds BS unveils new two-year fixes

Leeds Building Society is revamping its range of two-year fixed rate mortgages, including a...

Brokers see criteria as most important factor in lender selection

Clear and concise criteria are the most important factors for brokers in choosing a...

AMI to challenge FCA’s hike in mortgage intermediary fees

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has declared the FCA's fees consultation for mortgage...

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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 chiefs warn MPs on affordability squeeze

Senior mortgage industry figures have warned MPs that Britain’s worsening home-affordability challenge will not...

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...

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