Mortgages

BoE raises base rate to 4.25%

The Bank of England has raised interest rates by a quarter of one percentage...

Pepper Money secures £1.2bn funding lines

Pepper Money has secured new warehouse facilities, worth more than £1.2bn, to support its...

MPowered Mortgages appoints key account manager for the South 

MPowered Mortgages has announced the promotion of Simon Clark to key account manager (KAM)...

Pepper Money cuts residential and DMP rates

Pepper Money has reduced rates across its residential range by up yo 0.90% and...

LendInvest expands residential mortgage availability

LendInvest has launched its full residential mortgage product range to all UK intermediaries, aimed...

Stonebridge introduces new AI functionality

Stonebridge has added new functionality to its Revolution system to help AR firms and...

Rockstead joins Equity Release Council

Rockstead has announced that it has become an Equity Release Council associate member. Rockstead...

TML provides self-employed offer in 6 working days

The Mortgage Lender (TML) recently progressed a self-employed residential application to offer in six...

New products and rate cuts from Virgin Money

Virgin Money is making changes to a number of mortgage products on Tuesday 21...

Repaying existing mortgage remains top reason for equity release

New data from Canada Life has revealed the top motivations for customers taking out...

SmartrFit adds Gen H affordability calculator

Legal & General has announced the addition of Gen H (Generation Home)’s affordability calculator...

Shawbrook acquires Bluestone Mortgages

Shawbrook has announced the acquisition of Bluestone Mortgages (BML) in a cash and share...

Paradigm parters with West One for residential mortgages

Paradigm has announced the launch of West One's residential proposition to its member firms. Paradigm member...

CSS and Family BS extends lead valuation partnership

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), a supplier of valuation panel management services, has announced the...

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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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