Mortgages

FCA outlines how mortgage firms should be supporting borrowers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out ways that mortgage firms can help...

Half of new FTB mortgages have terms over 30 years

Half of all first-time buyers in the UK, and over a quarter of home...

MPowered Mortgages revamps fixed rate offering

MPowered Mortgages has lowered rates across its two and three-year fixed ranges, and introduced...

Vida reduces residential and BTL rates

Vida has reduced rates across its residential and buy-to-let ranges by up to 1.35...

Impact Specialist Finance launches semi-exclusive expat product

Impact Specialist Finance has launched a brand-new expat mortgage product with Dudley Building Society. This...

Brokers record low levels of satisfaction with mortgage lenders 

New research out from Smart Money People, the financial services review site, has found that...

LV= joins Connect Mortgages’ GI panel

LV= General Insurance (LV= GI) has become the latest insurer to join the Connect...

77% of self-employed concerned over mortgage prospects

Over three-quarters of self-employed people are concerned about their prospects of getting a mortgage,...

Skipton launches new limited edition deals

Skipton Building Society has announced a number of limited-edition products are being added to...

LiveMore unveils capital and interest mortgage

LiveMore Capital has launched its first Capital & Interest (C&I) mortgage for borrowers aged...

Majority of property professionals hope for 2023 rate drop

A webinar poll undertaken by Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), the supplier of valuation panel...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network bolsters Consumer Duty support

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has launched additional support for members following the...

Hodge introduces new professional mortgage

Hodge has added a professional mortgage to its specialist range, expanding its offering to...

Nationwide BS integrates with Smartr365

Following a successful pilot, Nationwide Building Society has announced an API integration with Smartr365....

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GIS must be at the heart of place-based policymaking

The UK is under increasing pressure to deliver more homes, strengthen national infrastructure, and meet ambitious environmental goals – from the New Towns Taskforce...

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...

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North–South divide widens in UK’s most affordable towns

New research from Zoopla shows a deepening divide in housing affordability with the most...

Budget uncertainty stalls plans for almost a fifth of home-movers

Speculation over property tax reforms in the upcoming Autumn Budget is prompting thousands of...

Phoebus gains SBTi validation as it accelerates net zero strategy

Mortgage servicing software firm Phoebus has had its emissions reduction plans formally validated by...

Gold collection enables rapid £150k loan for business owner

A marketing entrepreneur has secured a four-month £150,000 loan against his gold collection after...

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