Mortgages

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...

MPowered Mortgages ups five-year cashback & cuts two-year fixed rates

MPowered Mortgages has increased cashback on five-year products, whilst also reducing rates on two-year...

Leeds BS appoints head of intermediary partnerships

James O’Reilly has been promoted to head of intermediary partnerships at Leeds Building Society,...

Hodge provides interest-only to professionals

Hodge has added interest only to its Professional Mortgage. It offers those with complex...

GEN H joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm has added Gen H to its lender panel. Paradigm member firms can now access...

Newcastle BS announces SVR increase

Newcastle Building Society is to increase its mortgage Standard Variable Rate (SVR). Effective from 1st...

Budget childcare offer could benefit mortgage affordability

In today's Budget the chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced an offer of 30 hours of...

United Trust Bank reveals record pretax profits

United Trust Bank (UTB) increased profit before tax by 35% in 2022 to £60.2m,...

Monthly cost of owning a home £42 cheaper than renting it

The monthly cost of owning a home for first-time buyers is now £971 -...

MPowered Mortgages adds two-year trackers to range

MPowered Mortgages is introducing a range of two-year tracker mortgages which start at 4.8%...

Gen H introduces first-time buyer bundle

Gen H announced the launch of a new product range that offers first-time buyers...

LendInvest expands residential homeowner distribution via packagers 

LendInvest has partnered with its full preferred panel of 14 packager firms to continue...

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...

Latest news

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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