Mortgages

Barclays cuts residential rates by up to 50bps

Barclays will reduce rates across its residential purchase, remortgage and existing-customer ranges from Friday...

Right to Buy sales surge 90%

Right to Buy sales in England increased by 90% during 2025-26 as prospective buyers...

TMG Financial Services sponsors Rotherham snooker professional

TMG Financial Services has agreed a sponsorship deal with professional snooker player Ashley Carty. The...

OSB trims margin and returns outlook as savings costs rise

OSB Group has lowered its full-year margin and return expectations after competition for retail...

Stonebridge appoints former adviser to expand recruitment service

Stonebridge has appointed Hannah Tee to help expand its adviser recruitment service for network...

Is there such thing as a ‘typical borrower’ anymore?

What is a typical borrower? A few decades ago, it would have been a...

Hinckley & Rugby widens mortgage criteria for borrowers with past credit problems

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched a specialist mortgage range for borrowers who...

Pepper Advantage names Wye as UK chief

Pepper Advantage has appointed Matthew Wye as CEO of its UK business, effective from...

Andy Rowe leaves Zephyr after restructuring

Andy Rowe has left his position as head of sales at Zephyr Homeloans after...

TPFG financial services revenue rises to £13m

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) increased financial services revenue by 10% to £13m during...

Market Harborough appoints deputy finance chief

Market Harborough Building Society has appointed Brad Nicholls as Deputy Chief Finance Officer as...

The Melton joins Mortgage Broker Tools affordability platform

Melton Building Society has joined the Mortgage Broker Tools panel, giving advisers access to...

Knowledge Bank technology underpins top three broker criteria platforms

Knowledge Bank’s technology powers all three of the highest-rated criteria sourcing services in the...

Negative equity fears persist despite confidence in property values

Nine in 10 recent homebuyers are concerned that housing market changes could reduce their...

COMMENT

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

Latest news

Landbay adds 11 tracker products and cuts rates by up to 15bps

Landbay has expanded its buy-to-let tracker range with 11 new products and reduced rates...

Howden expands in North Wales with Wrexham office

Howden has opened its first commercial insurance office in Wrexham as the broker expands...

UK buyers reluctant to compromise despite affordability pressures

UK homebuyers remain committed to purchasing a property but are less willing than buyers...

Keystone trims buy-to-let fixed rates by up to 15bps

Keystone Property Finance has reduced pricing across a number of its buy-to-let mortgage ranges,...

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