Mortgages

Self-employed twice as likely to be rejected for a mortgage

Self-employed individuals are twice as likely to be rejected for a mortgage, according to...

HMRC reports April fall in property transactions

HMRC's provisional non-seasonally adjusted estimate of UK residential transactions for April 2022 is 97,970,...

Reliance Bank improves residential mortgage range

Reliance Bank has launched its new residential mortgage product range to both the intermediary...

John Eastgate joins the Nottingham

The Nottingham has announced the appointment of John Eastgate as its new chief lending...

Bluestone completes second securitisation

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the completion of a £250m residential mortgage-backed securitisation (RMBS), which...

The Mansfield improves buy-to-let and residential criteria

Mansfield Building Society has made changes to its buy-to-let and residential criteria including an...

Vida unveils exclusive club for industry leaders

Vida has launched its exclusive V Club to bring together an "influential group of...

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries launches new flexible residential range

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries has launched a new residential mortgage proposition to support brokers...

TMA Club partners with Even

TMA Club has announced a partnership with Even, which provides interest-free equity loans for...

Virgin Money increases pricing on selected fixed rates

Virgin Money has increased the pricing of a number of its residential mortgages. Selected Exclusive...

Trussle joins forces with Phil Spencer’s website and podcast

Online mortgage broker Trussle has partnered with Phil Spencer’s home moving advice website Move...

Clydesdale Bank ups selected residential and BTL rates

Clydesdale Bank has increased a number of its fixed rate mortgages. In its Core 75%-95%...

Bluestone opens up Right to Buy availability

Bluestone Mortgages has announced a rate reduction across its product range and has brought...

Mortgage accessibility gulf between old and young

The latest Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) Affordability Index has found that mortgage customers over...

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AMI Protection Viewpoint 2025: Turning challenges into opportunities

Delivering better outcomes and protecting more customers is all in a day’s work for protection advisers. But in today’s fast-paced, constantly evolving environment, navigating...

Private credit poses challenges and opportunities for UK CROs

The global financial crash of 2008 revealed the dangers of financial contagion. What began as a collapse in the United States sub-prime mortgage market...

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...

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TRM launches tool to help advisers assess clients’ financial shortfalls

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has introduced a Shortfall Needs Analysis Calculator designed...

HTB completes £1.1m Midlands refinancing in four hours

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a £1.1m residential investment refinancing in the Midlands...

Brookfield Surveyors joins BDLA as associate member

Brookfield Surveyors has become an associate member of the Bridging and Development Lenders Association...

Shawbrook backs 42-home London scheme with £13m development facility

Shawbrook has partnered with P10 Financial Group to provide a £13m development facility that...

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