Mortgages

Atom Bank lowers near prime and prime rates

Atom bank has made a series of cuts across rates on both its Near...

Pepper Money cuts rates for those who are ‘just off the high street’

Pepper Money has reduced rates across its range by up to 1.00% to provide...

Just Mortgages appoints area director for the north

Just Mortgages has bolstered its self-employed management team with the appointment of Chris Hayes...

19% of borrowers dissatisfied with lender technology

Finova has published a new report - Homeownership in the Digital Age - which...

Hanley Economic BS in self-build partnership

Hanley Economic Building Society has announced a strategic partnership with The Modern Builder (TMB),...

Alexander Hall completes quick mortgage for adverse customer

Alexander Hall has completed a mortgage with Pepper Money for a client with a...

Search begins for Sinclair’s successor at AMI

Having spent over 10 years running the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI), Robert Sinclair...

NatWest Group joins OPDA campaign

NatWest Group has joined the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) to support its campaign...

Loughborough BS increases income assessment for retirement lending

Loughborough Building Society has improved its lending in retirement proposition by moving to assess...

HLPartnership secures investment from South African mortgage distributor

HLPartnership (HLP) has secured a strategic investment from BetterHome Group (BHG), the largest mortgage...

OMS appoints head of marketing & partnerships

One Mortgage System (OMS) has announced the promotion of Jodie Andrews to head of...

Significant fall in solar panel installations

The rate of solar panels installations on UK is down by 19% since last...

Atom bank to retire Digital Mortgages brand

Atom bank has launched a new broker website and brand. The bank is 'sunsetting' the...

Mansfield BS adds new fixed rates to range

Mansfield Building Society has reduced rates by up to 0.70% across its fixed rate...

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Heavy refurbishment: structuring finance for complex property upgrades

Investors are rethinking their approach to property - heavy refurbishment is no longer just an option; it’s a necessity for unlocking value in today’s...

Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

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Three-quarters of brokers expect rate hold

76% of specialist brokers expect that the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)...

The Finance Family adopts Acre as platform for growth

Midlands-based The Finance Family has migrated its team of over 20 brokers to Acre’s...

‘Consumer thinking’ holding businesses back from better finance solutions

New research from Time Finance has revealed that many UK businesses default to consumer-style...

British Business Bank reports how pivotal first Covid lockdown was

Five years since the first Covid-19 lockdown, new data from Start Up Loans, part...