Mortgages

Harpenden BS appoints head of distribution & marketing

Emily Smith has been appointed as Harpenden Building Society’s head of distribution & marketing. In...

BuildLoan and Buckinghamshire BS unveil new self-build products

Self build specialist BuildLoan has launched two new products with Buckinghamshire Building Society. The new...

Pepper Money launches bankruptcy and IVA mortgage products

Pepper Money has unveiled a range of specialist mortgage products for customers who have...

Hodge boosts intermediary support team

Hodge has appointed Stuart Ottery and Kate Morgan to its intermediary support team. Ottery...

Searches down for borrowers with complex financial situations

Legal & General Mortgage Club’s SmartrCriteria tool found that searches for capital raising mortgages...

Recruitment drive at SFC Solo

Specialist Finance Centre is looking to grow its self-employed division. SFC Solo is a specialist...

83% willing to pay £1,200 for long-term mortgage rate security

Most people are willing to pay a 'certainty premium' of £1,200 per year for...

Atom bank improves near prime pricing

Atom bank has made changes to its mortgage pricing, including special offer rates on...

Mansfield returns to pre-Covid criteria

The Mansfield Building Society has reverted its criteria to pre-pandemic policy and is now...

Hanley Economic BS expands residential mortgage range

Hanley Economic Building Society has launched a two-year 95% LTV fixed rate shared ownership...

Brightstar boosts sales team by over 40%

Brightstar Financial has expanded its salesforce by more than 40% since the start of...

Hinckley & Rugby adds sextet to BDM team

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has expanded its business development team, adding six new...

Pepper Money improves residential mortgage accessibility

Pepper Money has increased loan to value (LTV) levels, improved criteria and reduced rates...

Energy cost spike causing green home improvement interest

The Coventry Building Society has found that homeowners are looking to make their homes...

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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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