Mortgages

Bluestone restarts 85% LTV lending

Bluestone Mortgages has resumed pre-Covid maximum loan to value (LTV) lending on all products...

Landbay is top ranked mortgage lender in Deloitte UK Fast 50

Landbay has been placed at number six in the Deloitte UK Fast 50. Landbay...

NatWest to bring back free valuations on purchases

NatWest is making rate reductions buy-to-let range and reintroducing free valuations for intermediary purchase...

Jeremy Duncombe to become Accord MD

The Yorkshire Building Society is appointing Jeremy Duncombe as managing director of its intermediary...

The Nottingham returns to full distribution

The Nottingham has made its mortgage offering available to its complete broker network once...

Pepper Money joins Mortgage Market Alliance

Pepper Money has become the later mortgage industry firm to join the Mortgage Market Alliance (MMA). The...

Use bridging to meet stamp duty deadline

Specialist distributor Clever Lending is calling on brokers to think about regulated bridging loans...

First-time buyer affordability gap stands at 11%

The 'affordability gap' for first-time buyers fell to a record low of 11% last...

Accord back to offering 90% LTV mortgages more consistently

Tomorrow (18 November) Accord Mortgages will reintroduce a selection of 90% LTV products into...

Mojo Mortgages connects with Mortgage Engine API

Mortgage Engine has partnered with online mortgage broker, Mojo Mortgages, in move designed to...

FCA confirms Covid support for mortgage borrowers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed updated guidance to firms setting out "enhanced...

The Newcastle to cut SVR

The Newcastle Building Society is to reduce its residential Standard Variable Rate (SVR). From...

Dudley: stop penalising the self-employed

The Dudley Building Society has called on advisers not to consider self-employed cases as...

Landbay agrees additional £300m funding facility

Landbay has agreed an additional funding deal with an undisclosed asset manager. The...

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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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