Mortgages

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...

MAB to provide fee free advice to Blue Light Card members

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has agreed a new partnership with Blue Light Card, a...

No payment holiday arranged for half of missed payments

Pepper Money has revealed that almost half of people who have missed payments on credit...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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