Mortgages

Two-fifths of equity release proceeds used to clear debt

41% of all equity released in H1 2020 was used to pay off debts...

National Friendly launches over-50s advice service

National Friendly Financial Solutions has launched a new mortgage service aimed at the over-50s...

Knowledge Bank now covering Reliance Bank offering

Reliance Bank has joined up with Knowledge Bank to improve the way its mortgage...

United Trust Bank launches communication hub

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced its ‘UTB Secure Chat Hub’ in order to...

The Mansfield partners with Brilliant Solutions

The Mansfield Building Society has launched with Brilliant Solutions Mortgage Club. Brilliant Solutions Mortgage Club...

IMLA: intermediaries confident after busy Q2

New data from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) shows a slight recovery in...

Vida to build cloud-based platform with Zoot

Vida has partnered with Zoot to develop a new end-to-end mortgage platform. The partnership represents...

New arrangement between 360 Dotnet and Twenty7Tec

360 Dotnet and Twenty7Tec have signed a new deal to allow users of 360...

31% drop in homemovers during first half of year

There was a fall of 31% in the number of people moving home in...

Buy-to-let market recovers “quicker than expected”

Latest industry data has found that landlords are looking for different types of property...

The Hanley Economic revamps criteria following review

The Hanley Economic Building Society has undergone a widespread criteria review across its entire...

CFS launches intermediary health and wellbeing campaign

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has unveiled a long-term health and wellbeing campaign for the...

Darlington Intermediaries extends specialist discounted mortgage range

Darlington Intermediaries has extended the end dates to its specialist discounted rate mortgage range, including a...

NatWest Intermediary Solutions brings back 85% LTV

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has reintroduced 85% LTV on selected products. Mark Bullard, head of sales...

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...

Latest news

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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