Mortgages

OSB makes widespread changes to HMO offering

OneSavings Bank (OSB) has announced changes to its HMO proposition, in order to improve...

Burrow unveils digital customer on-boarding platform

Burrow has launched a new on-boarding service for mortgage lenders, allowing a mortgage lender to...

UTB sees 21% increase in new lending in 2019

United Trust Bank (UTB) has reported a 21% increase in new lending in 2019,...

Foundation Home Loans revamps whole buy-to-let offering

Foundation Home Loans has announced a full refresh of its buy-to-let product range. The lender...

Paragon adds new features to intermediary portal

Paragon has introduced the second phase of its intermediary portal, adding new features to...

Accord increases Help to buy cashback

Accord Residential has cut rates on selected house purchase and remortgage products as well...

Mortgage Broker Tools adds trio of lenders to platform

Mortgage Broker Tools has added three new lenders to MBT Affordability - the Saffron,...

Vernon boosts broker team

The Vernon Building Society has expanded its mortgage team with the addition of intermediary...

1.34m potential homebuyers with adverse credit

Research carried out by YouGov on behalf of specialist lender, Pepper Money, has found...

BoE makes emergency Bank Rate cut

The Bank of England has cut UK interest rates following a special meeting held...

The Leeds launches new 10-year mortgages

The Leeds Building Society has set its lowest-ever rates on a new range of...

MBE Leeds Expo to include Bank of England keynote

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) Leeds will feature a keynote presentation by the Bank of...

FCA seeks to intervene to aid mortgage switching

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says there is a case for intervening to help...

All change in top five equity release criteria searches

Knowledge Bank's February criteria index has shown a number of surprise results with some sectors...

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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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