Mortgages

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...

Pepper Money introduces affordability calculator

Pepper Money has unveiled a residential affordability calculator on its website to help brokers...

The Market Harborough joins SimplyBiz Mortgages panel

The Market Harborough Building Society has joined the SimplyBiz Mortgages lender panel. SimplyBiz Mortgages Members...

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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