Mortgages

Shawbrook Bank expands lending teams

Shawbrook’ property finance division has expanded its underwriting and lending support functions with the appointment...

The Dudley joins MCI Mortgage Club

The Dudley Building Society has become the latest lender to join MCI Mortgage Club’s panel. The...

L&G partners with Smartr365 to simplify application process

Legal & General and Smartr365 have joined forces to enable single sign-in for advisers...

Reliance Bank enhances key worker mortgage offering

Reliance Bank has increased the maximum loan amount for all its key worker mortgage products...

Widened distribution for the Nottingham’s five-year remortgage deal

The Nottingham has expanded distribution of a new five-year fixed rate remortgage product. It is...

Nationwide cuts fixed rate mortgages

The Nationwide Building Society is reducing selected mortgage rates by up to 0.30 percentage...

Foundation introduces new 85% LTV deals

Foundation Home Loans has unveiled a pair of new residential products at 85% LTV...

Change in January second charge criteria searches

Knowledge Bank's latest monthly criteria index shows the second charge market saw the biggest...

Accord resumes 75% and 80% LTV lending

Accord Mortgages is to return to the 75% and 80% loan to value (LTV)...

Shawbrook ups maximum property value in AVM criteria

Shawbrook Bank has widened the criteria for its digital valuation service, to allow for...

Bluestone Mortgages appoints product manager

Bluestone Mortgages has appointed Lucky Agbandje to the newly-created position of product manager. He was instrumental...

Just Mortgages reveals ambitious growth plans

Just Mortgages has ambitions to double in size over the next three to four...

NatWest cuts new and existing customer rates

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has introduced a range of rate decreases across its new and...

Majority of ARs want to use another sourcing system

67% of Appointed Representatives (ARs) would use a different sourcing system if their network...

COMMENT

Taking the anxiety out of finance

It’s an anxious time for mortgage borrowers. A recent study by Handelsbanken Wealth found that the proportion of UK adults apprehensive about making mortgage...

Cashback should put conveyancing into the advice conversation

One of the more interesting findings from our latest quarterly statistics was the position of Nationwide Building Society, which accounted for 25% of all...

Why ownership structure matters in buy-to-let

It's a scenario brokers encounter every day. Two landlord clients approach them about the same type of buy-to-let property, with similar levels of equity...

You own the shares, but are you really just the custodian?

I've built three businesses and I've said the same thing most entrepreneurs have probably said to their mates and family at some point: "Give...

The FCA protection market study shouldn’t ignore redundancy

Considering a third of employers are likely to implement staff redundancies by January 2027, according to Acas, redundancy cover shouldn’t be ignored in wider...

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Foundation cuts buy-to-let rates and relaxes holiday-let occupancy rules

Foundation has reduced rates on selected buy-to-let mortgages by up to 0.10 percentage points...

FintechOS: Firms have two years to embrace AI or get left behind

Financial services firms have no more than two years to embed artificial intelligence into...

Financial services must move beyond AI experimentation to deliver real returns

Financial services firms risk wasting substantial investment in artificial intelligence unless they fundamentally rethink...

RAW Capital Partners sets new lending record as product range expands

RAW Capital Partners has reported record annual lending volumes for 2026, surpassing its total...

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