Mortgages

Retirement lending expected to drive specialist mortgage market growth

Nearly 80% of mortgage intermediaries expect lending into retirement to be the fastest growing...

Remortgaging levels out

UK Finance has revealed that there were 29,400 new first-time buyer mortgages completed in...

The Marsden offers RIO mortgages

The Marsden Building Society has become the latest lender to move into the Retirement Interest...

Precise’s parent sees 27% increase in loan book

Charter Court Financial Services, the group which includes specialist lender Precise Mortgages, has reported...

Pepper Money simplifies adverse product offering

Pepper Money has simplified its criteria for borrowers with adverse credit. Simplified product tiers, which...

Sainsbury’s Bank partners with PRIMIS and PTFS

PRIMIS Mortgage Network and Personal Touch Financial Services (PTFS) have become the latest mortgage...

Virgin Money improves buy-to-let criteria

Virgin Money has increased both the maximum age and maximum LTV available for its...

Cast aside any landlord misconceptions

There seems to be a misconception in the buy-to-let space at present that no...

Coventry for Intermediaries expands offset offering

Coventry for Intermediaries has introduced new products to its offset range, including its lowest...

The Teachers appoints non-executive director

The Teachers Building Society has announced the appointment of Malcolm Himsworth onto its board...

The Marsden unveils new expat BTL and Family Occupation products

The Marsden Building Society has refreshed its product portfolios and introduced two new expat...

Free valuations offer from NatWest Intermediary Solutions

NatWest Intermediary Solutions' customers are now eligible for free home valuations. They may also be...

Homeowner arrears and repossessions stay at historically low levels

UK Finance’ has reveals that in the third quarter of 2018 there were 77,600...

TBMC expands buy-to-let bridging panel

TBMC has expanded its buy-to-let bridging panel to offer an increased number of lending...

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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