Mortgages

Just Mortgages bolsters self-employed recruitment team

Just Mortgages has moved to strengthen its recruitment efforts with the appointment of Kara...

Rachel Geddes becomes MAB’s strategic partnerships director

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has made two new senior appointments. Rachel Geddes is to become...

IMLA membership boosted by Leek addition

Leek Building Society has joined the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA). The mutual's move brings...

HTB restructures business development and makes new NE appointment

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has introduced a new structure within its specialist mortgages business...

HSBC makes residential mortgage cuts

HSBC is making reductions across its residential mortgage product ranges on Monday 13 January. The...

Pepper begins new podcast season

Pepper Money has launched the fifth season of The Specialist, its podcast for mortgage...

Foundation Home Loans unveils fee-assisted legal service for remortgages

Foundation Home Loans has launched a new fee-assisted legal service to borrowers remortgaging to...

MPowered cuts three-year fixes by up to 30bps

MPowered Mortgages has reduced its three-year fixed rate mortgages for new purchase and remortgage...

Twenty7tec’s Velocity users benefit from Natwest integration

Twenty7tec has integrated Natwest into the APPLY module. It will streamline the research and application...

Vida introduces ‘3 & Easy’ range of 97% LTV mortgages

Vida Homeloans has launched a new range of residential mortgage products at 97% loan...

Gen H cuts rates by up to 22bps

Gen H has made a series of mortgage rate reductions. The lower rates are designed...

UTB adds 90% specialist fixes to product offering

United Trust Bank Mortgages has added a range of 90% loan to value (LTV)...

Hanley Economic BS unveils weekly case discussion forum for brokers

Hanley Economic Building Society has introduced a new feature aimed at simplifying the application...

PEXA appoints new UK CTO

PEXA has announced the appointment of Nitesh Thadani to the role of UK chief...

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We need clearer guidance on Stamp Duty advice

Just over a week ago Angela Rayner resigned following the discovery of a Stamp Duty breach on a flat she owns in Hove. She...

Discount Market Value: a local solution for a national housing challenge

The UK housing market is under constant scrutiny, especially when it comes to bolstering the supply of affordable housing. The government’s recent announcement of a...

Don’t overlook lifetime mortgages for clients with IHT worries

Lifetime mortgages have evolved significantly over the last few years. The industry has risen to the challenge, developing innovative new product features which ensure...

You can’t just turn on a tap and expect housing supply to flow

Yawn and stretch, the government have appointed a new housing Czar in place of the thoroughly discredited Angie Rayner, former Deputy Prime Minister, who...

Alan Cleary: Taking the helm at Chetwood Bank

When Alan Cleary retired from the mortgage industry in 2021 he thought his days of running banks were behind him. After more than three decades...

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South drives first annual asking house price fall since 2024

Asking prices for homes in Great Britain have slipped into annual decline for the...

Rents fall as inflationary pressures mount

Tenants are beginning to feel some respite as rents across Great Britain fall at...

Bank of England set to hold rates as inflation proves sticky

The Bank of England is expected to hold interest rates at 4% this week...

Mortgage pros stride for mental health on Thames Bridges Trek

Mortgage industry pros from Crystal Specialist Finance, Market Financial Solutions, Movin Legal, MT Finance, United...