Mortgages

The Newcastle launches 98% mortgage to support first-time buyers

Newcastle for Intermediaries has unveiled a new mortgage product designed to help first-time buyers...

Virgin Money to raise selected fixed mortgage rates

Virgin Money will increase a range of fixed mortgage rates on Friday 5 September,...

Butterfield Mortgages appoints senior relationship manager

Butterfield Mortgages has appointed Tom Blackmore as its new senior relationship manager, strengthening the...

Pepper Money urges reform of shared ownership scheme

Specialist lender Pepper Money has presented a white paper to Downing Street calling for...

Lifetime ISA under fire as HMRC research reveals flaws for first-time buyers

Fresh research by HM Revenue & Customs has cast renewed doubt on the effectiveness...

The Dudley broadens fixed-rate mortgage range

Dudley Building Society has launched a new suite of two and five-year fixed-rate products...

Brightstar unveils heavyweight line-up for specialist lending showcase

The Brightstar Group has confirmed the speaker programme for its Specialist Lending Expo 2025,...

Atom bank trims prime and near-prime mortgage rates again

Atom bank has announced a fresh round of mortgage rate cuts, reducing prices across...

Rosemount adds Norton Home Loans to lending panel

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has added Norton Home Loans to its panel, giving network...

Accountants, brokers and the clash of expectations

There’s an old accountant’s joke about financial advisers: the difference between us is that...

Rayner admits stamp duty error after using son’s trust to buy £800,000 flat

Angela Rayner has admitted underpaying stamp duty on the £800,000 Hove seafront flat at...

Remortgage searches climb despite August slowdown

Mortgage activity slowed in August as the market entered its traditional summer lull, but...

UK Finance reports June mortgage lending recovery

Mortgage lending staged a rebound in June after a subdued start to the second...

Afin Bank joins PMS panel

PMS Mortgage Club has added Afin Bank to its lender panel, in a move...

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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