Mortgages

The Treasury is casting more floaters than a sewage farm

The problem with having a thoroughly inexperienced Chancellor and a properly ‘woodenheaded’ Prime Minister,...

EXCLUSIVE: Mortgage industry launches festive concert to aid homeless

A collective of leading mortgage brokerages are joining forces this festive season to raise...

Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank cut product transfer window to four months

Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank are reducing the length of time customers can apply...

The Leeds cuts mortgage rates and lowers barriers for first-time buyers

Leeds Building Society has announced a raft of mortgage rate reductions of up to...

Accord widens access for those on Universal Credit and without indefinite leave to remain

Accord Mortgages has relaxed key elements of its lending criteria in a move it...

Widespread criticism for mooted plan of NI on rental income

Landlords may soon be required to pay national insurance (NI) on rental income as...

The Right Mortgage launches autumn sales roadshows

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has unveiled plans for a series of autumn...

Vida improves affordability for specialist borrowers

Vida Homeloans has unveiled a series of changes to its mortgage range aimed at...

Pivotal Growth strengthens national presence with two ‘bolt-on’ acquisitions

Pivotal Growth has expanded its UK footprint with the acquisitions of More Choice Financial...

Phoebus secures ISO recertification to bolster SaaS security resilience

Phoebus has renewed its ISO 27001 accreditation, achieving recertification to the updated 2022 standard...

Computershare and The DPS extend support to youth homelessness charity

Computershare Loan Services and The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) have made their fifth...

The Darlington relaunches foreign currency mortgages

Darlington Building Society has reintroduced foreign currency mortgages to its intermediary range, to support...

Mortgage Guarantee Scheme supported over 56,000 loans before closure

The government’s Mortgage Guarantee Scheme, which ended in June this year, supported more than...

AS Financial rebrands to showcase growth beyond mortgages

AS Financial, the London-based financial advisory firm, has unveiled a bold new brand identity...

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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