Mortgages

Savvy summer sellers deliver strongest July sales since 2020

July delivered the highest number of sales agreed for this month since 2020 as...

Newcastle for Intermediaries removes age cap on standard repayment mortgages

Newcastle for Intermediaries has abolished the maximum age limit for the repayment of standard...

Homeowners stay put as remortgaging nears parity with home purchases

Britain’s homeowners are increasingly choosing to refinance rather than move, with remortgage activity now...

Co-operative Bank in sub-4% mortgage arena following rate cuts 

The Co-operative Bank for Intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates, bringing...

Access FS appointment to lead recruitment strategy

Access Financial Services has appointed Rob Jarvis as business development manager, tasking him with...

Accord Mortgages cuts residential rates by up to 0.40%

Accord Mortgages has cut rates on a broad range of residential products, with some...

Atom bank lowers prime and near prime rates again

Atom bank has announced further rate cuts across its prime and near prime mortgage...

Precise cuts rates and widens mortgage options to aid buyer affordability

Precise has strengthened its residential mortgage range with a series of rate cuts, new...

Housing market stalls as demand dips and sales slide

The UK housing market’s fragile recovery faltered in July as higher borrowing costs and...

Most Premier League areas enjoy mortgage relief – but four buck the trend

Falling mortgage rates have brought relief to homeowners and buyers in almost every Premier...

Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank expand criteria and boost approval rates

Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank have unveiled a series of lending changes aimed at...

Barclays lowers fixed mortgage rates across residential range

Barclays is cutting mortgage rates across its residential range from tomorrow, with reductions of...

Precise marks first anniversary of broker app

Precise, part of the OSB Group, is celebrating the first anniversary of its broker...

Bellway renews call for Help to Buy as housing recovery stalls

Housebuilder Bellway says the UK housing market recovery has “stalled” over summer, renewing its...

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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