Mortgages

UK Finance reports August activity pick-up

UK Finance has stated that first-time buyers borrowed £5.7 billion in August, 16% more than...

Knowledge Bank sees almost 12,000 criteria searches

Knowledge Bank has revealed that, in the month since its launch, brokers have conducted...

Right Mortgage & Protection Network hires national account manager

Kevin Williams has been appointed by the Right Mortgage & Protection Network as its national...

The Mansfield unveils new ‘top slicing’ BTL deal

The Mansfield Building Society has introduced a new buy-to-let product that lets a landlord’s personal...

SME owners view their businesses as success stories

48% of SME owners created their own business because they wanted to become their...

The Stafford Railway appoints chief executive

The Stafford Railway Building Society has announced the appointment of Michael Smith as its...

SPV registration numbers still rising

Mortgages for Business has reported an increase in the volume of limited company mortgages...

Keystone improves lending criteria

Keystone Property Finance has made a series of criteria changes for both portfolio and...

Shawbrook hires commercial director for property division

Shawbrook Bank has appointed Jeremy Law as its new commercial director within its property...

New BDM for Precise

Precise Mortgages has appointed Danielle Batchelor as its new business development manager (BDM) to...

Brightstar marks World Mental Health Awareness Day

Brightstar staff joined together on Tuesday (10 October) to raise awareness and raise funds...

New 50% LTV deals from TMW

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is expanding its 50% loan to value (LTV) range of mortgages. New...

Hometrack wins Foundation Home Loans contract

Foundation Home Loans has appointed Hometrack to provide Automated Valuation Model (AVM) services for its...

New fees-assisted remortgage deals from Kent Reliance

Kent Reliance has unveiled a fees-assisted remortgage product range for residential and standard buy-to-let...

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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Landlord optimism rises as confidence returns to the private rented sector

New research suggests sentiment among landlords has improved sharply over the past year, despite...

Mortgage Brain continues hub rollout with Mortgage Force and Affinity onboarding

Mortgage Brain has completed the onboarding of Mortgage Force and Affinity Group onto its...

Together expands intermediary sales team with two senior appointments

Together has strengthened its intermediary division with the appointment of two experienced industry figures,...

JammJar sets out Winter26 platform changes ahead of live launch

JammJar has outlined new functionality coming to its Winter26 platform update ahead of a...

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