Mortgages

LMS: “record flight” to five-year fixes

LMS has reported that homeowners are moving away from short-term deals and variable rates...

Mortgages for Business hires finance director

Mortgages for Business has recruited William Grove as its new finance director. Grove joins from...

Precise parent confirms flotation plans

Charter Court Financial Services Group has announced plans to float on the London Stock...

Skipton to pay a proc fee on retained business

Skipton Intermediaries will roll out the payment of procuration fees for all product transfers...

FTBs turning to specialist lenders

Vida Homeloans has stated that increasing numbers of first time buyers are taking advantage of...

L&G Mortgage Club distributes Skipton exclusives

Legal & General Mortgage Club is offering two exclusive new build mortgage products with...

Foundation Home Loans adds to sales team

Foundation Home Loans has appointed Cheryl Power as regional account manager for the north. ...

SMP: GDPR could speed up mortgage process

The Society of Mortgage Professionals (SMP) believe the implementation of General Data Protection Regulation...

Foundation Home Loans improves limited company proposition

Foundation Home Loans has removed the £500 processing and administration fee for buy-to-let applications...

Keystone brings forward proc fee rise

Keystone Property Finance has expedited its planned procuration fee rise by one month.  Brokers...

New childcare scheme could boost affordability

The Yorkshire Building Society believes parents with preschool aged children looking to take a...

Magellan partners with Mortgage Support Network

Magellan Homeloans is to distribute its product range via the mortgage network, Mortgage Support...

Largemortgageloans.com appoints non-executive director 

Andy Pratt has joined Largemortgageloans.com as a non-executive director. Pratt was at Alexander Hall Associates Ltd...

TMA Mortgage Club offers Furness BS exclusive

TMA Mortgage Club (TMA) members and appointed representatives of the First Complete and Pink...

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

Financial confidence masks widespread gaps in money knowledge, study finds

A growing disconnect between perceived financial confidence and actual understanding is leaving many UK...

Principal firms lead self-employed recruitment growth at Just Mortgages

Recruitment figures from Just Mortgages show that the majority of self-employed advisers brought into...

New podcast aimed at advisers navigating mortgage and wealth convergence

Twenty7tec has launched a new podcast series designed to support advisers as mortgage and...

Gen H expands into Scotland with affordability-led income booster

Residential mortgage lender Gen H has launched in Scotland, extending its lending proposition north...

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