Mortgages

Mortgage Brain adds second charge lenders to system

Mortgage Brain has partnered with Central Trust, Masthaven Bank, Norton Finance, Precise Mortgages, Paragon...

LendInvest retains top servicing rating

LendInvest has received the highest possible rating for the quality of its loan servicing...

New expat BTL deals from the Saffron

Saffron For Intermediaries has improved its specialist deals for ex-pat borrowers and 'everyday' buy-to-let...

FSE Wales: portfolio landlord broker proc fees to rise

Financial advisers involved in the buy-to-let sector, especially in writing portfolio landlord mortgage business,...

FSE Wales: retention proc fees ‘a must’

A panel at Wednesday's Financial Services Expo (FSE) Wales discussed proc fees and so-called...

FSE Wales: FCA should study limited panel networks

A panel at Wednesday's Financial Services Expo (FSE) Wales, believed that the FCA’s ongoing...

FSE Wales: wrong to raise bank rate now

Adrian Moloney of OneSavings Bank believes that the ‘devil will be in the detail’...

Only portfolio landlords benefit from limited company structure

Buy-to-let investors could see their income cut by £1,000 each year by purchasing through...

The Mortgage Lender introduces Premier Panel 

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has created a Premier Panel of specialist distributors who will...

New HTB and new build rates at Kensington

Kensington Mortgages has unveiled its new Help to Buy range. The lender originally announced...

Pepper cuts core mortgage rates

Pepper Homeloans has cut its shorter term fixed rates by up to 0.95 percentage...

The Skipton appoints London intermediary relationship manager

The Skipton Building Society has appointed Tracey Nash to its intermediary manager team. She has...

Interest-only fears ‘driving house sales’

Equity release referral service Key Partnerships has claimed that estate agents are increasingly helping...

UTB unveils new mortgages and bridging BDM team

United Trust Bank (UTB) has revealed the line-up of business development professionals tasked with...

COMMENT

First-time buyers and buy-to-let are not rivals

As we move further into 2026, a familiar narrative is starting to reappear. It suggests that a stronger first-time buyer market will be delivered...

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...

Latest news

Nationwide completes first live digital mortgage deeds with Veyco technology

Nationwide Building Society has become the first UK lender to complete live mortgage transactions...

CIExpert adds Royal London to income protection insight zone

Royal London has become the latest insurer to join CIExpert’s Income Protection Insight Zone,...

First-time buyers ‘closer than they think’ to owning a home

Most wannabe first-time buyers may be far closer to homeownership than they realise according...

FTBs handed boost as high-LTV mortgage choice hits record

First-time buyers and borrowers with small deposits are entering 2026 with more mortgage choice...

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