Mortgages

System outage planned by BM Solutions

BM Solutions has revealed that its systems will be down on 25 June 2017. There...

Over 240,000 FTBs have used Help to Buy

The Treasury has stated that over 285,000 homeowners, including 240,000 first time buyers, have...

Complete FS outlines 2017 expo details

Complete FS is to hold its 15th annual Specialist Lender Expo at the Ageas Hilton Hotel, Southampton on...

L&G Retention Matrix now covers retention proc fees

Legal & General Mortgage Club has updated its Retention Matrix to include the latest...

CML downgrades buy-to-let forecasts

Gross mortgage lending reached £20.1 billion in May, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has...

Keystone Property Finance unveils case tracking system

Keystone Property Finance has launched MyKeystone, an online case tracking facility for brokers using...

Investec Private Banking appoints BDM

James Glynne-Percy has been appointed as a business development manager (BDM) at Investec Private...

Lloyds maintains position as UK’s largest lender

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has published its data showing mortgage lending by...

FSE Wales seminar programme revealed

The full seminar programme for next week’s Financial Services Expo (FSE) Wales event has...

Majority of FTBs regret not negotiating before buying

51% of those who bought for the first time in the last five years...

TMP reports rising demand for specialist lending

The Mortgage Partnership (TMP) is seeing increasing support from brokers who are finding difficulties placing...

Metro Bank scraps fees for existing residential customers

Metro Bank has stated that existing residential mortgage customers will benefit from fee-free products...

3mc website allows criteria comparison

3mc has improved the functionality of its website, now letting brokers compare and contrast...

UK specialist lending bolstered by M&A activity

19 transactions were announced across asset, property and personal finance worth over £3bn in...

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...

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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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