Mortgages

Brightstar to host specialist lending workshops

Brightstar Financial is joining forces with a number of lenders to launch a series...

Landlords becoming increasingly cautious

Shawbrook Bank says its latest research shows that almost half of landlords in the...

Intrinsic joins Sainsbury’s Bank broker panel

Sainsbury’s Bank has announced that Intrinsic has become its latest broker partner. The firm joins a...

Paradigm & Foundation Home Loans in open banking pilot

Foundation Home Loans has partnered with Paradigm Mortgage Services to offer its residential products...

Record high for £1m house sales

The number of properties sold for more than a million pounds in Great Britain...

Clever Lending added to Family BS panel

Clever Lending has been selected by the Family Building Society as a packager for...

SimplyBiz Group reveals Advice Show line up

SimplyBiz Group is to host a mortgage, general insurance and protection focussed online broadcast of...

Coventry for Intermediaries makes buy-to-let fixed rate cuts

Coventry for Intermediaries has cut rates across its two, three and five-year fixed buy-to-let...

How to avoid getting tangled up in knots

I was interested to read that the Loughborough Building Society has decided to do...

HMOs providing highest average rental yields

Landlords running portfolios comprising houses in multiple occupation (HMO) and multi-unit freehold blocks (MUFB)...

FCA calls for more help for ‘mortgage prisoners’

In its newly published interim report into the mortgage market, the Financial Conduct Authority...

Thistle Finance partners with currency firm

Packager Thistle Finance has partnered with global currency firm Mercury FX to offer UK...

Castle Trust appoints managing director for mortgages

Barry Searle, Castle Trust’s chief operating officer (COO), is to become its new managing director...

Completions up 20% at PMS and Sesame

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network have reported that combined mortgage completions increased by...

COMMENT

Are we actually set up to support first-time buyers?

After a summer spent thinking it over, this time of year is often the point where first time buyers decide whether they're going to...

Leasehold reform has a September window – will Burnham use it?

At the time of writing, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill still has no published First Reading date.  But is it imminent? Andy Burnham entered...

Advisers need an answer for evolving landlords

It’s a tough time to be a landlord. The succession of changes to tax and regulation made in recent years - with the Renters’...

AI doesn’t remove bias. It gives us the chance to manage it

One of the great promises of artificial intelligence has always been objectivity. Machines, unlike people, do not have bad days. They do not favour...

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

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Iress UK lifts underlying earnings as costs fall

Iress UK increased underlying adjusted earnings by 43% in the first half of 2026...

Modern auction house sales rise by 14.5%

House purchases through modern method auctions increased by 14.5% year on year as buyers...

The West Brom widens mortgage access for foreign nationals

West Brom Building Society has launched a mortgage range for foreign nationals living and...

Wealthy borrowers favour liquidity as specialist lending grows

High-net-worth borrowers are increasingly using finance to preserve liquidity and manage their wider wealth...

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