Mortgages

Landlords target affordable investments

The first quarter of the year saw landlords opting for smaller mortgages and cheaper properties,...

Magellan partners with Connect for Intermediaries

Magellan Homeloans is to distribute its range of mortgage products via the specialist mortgage...

Equity Release Club partners with Shawbrook

Equity Release Club and AIR Sourcing have announced a new relationship with Shawbrook Bank. The Equity...

Accord moves into consumer buy-to-let market

Accord Buy To Let will now accept buy-to-let mortgage applications from borrowers classed as...

Key appoints specialist lending director

Key Retirement has appointed Mark Blanchfield as its director of specialist lending. He will be...

Sainsbury’s Bank unveils mortgage offering

Sainsbury’s Bank is launching residential home purchase mortgages and remortgages for first time buyers,...

Skipton sells £220m mortgage portfolio

Skipton Building Society subsidiaries, Amber Homeloans Limited and North Yorkshire Mortgages Limited, have agreed...

New buy-to-let range from the Monmouthshire

The Monmouthshire Building Society has launched a new range of two-year buy-to-let house purchase...

Equity release “to help fill buy-to-let vacuum”

The Society of Mortgage Professionals has warned that, after doubling in volume from £20.1bn...

Improvement in landlord understanding of tax relief changes

Paragon Mortgages has reported an increased understanding of the implications of the government’s changes to...

New lower fee options from Accord

Accord Mortgages has introduced a range of £495 fee mortgages for borrowers with lower loan sizes...

New 90% deals from Metro Bank

Metro Bank has introduced a new 90% LTV range, available to first-time buyers, movers and remortgage...

Newcastle Intermediaries improves BTL overpayment policy

Newcastle Intermediaries has increased the level of overpayments allowed without penalty across its whole buy-to-let...

TBMC unveils new buy-to-let exclusives

TBMC has launched two new exclusive buy-to-let fixed rates with Mortgage Trust. There is...

COMMENT

The self-employed boom and why traditional life cover won’t cut it

There’s a shift happening in how people work and how they buy homes - especially for the self-employed and gig economy worker. Flexibility, autonomy and...

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...

Latest news

Furness expands 95% lending to complex borrowers

Furness Building Society has launched the first phase of a mortgage transformation programme, widening...

The self-employed boom and why traditional life cover won’t cut it

There’s a shift happening in how people work and how they buy homes -...

LMS deepens partnership with Gen H to support Scottish lending expansion

LMS has extended its relationship with Gen H as the lender moves into the...

Mortgage arrears and possessions fell again in Q4

Mortgage arrears and possessions both declined in the final three months of 2025, with...

PROFILES