Mortgages

Market Harborough cuts fixed rates and adds pre-completion switch option

Market Harborough Building Society has cut fixed mortgage rates by up to 36bps and...

Together appoints corporate sales director for Teesside and North Yorkshire

Together has appointed Kristi Capaldi as corporate sales director for Teesside and North Yorkshire,...

Mortgage Brain sets out AI governance framework amid data security concerns

Mortgage Brain has launched an AI charter aimed at addressing growing concerns over data...

Click2Check adds ID verification to adviser compliance platform

Click2Check has added an identity verification service to its digital compliance platform, aimed at...

Atom points to growing near-prime hurdle for first-time buyers

First-time buyers with thin credit files or minor historic credit issues are becoming a...

The Marsden appoints chief customer officer

Marsden Building Society has appointed Julia Brook as chief customer officer. Brook (pictured) will be...

Darlington posts record lending as mortgage growth lifts assets above £1bn

Darlington Building Society reported record gross mortgage lending of £234m in 2025, as the...

Twenty7tec hires Nick Wakeham to lead data sales push

Twenty7tec has appointed Nick Wakeham as head of data sales as it looks to...

SAMPAN to hold second mortgage industry event in Solihull

The South Asian Mortgage Professionals & Allies Network will hold its second industry event...

Remortgage demand jumps in first quarter as pandemic-era fixes mature

Remortgaging drove a sharp rise in mortgage activity in the first three months of...

Earl Shilton turns to OMS for mortgage origination platform

Earl Shilton Building Society is to adopt One Mortgage System’s Originations platform as the...

West One cuts mortgage rates and revamps shared ownership range

West One has cut rates across its residential and buy-to-let ranges, while also making...

Masthaven rolls out broker platform for specialist mortgage cases

Masthaven Finance has launched a new mortgage origination platform for brokers in the specialist...

Rates rise but mortgage market holds firm

The mortgage market is showing resilience despite a sharp rise in borrowing costs with...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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