Mortgages

New BTL intermediary exclusives from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has made changes to its buy-to-let mortgage range, introducing new intermediary exclusives...

John Charcol moves into seconds with acquisition

John Charcol has acquired Southampton-based Simply Finance Group. The deal adds a new secured...

CML: house purchase lending up year-on-year in November

The Council of Mortgage Lenders has reported that home-owner house purchase lending totalled £10.7bn...

Two new mortgage hires at the Ipswich

The Ipswich Building Society has appointed Jodie Claxton to the role of Mortgage Manager...

20% have no idea how they’d cope with rate rise

TSB has found that 72% of homeowners are likely to see their mortgage payments...

Kensington to relocate to Maidenhead

Specialist lender Kensington has relocated its head office from Reading to Maidenhead. Acting as a...

New rates from TSB

TSB has changes the residential mortgage rates on six of its short and medium...

IRESS adds new XPLAN Mortgage module

IRES has announced the release of the Advice Module, the latest addition to its...

The Mansfield launches ‘future values’ mortgage

The Mansfield Building Society has launched a specialist residential product to allow loans to...

London and Country continues partnership with Winston’s Wish

Childhood bereavement charity Winston’s Wish has renewing its partnership for another year with mortgage...

Just Mortgages announces network switch

Just Mortgages, the financial advisory business of Spicerhaart, the UK’s largest independent estate agency...

Paradigm reveals lender and provider award winners

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced the second yearly winners and runners-up from its Lender and Provider...

BTL purchases to outstrip remortgages this quarter?

The latest Complex Buy-to-Let Index from Mortgages for Business has found that last year...

First Complete goes back out on the road

First Complete begins its series of countrywide roadshows today, with the aim to encourage brokers...

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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Savings gap widens as protection message fails to land

A growing number of UK households are dangerously exposed to income shocks despite advisers...

The Suffolk cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 26bps

Suffolk Building Society has reduced a range of 80% LTV buy-to-let fixed rates by...

Foundation trims specialist buy-to-let rates and broadens product range

Foundation has reduced pricing across much of its specialist buy-to-let range and introduced a...

Paradigm launches mortgage rule review hub for intermediaries

Paradigm has launched a new website page and accompanying video aimed at bringing together...

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