Mortgages

Commercial specialist joins Largemortgageloans.com

Largemortgageloans.com has made a new appointment to its senior management team. Charles Ayton joins as...

Landlord confidence takes a hit

41% of landlords have reported seeing an increase in tenant demand over the last...

CML: 9% month-on-month rise in homemover loans

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that first-time buyers borrowed £4.6bn for...

Hampton Mortgage Servicing selects Phoebus Software

Hampton Mortgage Servicing (HMS) has agreed a three year contract with Phoebus Software Ltd...

Two new regional sales directors for First Complete

First Complete has appointed two new members of staff to its team of regional sales directors....

New Paragon offering for professional landlords

Paragon Mortgages has introduced a new range of fixed rate and tracker products with...

Skipton unveils intermediary web chat pilot

Skipton Intermediaries has introduced a trial web chat service for its broker partners London...

Kensington prices £1.5bn securitisation

Kensington has priced the largest placement of sterling asset backed securities (ABS) this year...

New head for the Society of Mortgage Professionals

Lee Travis, who was appointed as the new head of professional development at the...

TFC secures full home finance permissions

Specialist distributor TFC Homeloans has been granted home finance permissions by the Financial Conduct...

The Leeds’ reveals its adviser of the year

The Leeds Building Society has announced that Newcastle mortgage adviser Joanne Butler is its...

Gary Little joins TMA

Gary Little is to join TMA, the mortgage club of LSL financial services, at...

MAB takes 23% stake in Sort Refer parent

Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) plc has made an equity investment of 23% in Sort...

Rise in house purchase lending

The Autumn Statement accompanied a house purchase lending jump this November, but first-time buyers...

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...

Latest news

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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