Mortgages

Twenty7tec adds two to marketing team

Twenty7tec has appointed Ellisha Jade and Sam Cane to its marketing team as it...

Stamp Duty receipts from homebuyers rise to £995m in February

Homebuyers paid £995m in Stamp Duty Land Tax in February, up from £899m in...

Targeted Support may encourage more savers to seek financial advice

Nearly half of independent financial advisers believe the Financial Conduct Authority’s new Targeted Support...

Mortgage arm helps drive LSL to higher profits and record margin

LSL Property Services said growth in its mortgage business helped lift underlying operating profit...

INDUSTRY REACTION: MPC holds Bank Rate at 3.75%

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to keep the Bank...

Afin Bank joins The Right Mortgage & Protection Network panel

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has added specialist lender Afin Bank to its...

Spike in conveyancing instructions driven by pre-product withdrawal scramble

Conveybuddy has reported a sharp rise in conveyancing instructions as brokers moved quickly to...

Foundation promotes internally and welcomes back former staff member

Foundation has strengthened its intermediary sales team with an internal promotion and a returning...

Just Mortgages joins Sovereign Network Group panel for Shared Ownership buyers

Just Mortgages New Build and Shared Ownership has been appointed to Sovereign Network Group’s...

Melton trims credit repair mortgage rates by up to 0.30%

Melton Building Society has reduced rates across its fixed-rate Credit Repair range for borrowers...

Clydesdale Bank withdraws selected residential fixed rate products

Clydesdale Bank is withdrawing a limited number of residential fixed rate mortgage products. The lender...

Profile: Andrew Lloyd, CEO of Fignum

Andrew Lloyd is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Fignum. He was appointed to...

BMPAN urges firms to strengthen routes into FS industry for young talent

The Black Mortgage Professionals and Allies Network has called on financial services employers, training...

MAB reports record £32bn of mortgages last year

Mortgage Advice Bureau said it arranged £32bn of mortgages in 2025, a record for...

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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