Mortgages

April Mortgages appoints COO

April Mortgages has appointed Mark Eaton as chief operating officer (COO). Eaton (pictured) has been...

“Slow but steady” improvement in personal financial resilience

LV='s latest Wealth and Wellbeing Research Programme has highlighted how the personal finances of...

MPowered Mortgages cuts fixed rate pricing

MPowered Mortgages has lowered its fixed rates in response to the Bank of England’s...

Iress and Acre extend partnership

Iress has extended its partnership with Acre, the mortgage and protection platform. Under the...

Melanie Spencer joins Target Group

Melanie Spencer has joined Target Group as growth and sales lead, to help drive...

Mansfield BS to lend on 10-storey flats

Mansfield Building Society has extended the range of property types on its owner-occupied residential...

£1bn paid out in Stamp Duty in May

Coventry Building Society has analysed the latest HMRC figures and established that homebuyers paid...

Delivering a specialist FTB focus

The somewhat unexpected early election call will inevitably impact the UK housing market to...

Q&A: Paul Stringer, Norton Group

BestAdvice fires the questions at Paul Stringer, CEO, Norton Group. BestAdvice (BA): Tell us a...

Virgin Money changes Fix and Switch rates

Virgin Money is making some changes to a series of mortgage products tonight (Thursday...

MHBS appoints head of strategic planning and customer proposition

Market Harborough Building Society (MHBS) has named Andy Taylor as its head of strategic...

Atom bank cuts Prime rates once again

Atom bank has lowered rates across its entire range of Prime mortgage products. Rates are...

Finova upgrades Apprivo platform

Finova has introduced two new upgrades to its origination platform, Apprivo. The new optional modules...

West One Loans hires new region account manager

West One Loans has appointed a new regional account manager for the North East,...

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Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be, as they say, and in an era of creeping inflation, job insecurity and the menacing spectre of...

Surveying industry undervalued in race to the bottom

After a 16-month break from the property industry I returned to find a landscape that had shifted more than I expected. The private B2C surveying...

Why the human relationship still defines real estate lending

AI is now a core driver of transformation in financial services and is reshaping the foundations of real estate lending. According to AllAboutAI.com over 85%...

Income protection: the unsung hero of the cost-of-living crisis

Higher mortgage rates, rising energy costs, and continued inflation have put pressure on many household budgets. Advisers spend time helping customers find the right rate,...

Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

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OSb Group begins search for new CEO as Andy Golding prepares to retire

OSB Group has begun the search for a new chief executive after Andy Golding...

Q3 bridging lending hits to £209m as Budget looms

Bridging finance activity increased in the third quarter of 2025, with total gross lending...

Black & White Bridging announces new appointment and internal promotions

Black & White Bridging has expanded its relationship team with the appointment of a...

Housing market stalls as Budget fears weigh on buyers and sellers

Britain’s housing market slowed sharply in October as jitters ahead of the Autumn Budget...

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