Mortgages

OneDome acquires mortgage broker

OneDome has announced its acquisition of Albany Park, a specialist UK mortgage advisory firm. The...

Afin Bank appoints chief people & operating officer

Afin Bank has appointed Nicola Tunney as its chief people & operating officer. Tunney, who...

PRS full of properties with poor EPC ratings

67% of landlords own own at least one property that does not meet the...

LiveMore lowers minimum equity on over-50s’ mortgages

LiveMore has lowered the amount of equity required for its standard interest-only mortgages by...

Dudley BS launches lower rate two-year discount residential mortgages

Dudley Building Society has introduced three two-year discount mortgage products for residential borrowers. The products...

MPowered Mortgages takes 75bps off its SVR

MPowered Mortgages has reduced its SVR by 75 basis points (bps) from 7.49% to...

Mansfield BS cuts Versatility rates

Mansfield Building Society has added new Versatility products to its offering. It is launching two...

Hinckley & Rugby selects OBV to transform application process

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has adopted OpenBanking Vision (OBV) to streamline the mortgage...

SMEs expect difficulties in securing a mortgage

72% of business owners believe self-employment makes it harder to get a mortgage according...

MPC cuts Bank Rate to 4.75%

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has reduced the Bank Rate by...

Housing costs hit 13-month high

October saw growth in rent and mortgage spending increase to 6.4%, its highest rate...

OMS extends Sourcing Brain deal

OMS has agreed a further three-year contract extension with Sourcing Brain, Mortgage Brain’s online...

Bluestone Mortgages introduces residential affordability calculator

Bluestone Mortgages has become the latest lender to offer an online residential affordability calculator. It...

Industry legend retires after 10 years at the helm of successful specialist lender

Serial entrepreneur and industry legend Trevor Pothecary is hanging up his spurs after 10...

COMMENT

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...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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