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Equity release largely absent from retirement planning

Equity release is still largely missing from retirement planning conversations, research from Canada Life...

Paradigm revamps Mortgage Broker Tools partnership for member firms

Paradigm has relaunched its partnership with Mortgage Broker Tools, extending access to the affordability...

Market Harborough cuts fixed rates across residential and let ranges

Market Harborough Building Society has cut rates across its fixed-rate mortgage range, with reductions...

Precise extends mortgage terms to ease affordability pressures

Specialist residential lender Precise has cut rates across its residential range and introduced mortgage...

UTB expands residential offering with new super prime and specialist tiers

United Trust Bank has expanded its residential mortgage proposition with the launch of two...

Remortgage instructions rise as Budget uncertainty fades, conveybuddy data shows

Conveyancing distributor conveybuddy has released its Q4 2025 statistics, showing a shift in activity...

Finova teams up with Covecta to add agentic AI to lending platforms

Finova has struck a partnership with AI specialist Covecta aimed at embedding agentic artificial...

Tenant demand eases slightly but remains robust

Tenant demand in the private rented sector has softened over the past year, but...

Molo trims buy-to-let rates for UK resident landlords

Molo has reduced pricing across its UK resident buy-to-let mortgage range, cutting rates on...

Barclays targets mortgage growth as it pivots to retail banking

Barclays is stepping up its focus on the UK mortgage market as part of...

Gen Z driving homeownership demand as deposits shrink

Confidence in the UK housing market is improving with Gen Z buyers driving demand...

Brilliant Solutions makes sales director appointment

Brilliant Solutions has promoted Ivan Vizor to the role of sales director, following a...

TPFG expands intermediary footprint with Smart Advice deal

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has acquired an 85% stake in Smart Advice Financial...

Most homeowners rule out downsizing as a retirement strategy

Fewer than one in five people expect to move to a smaller home in...

COMMENT

Hobson’s Choice: Which root canal treatment would you prefer, Sir?

Now that Andy Pandy from ‘oop norf’ is de facto the Prime Minister elect and will shortly be choosing the colour scheme of No...

A week of progress and reassurance

The past week has brought further reassurance for borrowers. With the Bank of England holding the base rate as expected and inflation remaining steady...

ABS 2026 review: Economic factors stemming growth

As the Global ABS conference ended there was no doubt that it was a huge success, with official numbers being confirmed at 5,500 attendees,...

Government support is fundamental to market growth

We’ve seen another week of mainstream lenders reduce their rates with more reductions predicted this coming week. This shows more comfort and confidence around...

Bridging is a natural fit for a Shariah-compliant bridging provider

The UK bridging market is, in many ways, a natural fit for Shariah-compliant finance because both are fundamentally built around real assets, partnership structures...

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Fintel chair and TMG chief rescue Rotherham United Women

Rotherham United Women Football Club has been rescued from the brink of extinction after...

Just Mortgages hires new area director for self-employed division

Just Mortgages has appointed Claire Jopson as area director within its self-employed division, with...

Hobson’s Choice: Which root canal treatment would you prefer, Sir?

Now that Andy Pandy from ‘oop norf’ is de facto the Prime Minister elect...

HSBC cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a wide range of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

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