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Hope Capital unveils apprenticeship programme

Bridging lender Hope Capital has launched an apprenticeship scheme and taken on two new...

The Yorkshire to expand digital staff numbers

The Yorkshire Building Society is to recruit 35 new technology specialists as part of...

Enterprise Finance adds Roma Finance to panel

Enterprise Finance has added bridging, development and buy-to-let lender Roma Finance to its panel. ...

Kensington’s Hero range now starts at 3.84%

Kensington Mortgages has made a series of rate cuts and relaunches across its residential...

Keystone unveils ‘Autumn Specials’

Keystone Property Finance has launch its new Autumn Special products, available across both its...

MBT introduces mortgage affordability index

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has launched a mortgage Affordability Index, to provide brokers and...

United Trust Bank launches interest-only range

United Trust Bank (UTB) has launched interest-only residential mortgage products as the final part of...

Lloyds stopped from bundling accounts with Bounce Back loans

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has stopped Lloyds Banking Group forcing small business customers...

New associate for ABI

IntelliTeq has become the ABI’s latest Associate Member. Formed in 2019 to simplify complex financial...

SPF Private Clients appoints banker to real estate role

Derek Simpson has joined SPF Private Clients' real estate debt advisory team. Simpson (pictured) previously headed up...

Paradigm unveils annual training testing facility

Paradigm has launched a new annual testing function as part of its CPD Academy. The...

Bluestone outlines exclusion worries around open finance

Bluestone Mortgages has warned that the needs of non-standard customers could end up being...

Tuscan Capital increases maximum LTVs

Tuscan Capital has introduced a new range of bridging products which restore maximum LTVs...

Castle Trust Bank introduces new buy-to-lets with ‘instant’ terms

Castle Trust Bank has launched a new range of buy-to-let products available up to...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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Equity release lending rises 4% as new customer numbers recover

Equity release lending rose to £597m in the second quarter of 2026 as new...

October Budget puts mortgage market on alert

Chancellor John Healey will deliver the first Budget of Andy Burnham’s premiership on Wednesday...

Leeds lending falls amid technology investment

Leeds Building Society completed £2bn of gross mortgage lending during the first half of...

Foundation revives buy-to-let products and cuts holiday let rates

Foundation Home Loans has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range, bringing back several products, adding...

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