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Mortgage Brain sees 18% rise in weekly ESIS volumes

Mortgage Brain has reported that the volume of ESIS produced by its sourcing systems...

New 70% and 75% deals from Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has launched new 70% and 75% LTV products across its three core product...

Pepper introduces ‘light’ adverse credit offering

Pepper Money has launched a Pepper Light mortgage range and has also made changes...

Paragon cuts ‘amateur’ buy-to-let exposure

Paragon has reported writing £694.6 million of specialist buy-to-let business during the six months...

Skipton reintroduces 85% LTV products

The Skipton Building Society is reintroducing lending at 85% LTV for its standard residential,...

Foundation: BTL borrowers less likely to have taken payment holiday

Foundation Home Loans has analysed its own lending book, comprised of 30,000 borrowers, and found...

UTB completes £11m structured finance deal

United Trust Bank (UTB) has completed a £10.9m investment term loan for an existing...

Avamore Capital selects VAS Panel to expand panel management

Avamore Capital has appointed VAS Panel to run alongside its own in-house panel management...

Cirencester Friendly achieves Investors in People accreditation

Cirencester Friendly has been awarded the Silver accreditation from Investors in People. The Society took...

Paradigm unveils summer mortgage webinar programme

Paradigm Mortgage Services has launched a new series of mortgage webinars which will be...

Hodge reverts to 70% LTV later life lending

Hodge is making some "positive" changes to its lending criteria and is resuming lending...

LV= resumes face-to-face medical screenings

LV= is to reintroduce face-to-face medical examinations in partnership with Square Health following the...

Virgin Money becomes latest lender to withdraw 90% LTV products

Virgin Money is temporarily withdrawing its 90% LTV purchase, remortgage and new build products. It said...

Hope Capital relaunches Hope FleXi loan

Bridging lender Hope Capital has relaunched its flexible bridging loan, the Hope FleXi. Now part of the...

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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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StrideUp raises property finance limit and expands HMO criteria

StrideUp has increased the maximum financing available through its buy-to-let purchase plan to £2.5...

OneDome shortlisted for three business awards

OneDome has been named a finalist in three categories at the Lloyds British Business...

Latest network figures reveal market in motion

Mortgage networks continued to experience significant movement during the second quarter of 2026 as...

Fintel earnings rise as mortgage distribution platform launches

Fintel has reported an 11.2% rise in organic adjusted EBITDA to £11.8m for the...

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