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Wealthy Advisers Club sets out agenda for January London conference

The Wealthy Advisers Club has confirmed plans for its London Conference, which will take...

Kensington cuts residential mortgage rates across high LTV lending

Kensington Mortgages has reduced rates across its residential range, cutting pricing by as much...

Charles Street named patron lender of NACFB

Specialist lender Charles Street has been appointed as an official patron lender of the...

L&C says its advice saved customers more than £60m in 2025

L&C Mortgages, the UK’s largest fee-free mortgage broker, has calculated that it saved customers...

New-build demand eases in final quarter as market softens

Analysis from Property Inspect suggests that fewer than one in five new-build properties were...

The Darlington lifts limited company buy-to-let LTV to 80%

Darlington Building Society has increased the maximum loan-to-value across its limited company buy-to-let range,...

Hope Capital Property Finance posts sharp rise in activity heading into new year

Hope Capital Property Finance has entered the new year reporting a marked uplift in...

Gen H cuts mortgage rates by up to 20bps across core range

Gen H has announced a series of mortgage rate cuts across the majority of...

HSBC UK trims buy-to-let stress rates in bid to ease landlord affordability

HSBC UK has reduced its buy-to-let affordability stress rates for domestic landlords, a move...

Mortgage borrowing edges higher as remortgaging activity picks up

Net mortgage lending rose in November, supported by a further increase in remortgaging approvals,...

Foundation Home Loans appoints Alan Davison as chief commercial officer

Foundation Home Loans has named Alan Davison as its new chief commercial officer, strengthening...

Paradigm outlines lender thinking for 2026 in special edition insight videos

Paradigm has released a new set of short videos examining how senior lenders expect...

LendInvest rolls out incentivised buy-to-let range

LendInvest Mortgages has begun 2026 by launching a new set of incentivised buy-to-let products...

Afin Bank announces high net worth and diaspora strategy lead

Afin Bank has promoted Tippie Malgwi to head of high net worth and diaspora...

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...

Buy-to-let: reality versus a much-peddled narrative

Every few months, it seems, another report emerges suggesting buy-to-let no longer stacks up as an investment proposition. The headlines are often dramatic, the...

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...

Latest news

Monmouthshire BS expands mortgage platform pilot ahead of wider broker launch

Monmouthshire Building Society has expanded the pilot of its new mortgage origination platform to...

Skipton BS cuts residential mortgage rates across fixed range

Skipton Building Society has reduced rates across its residential fixed-rate mortgage range and launched...

Yorkshire BS members save millions through commission-free insurance offer

Yorkshire Building Society says its commission-free insurance proposition has helped members save more than...

Confidence in household finances falls as more families fear impact of unexpected shocks

Nearly a third of UK adults are not confident their household could withstand an...

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