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58% changed spending habits to help buy their first home

Research from MoneySuperMarket has revealed that 58% of British homeowners made tactical changes to their spending...

Foundation Home Loans offers new limited company BTL deal

Foundation Home Loan has introduced a new five-year fixed rate product solely for buy-to-let...

March saw year-on-year decrease in first-time buyers

UK Finance's Mortgage Trends Update for March 2019  has revealed that there were 28,800...

Just Mortgages to supply Key with equity release leads

Just Mortgages has partnered with leading equity release referral service Key Partnerships for both...

Robo-advice is brokers’ greatest technological fear

New broker research has found that brokers see fintech such as AI/robo-advice as the...

Glenhawk appoints portfolio manager

Glenhawk has announced the appointment of Sophie Watson as portfolio manager. She joins the specialist...

Together reports “solid performance” for last quarter

Together has reported that profit before tax for the first quarter of 2019 was...

PMS unveils financial crime prevention hub for advisers

PMS Mortgage Club is seeking to help directly authorised firms to protect their businesses...

Paymentshield appoints pair of regional sales managers

Paymentshield has recruited two new regional sales managers to its sales team. The general insurance (GI)...

Brokers unlikely to be usurped by technology: Sinclair

True robo mortgage advice is “not coming in my lifetime”, according to AMI’s Robert...

AMI’s Sinclair slams latest consultation paper from FCA

The recent FCA Consultation Paper CP19/17, ‘Consultation on mortgage advice and selling standards’ has...

Mortgage adviser directory ‘still a year away’

AMI’s chief executive, Robert Sinclair, has warned that the directory of mortgage advisers –...

NatWest to cut core and semi-exclusive rates

NatWest is cutting rates on selected core and semi-exclusive residential products tomorrow (16 May). These...

Gatehouse Bank creates intermediary national key account manager role

Gatehouse Bank has promoted Sim Gill to the newly-created role of intermediary national key...

COMMENT

A steadier second half of 2026 in sight?

The first half of 2026 has been a reminder that the mortgage market does not operate in isolation. While domestic economic conditions have remained...

How brokers can secure better client outcomes in a volatile market

Experience has always counted in the mortgage market. Brokers who worked through the financial crisis, the Covid pandemic, the Liz Truss mini-Budget and cost-of-living...

Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Latest news

Second charge mortgage lending volumes dip for first time in more than a year

New business volumes in the second charge mortgage market fell by 1% in May,...

Building Societies Association signs Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter

The Building Societies Association has become the latest organisation to sign the Mortgage Industry...

Sprive urges first-time buyers to plan ahead as Leeds launches 2% deposit mortgage

Sprive has welcomed Leeds Building Society's new 98% loan-to-value mortgage but says borrowers should...

Leeds launches 98% LTV mortgage aimed at widening access for first-time buyers

Leeds Building Society has introduced a new 98% loan-to-value mortgage designed to help more...

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