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What the agents say: 2026 housing market predictions

Next year should be a year of steady progress for the housing market. After...

Budget uncertainty deepened November slowdown in housing market

The latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey shows that the Autumn Budget did little...

West One strengthens mortgage division with trio of senior hires

West One Loans has expanded its mortgage division with three appointments as the lender...

Suros Capital lends £105,000 against luxury watches to support Spanish development

Suros Capital has provided a £105,000 loan to a property developer after agreeing secured...

Homebuyers continue to rely on brokers despite rise of digital tools

Santander has reported that mortgage brokers remain central to the homebuying process, with new...

Optimum Finance backs expansion of Materials Testing Group

Materials Testing Group, a UK firm specialising in the analysis of structural materials, has...

Conveybuddy unveils new account manager

Conveybuddy has appointed Emily Bradbury as account manager, a move that adds further capacity...

The Cambridge raises stress limits to widen borrowing capacity

The Cambridge Building Society has moved to strengthen support for residential borrowers by increasing...

Octopus Legacy and Shepherds Friendly launch simplified life cover to close protection gap

Octopus Legacy, the estate planning provider, has joined with mutual society Shepherds Friendly to...

AI adoption set to define mortgage market trajectory in 2026

The mortgage sector is expected to prioritise technology-driven efficiency and service improvements as lenders...

Aspen completes £2.55m bridge-to-let in three days

Aspen has completed a £2.55 million bridge-to-let facility on a semi-commercial Bristol development after...

The Yorkshire integrates Cotality platform to support faster, data-driven lending

Yorkshire Building Society has adopted Cotality’s Lender Hub platform, incorporating automated valuation model technology...

Paragon widens streamlined process to HMOs and multi-unit blocks

Paragon Bank has expanded its streamlined buy-to-let mortgage application process to cover houses in...

ColCap UK passes major buy-to-let milestone as lending platform expands

ColCap Financial UK, the parent company of specialist lender Molo, has passed £1 billion...
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Artificial Intelligence

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

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,...

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