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The Mortgage Lender appointed to MCI Mortgage Club panel

MCI Mortgage Club has appointed The Mortgage Lender to its lender panel. The club has...

New short-term deals from Paragon

Paragon is expanding its specialist buy-to-let mortgage range with new short term finance products...

Paymentshield improves MI Dashboard

Paymentshield has introduced new features to Adviser Hub that helps advisers manage their general...

Fleet Mortgages adds 80% LTV options to offering

Fleet Mortgage has added 80% LTV products across the three core areas of its product...

Barclays unveils zero fee new build deals

Barclays is making changes across its residential, buy-to-let and Reward ranges. New products will launch...

Keystone joins Mortgage Compliance & Insurance Club panel

Specialist buy-to-let lender Keystone Property Finance has joined the mortgage panel of Mortgage Compliance...

Castle Trust partners with Platinum Options

Castle Trust has embarked upon a partnership with commercial specialist, Platinum Options, with an...

Brightstar launches Mental Health Awareness Week activities

Brightstar Financial is supporting Mental Health Awareness Week with a range of activities that...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts joint mortgage sole proprietor rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced rates on its joint mortgage sole proprietor range by up...

The Moving Hub launches conveyancing offering into intermediary sector

The Moving Hub has today launched its conveyancing proposition into the mortgage intermediary sector with...

Look north of London for rental growth, landlords told

Landbay has found that the average rent for a property in the UK grew...

NatWest completes fully paperless mortgage process

NatWest has revealed that over 100,000 of its customers have benefitted from its paperless...

Platform’s BTL changes include housing benefit restriction removal

Platform has cut select interest rates in its buy-to-let mortgage products with some options...

31% rise in second charge volumes

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reputed that second charge mortgage volumes increased...

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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