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FCA unveils execution-only and mortgage advice proposals

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published proposals for changes to its mortgage...

OakNorth enters UK mortgage market

OakNorth is entering the retail mortgage market with lifetime tracker rate products, aimed at...

Rebrand for the Mansfield

The Mansfield Building Society has launched a new brand which will cover all channels...

The Nottingham starts offering cashback mortgages

The Nottingham for Intermediaries has launched cashback mortgages. It has introduced a new range...

FSE Manchester 2019 seminar programme revealed

Front Events has published the full seminar programme for the Financial Services Expo (FSE) Manchester,...

Clever Lending boosts field-based team

Clever Lending has appointed two additional field-based sales managers. Stacey Woods and Tanya Legge have...

Sainsbury’s Bank announces widespread rate changes

Sainsbury’s Bank has made a number fo changes to its residential & buy-to-let product...

The West Brom ups 95% LTV maximum loan size

The West Bromwich Building Society has increased the maximum loan size it will offer...

Sandbanks remains seaside town hotspot

Halifax has revealed that Sandbanks in Poole is Britain’s most expensive seaside town for...

Legal & General Mortgage Club updates SmartrCriteria

Legal & General Mortgage Club has made changes to SmartrCriteria, its digital criteria search...

Precise allows top slicing across complete buy-to-let range

Precise Mortgages has extended its top slicing feature available across its entire buy-to-let range. The...

Aspen helps client to Finish & Exit

Aspen Bridging’s Finish & Exit product has helped a client who had previously been...

SimplyBiz Group appoints managing director for professional connections arm

The SimplyBiz Group has announced the appointment of Dave Seager to the newly created...

DPS unveils deposit cap calculator

Letting agents and landlords who use The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) can now...

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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