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Pepper Advantage unveils PRISM mortgage and credit servicing platform

Pepper Advantage has formally launched PRISM, its new end-to-end credit management system that brings...

Gen H reduces high LTV rates to bolster first-time buyer activity

Gen H has introduced a series of rate changes across its mortgage range, with...

Investec trims rates as high-net-worth borrowers regain confidence

Investec Bank has cut pricing on fixed and tracker products for both residential and...

Mortgage lending rises sharply but affordability pressures persist

The Bank of England’s 2025 Q3 Mortgage Lenders and Administrators Return shows a notable...

Perenna adds five-year fix as lender widens long-term offer

Perenna has expanded its product suite again with the launch of a five-year fixed...

Quantum Mortgages cuts rates and expands larger loans criteria

Quantum Mortgages has introduced a series of rate reductions and criteria enhancements across its...

MSP Capital joins NACFB as new Patron

MSP Capital has joined the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers as a Patron. The...

Market Financial Solutions intensifies training push across specialist lending sector

Market Financial Solutions has underlined its commitment to raising educational standards across the specialist...

The Cumberland joins L&G’s Ignite platform to widen broker access

L&G’s Ignite platform has added Cumberland Building Society as a lender partner, expanding broker...

The Exeter adds Real Life to iPipeline’s Advanced Underwriting platform

The Exeter has added its Real Life product to iPipeline’s newly launched Advanced Underwriting...

Metro Bank halves minimum buy-to-let loan size to widen access

Metro Bank has cut its minimum buy-to-let loan size from £100,000 to £50,000 as...

Paragon finances 95-home later-living scheme at Beaconsfield

Paragon Bank has agreed a £30 million facility to support Beechcroft’s delivery of 95...

Access FS names members of new Equality Council

Access Financial Services, where nine in every 10 advisers come from minority backgrounds, has...

Bridging sector enters 2026 with rising confidence, research suggests

Four in every five intermediaries expect their confidence in the bridging market to increase...

COMMENT

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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AR market consolidates as revenues rise despite fewer principal firms

The UK's appointed representative market is becoming more concentrated, with fewer principal firms overseeing...

Hodge broadens property lending criteria across residential ranges

Hodge Bank has expanded its property lending criteria, widening access to mortgage finance for...

GCC searches for UK homes rise 16%

Searches for UK residential property from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) investors increased by 16%...

Mortgage market still failing to understand freelancers

The mortgage market has yet to fully adapt to the growth of freelance and...

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