News

Newcastle Intermediaries cut large loan rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has cut rates across its five year fixed large loan products, reducing...

PMS and Sesame launch Later Life Lending Hub

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network are helping advisers in the Retirement Interest Only...

Brightstar Financial to hold Women in Finance Workshop

Brightstar Financial is marking International Women’s Day with a Women in Finance Workshop to...

The Northview Group surpasses £8bn in securitisation

The Northview Group (NVG) has priced the latest securitisation transaction from its Finsbury Square...

Research highlights growing importance of specialist lending market

34% of mortgage brokers have referred more than a quarter of their client base...

L&G unveils new lifetime mortgage LTVs

Legal & General Home Finance has made a series of changes to its Flexible...

Pepper Money partners with MCI Mortgage Club

Pepper Money’s full range of specialist residential and buy-to-let mortgages are now available to...

Surprise 5.9% monthly rise in house prices

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to February were 2.8%...

H&R offers £1k cashback on two new 95% mortgages

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has unveiled two new fee-free cashback mortgages at...

New player aims to shake up protection distribution market

Auxilium Partnership has announced its intention to "shake up" the protection distribution market for...

Rise in debt criteria search popularity

Searches on Knowledge Bank regarding people with debt issues were four of the five...

Julian Harris Adviser Networks partner with TSB

TSB's intermediary mortgage products are now available to the Julian Harris Adviser Networks. Helen...

Criteria Hub acquired by Mortgage Brain

Mortgage Brain has completed the acquisition of criteria based sourcing solution, Criteria Hub. Criteria Hub...

The Dudley appoints NED

The Dudley Building Society has appointed financial services and machine learning specialist Tariq Khatri...

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

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...

Uinsure secures exclusive Lloyds Bank General Insurance panel deal for advisers

Uinsure has added Lloyds Bank General Insurance to its home insurance panel in an...

Clydesdale cuts selected residential product transfer rates

Clydesdale Bank is reducing a range of residential product transfer fixed mortgage rates from...

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