News

Skipton International extends UK buy-to-let mortgages to foreign nationals

Skipton International is extending its UK buy- to-let mortgage proposition to include applications from...

Residential and Reward rate cuts from Barclays

Barclays is making a number of rate reductions across its Residential and Reward products. These...

The Hanley Economic launches 1.84% no fee two-year BTL fix

The Hanley Economic Building Society has launched a no fee two-year fixed rate buy-to-let...

Paragon expands asset finance team

Paragon has made a number of new appointments in its asset finance business. Jan Greenhalgh...

Smartr365 launches application workflow tool

Smartr365 has launched a new MortgageKanban feature. MortgageKanban is a scheduling and workflow management...

The Nottingham unveils RIO mortgages

The Nottingham Building Society has added three Retirement Interest Only (RIO) mortgages to its...

Rob Lankey to join Shawbrook

Rob Lankey has been appointed by Shawbrook Bank to the position of director of...

Kensington cuts residential rates by up to 25bps

Kensington Mortgages has introduced new rates across its residential mortgage range. The specialist lender has...

Paradigm Protect partners with MetLife

Paradigm Protect has embarked upon a new relationship with MetLife. From today, a selected number...

Octopus Property replaces five bridging products with one rate

Octopus Property has launched a new unregulated bridging product to replace all existing unregulated...

Equifinance appoints regional sales manager

Equifinance has appointed Laura Thomas as regional sales manager for the north. Thomas (pictured) will initially...

Record amount of financial fraud prevented

New figures released today show an estimated £94.5m of fraud was prevented in 2018...

Fluent Money offers sub 3% second charges with Optimum Credit

Fluent Money is the first broker distributor to have a decision in principle (DIP) result...

Impact Specialist Finance grows commercial finance team

Impact Specialist Finance has appointed ex-senior HSBC corporate relationship director Clive Smith as a...

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

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...

Foundation shows how revised Property Plus criteria unlock Scottish buy-to-let purchase

Foundation has highlighted how enhancements to its Property Plus proposition helped a broker secure...

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