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First five-year BTL fix for The Mortgage Lender

The Mortgage Lender has introduced its first buy to let five-year fixed rate product. It...

Legal & General Mortgage Club offers The Mortgage Lender buy-to-let exclusive

Legal & General Mortgage Club has unveiled a buy-to-let exclusive deal with The Mortgage...

Scottish Widows Protect joins PRIMUS protection panel

PRIMIS has added Scottish Widows to its protection panel. The move provides members of...

Martin Gilsenan joins Iron Bridge Finance board

Iron Bridge Finance has announced the immediate appointment of Martin Gilsenan to its main...

Together appoints head of corporate relationships

Andrew Charnley has been appointed by Together to the newly created role of head...

“Predatory” mortgage support boss banned and fined

The boss of three Birmingham based mortgage support companies has been banned for taking...

Rise in second charges “driven by economic uncertainty”

Clever Lending has claimed an increase in the second charge loan market suggests economic...

Roma Finance employs Open Banking to speed up application process

Roma Finance has completed the pilot phase of offering an Open Banking solution to...

Sirius Property Finance moves into larger office space

Bespoke brokerage and specialist debt advisory service Sirius Property Finance has moved to larger...

TFC Homeloans’ 1APP passes £3bn enquiry mark

TFC Homeloans has reported that its DIP and application system, 1APP, has surpassed £3...

Pepper Money appoints head of sales for the north

Pepper Money has appointed Ryan Brailsford to the new position of head of sales...

Promotions at Vida Homeloans

Vida Homeloans has made changes to its senior management team to support its growth...

New BDM for the Marsden Building Society

The Marsden Building Society has appointed a new business development manager. Katie Broome has worked...

Foundation Home Loans hires new national sales manager

Mark Whitear has joined Foundation Home Loans as its national sales manager.  Whitear joins following...

COMMENT

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...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

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LendInvest posts record £1.44bn lending year

LendInvest recorded its strongest ever year for lending in the 12 months to 31...

Fleet Mortgages broadens buy-to-let criteria for foreign nationals and limited companies

Fleet Mortgages has widened its lending criteria for buy-to-let borrowers, introducing greater flexibility for...

Six-times salary lending quadruples as lenders loosen affordability

The number of mortgage lenders willing to offer loans worth six times a borrower's...

Buy-to-let lending remains ahead of last year despite slower start to year

Buy-to-let lending increased in the first quarter of 2026 compared with a year earlier,...

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