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Second charge mortgage new business volumes reach highest level since 2008

New figures from the Finance & Leasing Association show the second charge mortgage market...

Skipton scraps 16 mortgage fees in simplification drive

Skipton Building Society has removed 16 mortgage administration fees in a move designed to...

Major lenders start lifting fixed mortgage rates

HSBC and Coventry Building Society have become the first major lenders to announce increases...

Foxtons financial services revenue climbs 10%

Foxtons increased revenue from its financial services division by 10% in 2025, supported by...

The Ecology adopts OMS and Monument Technology systems 

Ecology Building Society has implemented a new mortgage origination platform through a partnership with...

British Friendly cuts claims decision time to eight days

British Friendly paid more than £4.9m in claims during 2025 while reducing the average...

West One launches broker criteria search tool

Specialist lender West One has introduced a new criteria search tool on its website...

UTB cuts second charge mortgage rates by up to 55bps

United Trust Bank (UTB) has reduced rates across a selection of its second charge...

Pure Retirement founder to become chair as leadership transition begins

Pure Retirement chief executive Paul Carter is preparing to step into the role of...

Right Mortgage & Protection Network marks International Women’s Day

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network is marking International Women’s Day 2026 by highlighting...

Guardian income protection added to UnderwriteMe adviser platform

Guardian’s income protection product is now available through UnderwriteMe’s Protection Platform, giving advisers access...

The Buckinghamshire raises expat BTL LTV limit and launches new fixes

Buckinghamshire Building Society has increased the maximum loan-to-value on its expat buy-to-let mortgages to...

Right Choice Mortgages joins Stonebridge after strategic review

Right Choice Mortgages has joined mortgage and protection network Stonebridge after a strategic review,...

Nivo opens AI assistant to brokers and lenders after early adopter phase

Nivo has opened access to Nivo AI, its purpose-built agentic assistant for specialist lending,...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Latest news

Countrywide Surveying adds 35 newly qualified surveyors in 2026

Countrywide Surveying Services has added 35 newly qualified surveyors to its workforce so far...

Government plans 2.5% deposit scheme for first-time buyers

First-time buyers in England could purchase a new-build home with a deposit of just...

Parents using adult children’s rent to build first-time buyer deposits

More than half of parents charging adult children rent are returning at least some...

ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

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