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New BDM for Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has appointed Paul Flude as its a new business development manager (BDM) covering the...

Second charge broker portal unveiled

A trio of second charge players have joined forces to launch a new broker portal, www.smartmoneysourcing.co.uk.  It aims to...

Platform ups loan to income ratio

Platform has increased the loan to income ratio for qualifying mortgage applicants.  The intermediary mortgage brand...

Rise in buy-to-let fixed rates

Mortgages for Business has reported that buy-to-let fixed rates rose in April across two,...

Non-exec director of Bibby Financial Services appointed

Global business funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has appointed Mike Fairey as non-executive director. In...

Milestone for Newcastle-based brokerage

Mortgage broker BH Mortgages is celebrating its first anniversary. Over the past 12 months the...

Reditum Capital joins ASTL

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has been joined by mezzanine and bridging...

The Monmouthshire raises money to support child’s cancer charity

In 2016, the Monmouthshire Building Society named LATCH its Charity of the Year, with...

New fixed rates from Investec Private Banking

Investec Private Banking has unveiled a range of two, four and 10-year fixed rates across...

Goldsmith Williams Solicitors to rebrand

Liverpool-based national law firm Goldsmith Williams Solicitors will become GWlegal later in the year. There will...

Octane Capital hires senior BDM

Justin Cooper has joined bridging lender Octane Capital, as senior business development manager. Cooper joins...

Cirencester Friendly appoints new commercial director

Cirencester Friendly has appointed David Macgregor to the position of commercial director. Macgregor (pictured) has...

Vida revises buy-to-let criteria

Vida Homeloans has made changes to its specialist buy-to-let mortgage range. The lender has removed...

Halifax reports quarterly fall in house prices

Halifax has revealed that house prices fell by 0.2% over the past three months. It...

COMMENT

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

Latest news

Bank of Ireland brings Lauren Wiles back to national partnership role

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries has appointed Lauren Wiles as a national partnership manager...

Skipton to cut residential rates and revive three-year fixes

Skipton Building Society is cutting rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

The Leek lowers mortgage rates across residential and specialist products

Leek Building Society is cutting mortgage rates across parts of its residential, shared ownership,...

Fleet Mortgages adds two-year tracker products to buy-to-let range

Fleet Mortgages has launched three new two-year tracker mortgages at 75% loan-to-value across its...

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