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Pledge milestone for Coventry for Intermediaries

Coventry for Intermediaries is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its pledges to intermediaries, and...

Seconds should be a “bigger niche market”

The second charge mortgage market must keep pushing the education message if it wants to...

Concentrate on remortgage market, brokers told

Robert Sinclair, chief executive of the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI), has told an...

FCA appoints new non-executive director

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed the appointment of Nick Stace as a non-executive...

House prices up 6.2% year-on-year

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported an annual price increase of 6.2% in...

New fee-free deals from the Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has introduced two new fee-free 'high LTV' mortgages. The 'fix...

Key concentrates on later life options at FSE Glasgow

Key Retirement Group will focus on later life lending opportunities for mortgage broker at the Financial...

LendInvest funds Canary Wharf development deal

LendInvest has partnered with Merseyside Pension Fund to finance a loan secured against a...

Deposit Protection Service donates £19k to charities

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) has donated £19,000 to charities in Devon and East...

BFS hires consultant to boost banking referrals

Lee Gilmore has joined Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) as a consultant. Gilmore, who is a...

Clever Lending: regulated bridging finance on the up

Clever Lending has reported a "significant" rise in regulated bridging finance in terms of...

Ex-Dragonfly trio launch Octane Capital

Founder of Dragonfly Property Finance, Jonathan Samuels, is to launch Octane Capital in May. Octane Capital...

The Principality to pay broker retention proc fees

The Principality Building Society is to pay a retention procuration fee of 0.20% to intermediaries for...

Bridging Finance Solutions adopts Target’s Bluechip web portal

Target Group is to supply its new Bluechip web portal to Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS). The...

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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...

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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...

Norton Home Loans provides remortgage on PRC home in Southampton

Norton Home Loans has completed a £218,000 remortgage for joint applicants in Southampton, allowing...

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