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Pepper expands network distribution

Pepper Homeloans has extended its distribution network to include Ingard. The Essex and Chester based...

Accord extends retention proc fee pilot

Accord Mortgages is broad ending its pilot scheme to pay brokers a procuration fee for...

Together issues new £200m bond

Together has completed a £200m seven-year bond issuance. The new bond will increase the group’s...

Saffron For Intermediaries unveils specialist BTL deals

Saffron For Intermediaries has launched five-year fixed rate mortgages for expats purchasing or remortgaging rental...

New FS events for Wales unveiled

Front Events, organisers of the Financial Services Expo (FSE) exhibitions, has published details of two...

The Source joins up with Adviser Portals

Source Insurance has partnered with specialist broker website provider, AdviserPortals, to create a joint...

New secure client portal for the Key

Mortgage Brain has launched a new secure online Client Portal within the Key. It can be...

London FTB borrowing down 7% year-on-year

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported that in the fourth quarter of...

Third anniversary for L&G’s new build club

Legal & General New Build Club is celebrating its third anniversary. Launched early in 2014,...

Accord lowers 60-75% LTV buy-to-let rates

Accord Buy To Let has cuts rates on its lower loan to value (LTV) mortgages...

Paradigm expands mortgage lender panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added Vida Homeloans to its lender panel. All Paradigm advisers and...

Shawbrook makes commercial sales promotions

Shawbrook is restructuring its commercial mortgages’ field sales team. The move includes four promotions in...

Record profits and lending at the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has reported record profits before tax for the fourth consecutive...

Together strengthens development finance team

Together has appointed a new head of development funding. Ian Pickering, who has worked for...

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...

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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...

Scotland attracts rising interest from GCC property buyers

Scotland is becoming an increasingly popular destination for Gulf buyers looking at UK property,...

Vida broadens mortgage range with new higher LTV tier and lower rates

Vida has expanded its mortgage range with rate cuts of up to 0.72%, alongside...

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