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FCA unveils mortgage market competition study

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a market study to consider whether competition...

L&G Mortgage Club offers new BTL matrix

Legal & General Mortgage Club has unveiled its new Rental Calculation Matrix. It has...

BFS moves to larger premises

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has announced the move of its global headquarters. The SME finance...

Widespread public ignorance over second charges

79% of people in the UK don’t know what a second charge mortgage is,...

Rightmove forecasts 2% house price growth next year

Rightmove's December House Price Index has revealed that the price of property coming to...

Hodge Lifetime joins MCI panel

Hodge Lifetime has become the latest lender to join MCI Mortgage Club’s panel. The lender...

Fall in second charge lending

Latest figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show growth of 6% in consumer finance new...

L&G appoints general insurance CEO

Legal & General has announced the appointment of Cheryl Agius as the new CEO...

Large rise in lending for commercial broker

Positive Commercial Finance has experienced a 62.5% increase in commercial mortgage lending in Q1 to Q3...

MAB finalises Australian joint venture

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed its investment in its new joint venture in...

Booming property market in Edinburgh

Rental properties in Scotland continued to outperform expectations in October 2016, according to the...

Milestone for the Leeds’ charitable foundation

The Leeds Building Society Charitable Foundation has donated over £1.5 million to causes across...

Uinsure’s CSI rises to £75,000

Uinsure is increasing the Contents Sum Insured (CSI) on its 5-star Defaqto rated residential...

Two new Privileged Partners for the Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has added two networks of mortgage brokers to...

COMMENT

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Latest news

The Vernon hires internal BDM to expand intermediary reach

Vernon Building Society has appointed Damien Sabbaghe as intermediary business development manager as it...

Coventry trims first-time buyer and limited company buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has cut selected mortgage rates for first-time buyers and limited company...

TRM adds to PMI team with supervision & development manager hire

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Gemma Penkethman as PMI supervision &...

Rental yields rise across England and Wales as buy-to-let market enters more volatile period

Rental yields increased annually in every region of England and Wales in the first...

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