News

FCA removes additional consumer BTL fees

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has decided to remove consumer buy-to-let (CBTL) periodic fee and CBTL...

TSB introduces buy-to-let cashback offer

TSB has introduced a £250 cashback offer across all buy-to-let products available directly and...

LendInvest “pauses” lending on new second charge deals after EU vote

LendInvest has reviewed its lending criteria for bridging finance borrowers following the UK’s vote...

FSE: buy-to-let market “not out of control”

The growing pressure being brought to bear on the buy-to-let market could backfire if...

FSE: rise predicted in retention proc fees

The rising trend towards lenders paying procuration fees to mortgage advisers for retained mortgage...

FSE: ‘keep calm and carry on’ after EU vote

Advisers need to ‘keep calm and carry on’ in the aftermath of the EU...

FSE: interest-only borrowers fuelling equity release rise

Dean Mirfin of Key Retirement says there has been a significant rise in the...

FSE: buy-to-let tax advice warning sounded

Mortgage advisers offering advice in the buy-to-let arena have been warned not to get...

FSE: AMI warns of challenges ahead

Robert Sinclair, CEO of the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI), has said that mortgage...

Lending “stagnant” in May

The Bank of England has reported that the number of loan approvals for house...

The Family BS cuts mortgage rates

The Family Building Society has cut the rates on its three and five year...

Tenet offers access to the Key

Tenet Group has extended its partnership with Mortgage Brain and is now offering its...

InterBay cuts BTL and HMO rates

InterBay Commercial has made reduction to rates on its entire range of buy-to-let and HMO products....

Together: We’ll support brokers through Brexit 

Following the uncertainty stemming from the referendum decision last week to leave the European...
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COMMENT

Comment

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...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

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Chancellor presses lenders to expand support for borrowers ahead of rate resets

The government has secured fresh commitments from major lenders to step up engagement with...
Building Societies

Suffolk BS tops £800m in mortgage assets after strong 2025 growth

Suffolk Building Society has passed £800m of mortgage assets for the first time after...
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UTB eases mortgage and second charge processes with criteria changes

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced a series of service and criteria changes across...
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Foundation returns with revised buy-to-let and residential mortgage range

Foundation has returned to the market with a revised product range across both buy-to-let...

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