News

New fixed rate deals from the Skipton

The Skipton Building Society is launching a refreshed range of two and five-year fixed rate...

Shawbrook revises commercial offering

Shawbrook’s Commercial Mortgages division has made changes to its commercial and semi-commercial product range for...

Brokers fear robo-advice – and lenders

35% of brokers believe that the biggest future threat to their business stems from...

Openwork to offer high net worth mortgage facility

Openwork is to introduce a dedicated mortgage service for high net worth clients via...

West Brom BTL ruling to cost £27.5m

The West Bromwich Building Society has lost a ruling in the Court of Appeal...

Funding 365 completes £8.5m bridging in 3 days

Funding 365 has completed an £8.5m bridging loan within three working days in order...

May new rental listings down 6% on March

New rental properties listed by landlords in May were down 5.7% on March levels...

Valuation activity resilient ahead of referendum

Connells Survey & Valuation has revealed that valuation activity in May rose by nearly...

Tenet slams FCA’s stance over FSCS

Tenet has criticised the FCA’s refusal to consider introducing a product-based premium as a means of...

YBS cuts fee-free FTB rates

The Yorkshire Building Society has reduced its rates on mortgages for borrowers who want to...

Property Butler unveils service to estate agents

Property Butler, part of Sort Limited, has introduced a new conveyancing and concierge service for...

Mortgage Intelligence expands lending panel

Mortgage Intelligence has added Kent Reliance to its panel of mortgage lenders. The lender will provide...

New jobs at Target Group

Target Group has created over 250 new jobs. The planned expansion follows last week’s announcement...

ABI announces new chairman

Andy Briggs, CEO of Aviva UK Life and chairman of Aviva Global Life, has been...

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...

Latest news

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...

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...

UTB eases mortgage and second charge processes with criteria changes

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced a series of service and criteria changes across...

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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