News

Tesco Bank expands broker distribution

Tesco Bank is extending ing the number of intermediaries offering its mortgages. Customers can now access Tesco’s...

P2P launch sees Alpha Bridging rebrand

Alpha Bridging is rebranding as Kuflink Bridging as it launches a new peer to peer...

Equifinance to launch in Scotland

Specialist second charge lender Equifinance is planning to move into the Scottish market. Equifinance says it sees...

FCA to hold mortgage market competition study

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to undertake a targeted market study focused on...

TenetSelect offers PII renewal advice

TenetSelect is warning adviser firms not to leave their Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) preparation...

Limited company BTL gaining in popularity

Foundation Home Loans has claimed that landlords are likely to favour limited company buy-to-let in...

16% rise in value of second charge new business

Latest figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show growth of 11% in consumer...

New hires at Bluestone Mortgages

Specialist lender Bluestone Mortgages has announced the recruitment of four new staff members across its business...

Stamp Duty hike behind rise in new rentals

There was an 11.5% increase in new rental properties being listed in April, compared...

Kensington cuts buy-to-let mortgage rates

Kensington Mortgages has reducing the rates on buy-to-let products carrying a percentage fee by 25...

L&G Mortgage Club offers secured loan sourcing

Legal & General Mortgage Club has partnered with Twenty7Tec to provide brokers with a...

Accord adjusts household expenditure estimates

Accord has made changes its affordability criteria, in a move which it believes will improve...

Virgin Money unveils rate cuts

Virgin Money has made a number of rate reductions on selected products.  Key changes to the...

19% fall in house purchase approvals

There was a slowdown in house purchase approvals last month, according to the latest...
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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...
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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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