News

NACFB Commercial Finance Expo to expand for 2017

The NACFB's Commercial Finance Expo (CFE) will to a larger venue at the NEC...

Virgin Money cuts BTL, H2B and residential rates

Virgin Money has made a number of rate reductions on selected products across its core...

Accord reduces remortgage rates

Accord Mortgages has cut remortgage rates by up to 0.15 basis points. The intermediary-only lender has...

CA vows to continue leasehold reform campaign

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has stated that it will continue with its campaign to...

Skipton International passes expat mortgage milestone

Skipton International has celebrated the completion of 500 buy-to-let mortgages for British expats. The Channel island-registered...

Paymentshield appoints Covéa Insurance

Paymentshield has appointed Covéa Insurance to provide the cover for two of its protection...

July remortgaging up a quarter month-on-month

Monthly gross remortgage lending was at its highest level for nearly eight years after reaching £7.1bn...

Pink & First Complete gain access to HSBC deals

First Complete and Pink have embarked upon a distribution arrangement with HSBC that will...

Ingard adds mutual pair to lender panel

Ingard has added National Counties and the Family Building Society to its panel of lenders....

Call for protection players to work together

First Complete is calling on the insurance industry to improve and grow the protection market...

Regulation a “positive game changer” for seconds

Fluent for Advisers, the second charge specialist distributor, has stated that all the available evidence...

Connect launches unsecured loan portal

Connect for Intermediaries has joined up with DotBroker to provide an unsecured loan service...

Investec Private Banking cuts mortgage rates

Investec Private Banking has cut its mortgage rates by up to 0.6 basis points following...

The Dudley improves BTL offering

The Dudley Building Society has introduced new buy-to-let products, rate reductions and criteria changes. All buy-to-let fixed...

COMMENT

ABS 2026 review: Economic factors stemming growth

As the Global ABS conference ended there was no doubt that it was a huge success, with official numbers being confirmed at 5,500 attendees,...

Government support is fundamental to market growth

We’ve seen another week of mainstream lenders reduce their rates with more reductions predicted this coming week. This shows more comfort and confidence around...

Bridging is a natural fit for a Shariah-compliant bridging provider

The UK bridging market is, in many ways, a natural fit for Shariah-compliant finance because both are fundamentally built around real assets, partnership structures...

Why relationships are becoming the mortgage industry’s most valuable asset

Information has never been more accessible, yet confidence in financial services remains relatively low. As technology continues to reshape the market, the value of...

Before brokers invest in AI, they need to ask the right questions

AI has moved quickly from industry talking point to commercial priority. For mortgage brokers, the question is no longer whether AI matters. It is...

Latest news

Atom bank cuts Prime mortgage rates by 15bps across full range

Atom bank has reduced rates across its Prime mortgage range by 15bps, with changes...

The Dudley cuts rates across residential, buy-to-let and expat ranges

Dudley Building Society has reduced rates across its residential, buy-to-let and expat mortgage products,...

Stamp Duty burden soars as tax threshold remains frozen at 2006 level

The Stamp Duty threshold at which homebuyers begin paying tax has remained unchanged since...

Gatehouse launches limited-edition HPPs and cuts selected BTL rates

Gatehouse Bank has introduced a range of limited-edition Home Purchase Plan and buy-to-let products...

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