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LLA and ERC members to benefit from new sourcing tool

A new sourcing system for equity release and retirement lending products being launched in...

Barnard and Spinks join Pepper

Rob Barnard and Richard Spinks have joined specialist lender Pepper Homeloans. Barnard joins as sales...

Complete FS to distribute Kensington’s products

Kensington is now on the lending panel of Complete FS, the South Coast based...

Target integrates sourcing into Bluechip

Target Group has announced the integration of Twenty7Tec’s mortgage and secured loan sourcing software...

New member for the Monetary Policy Committee

George Osborne has announced the appointment of Michael Saunders as an external member of...

National recognition for Stonebridge ARs

Advisers from appointed representative (AR) firms of Stonebridge Group, the mortgage and insurance network,...

Pensioner landlords relying on BTL

72% of pensioners who have an investment property said they would struggle to make...

Mike Rogers to stand down as LV= chief exec

Mike Rogers has told the board of LV= that he intends to step down as...

New board appointments at Mortgage Brain

Mortgage Brain has announced the appointment of Sharon Marshall and Suzanne Green to its...

Key promotion at Ultimate Finance

Ultimate Finance has announced that Richard Waldman has been promoted to group sales director...

AToM partners with Kensington

All Types of Mortgages Ltd, (AToM) has announced a new relationship with Kensington Mortgages. Dale Jannels,...

TSB cuts BTL and residential rates

TSB is reducing rates on a range of buy-to-let and residential mortgages. Landlords will benefit...

UTB offers new residential improvement loans

United Trust Bank has introduced a new flexible 'Residential Property Improvement Loans' product, aimed...

Vizolution unveils new video and telephony solution

Vizolution has launched a new video and telephony solution - vVid - that is...

COMMENT

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Latest news

Buyer demand stabilises but mortgage market remains cautious

The UK housing market may be showing early signs of stabilisation but mortgage brokers...

Cooling rents could ease affordability pressures for first-time buyers

Slower rental growth and improving affordability across much of the UK could provide some...

ABS 2026 review: Global and UK issues cool the market

It’s that time of the year again when the world of wholesale funding descends...

HomeOwners Alliance appoints Sarah Tucker as lead mortgage commentator

HomeOwners Alliance has partnered with property and mortgage expert Sarah Tucker, who will become...

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