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UK residential property transactions fall in July as uncertainty weighs on market

UK residential property transactions declined in July on a seasonally adjusted basis as borrowing...

Zurich joins UnderwriteMe protection platform in limited rollout

Zurich has made its Personal Protection and Income Protection products available through UnderwriteMe's Protection...

Access FS targets adviser expansion in five-year growth plan

Access Financial Services has unveiled a five-year strategy to expand its adviser network, develop...

Buckinghamshire BS introduces broker affordability calculator

Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched a residential affordability calculator intended to give mortgage brokers...

Guardian cuts average protection underwriting time to less than one day

Guardian reduced its average underwriting time to less than one day during the first...

Second charge mortgage lending rises 16% in June

The value of new second charge mortgage business reached £205 million in June 2026,...

The Right Mortgage hire to strengthen specialist lending support

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Drew Wilson as specialist lending development...

Mortgage misconceptions leave first-time buyers doubtful about their prospects

More than half of prospective first-time buyers believe securing a mortgage would be difficult,...

Darlington backs first-time buyer mortgage with pension income

Darlington Building Society has provided a residential mortgage to a first-time buyer approaching retirement...

Loan.co.uk launches specialist lending webinar series for advisers

Loan.co.uk is to run a series of four webinars designed to help mortgage advisers...

Iamproperty joins drive for open property data standards

Iamproperty has joined the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) as the industry seeks to...

Buyers return but need £18,200 extra to offset mortgage rate rises

Homebuyer activity is showing signs of an autumn rebound despite higher mortgage rates cutting...

HMO landlords plan five-figure spending as costs and regulation rise

More HMO landlords expect to spend upwards of £10,000 on property improvements over the...

BrokerSync grows network after Acre technology deal

BrokerSync has expanded its appointed representative network to 24 firms in the six months...

COMMENT

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

Latest news

UK buyers reluctant to compromise despite affordability pressures

UK homebuyers remain committed to purchasing a property but are less willing than buyers...

Keystone trims buy-to-let fixed rates by up to 15bps

Keystone Property Finance has reduced pricing across a number of its buy-to-let mortgage ranges,...

Saffron expands expat landlord range and eases residential income criteria

Saffron for Intermediaries has broadened its specialist mortgage criteria with new expat HMO products...

Gable zero-deposit mortgages added to Twenty7tec sourcing platform

Twenty7tec has added Gable Mortgages to its RESEARCH platform, making the lender's zero-deposit residential...

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