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Metro Bank revamps offering

Metro Bank has refreshed its residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges. For residential mortgages under £1.5...

Financial Services Expo open for registration

Front Events, organisers of Financial Services Expo (FSE) London, have announced that visitor registration...

Brits drawn back into overseas property market

The number of enquiries received by overseas mortgage firm Conti in the second quarter...

Instructions rise at Broker Conveyancing

Broker Conveyancing has reported that, compared to the first quarter of 2014, its total...

Govt wants increased transparency with council home values

The government is planning for the public to be able to see the value...

New building society unveils ‘low start mortgage’

The Family Building Society, which launched on 14 July, is offering the Low Start...

The Dudley expands lending panel

Dudley Building Society has made the first new appointment to its lending panel since...

Renters being forced out by rising prices

An increasing number of private sector tenants are turning to Citizens Advice after facing...

Joint purchasers foregoing life cover

77% of planned property purchases in the next two years will be made jointly,...

Deepbridge appoints marketing head

Specialist investment manager Deepbridge Capital has announced the appointments of Andrew Aldridge as head...

NatWest IS to have BTL loan-to-income cap

NatWest Intermediary Solutions will be introducing a 4.99 times loan-to-income cap per application for...

Bibby hires corporate sales director

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed former HSBC Corporate Invoice and Equipment finance...

Scottish Widows makes mortgage rate cuts

Scottish Widows Bank (SWB) has cut the rates on a on a selection of...

High LTV recovery to stall?

Lending to high LTV borrowers reached a post credit crunch high in June, according...

COMMENT

Technology: from transformation to stewardship

For most of the modern history of UK mortgage lending, stability has not simply been a preference – it has been a necessity. Boards have...

The continued evolution of the later life lending market

Later life lending has moved well beyond being an occasional enquiry about equity release or a maturing interest-only case. It is now a consistent and...

What does the year hold for specialist first charge residential mortgages?

A few months into 2026, it is already clear that many borrowers continue to fall outside the criteria set by high street and mainstream...

A turning point for British Islamic home finance

A quick question for brokers: what would you do if 80% of a fast-growing community told you the market was not serving them properly? That...

Mutual sector ambition needs tech-driven scale

The Government’s commitment to doubling the size of the mutual sector has been welcomed across financial services. Building societies continue to play a critical...

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Jonny Palmer: Taking on the world’s toughest foot race

On 3 April I’ll be attempting what is considered the toughest foot race on...

Altura rolls out AI social media compliance checker for advisers

Altura Mortgage Finance has launched an AI-powered social media compliance tool aimed at helping...

Bank of Ireland extends terms and income multiples

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries has announced a series of enhancements to its residential...

Beverley Building Society launches RIO Lifetime Discount Mortgage

Beverley Building Society has expanded its later life proposition with the launch of a...

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