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Many not feeling financially positive despite recovery

38% of Britain’s families only just meet their monthly outgoings, and a further 8%...

Govt may change position on mortgage support to unemployed

Berkeley Alexander has warned that the government may change its stance on support for...

Pepper UK adds £2bn in books to platform

Pepper UK, the mortgage servicer formerly known as Oakwood Global Finance, has completed two...

Virgin Money offers new 75% LTV buy-to-let deals

Virgin Money has increased its maximum buy-to-let LTV from 70% to 75% and has...

The Teachers broadens its offering

The Teachers Building Society has launched two new deals and lowered the rate on...

Slowdown in buyer number growth

The continuing increase in would-be buyers eased off to the lowest point in almost...

Over 11,000 high LTV mortgages completed in February

Lending to high LTV borrowers reached a six-year high in February, as monthly high...

Openwork partners with Key Retirement Solutions

Openwork has chosen Key Retirement Solutions (KRS) as its exclusive provider of equity release...

Kent Reliance launches new intermediary website

Kent Reliance has launched a new expanded and re-designed intermediary website. The new site will...

Rents increasing in most regions

Move with Us has reported that landlords in Scotland benefitted from a rise in...

£6.7m a day in wet weather payouts

The Associate of British Insurers (ABI) has estimated that claims due to the wet...

CML reports seasonal dip on lending

The total number of home-owner loans for house purchase in January 2014 was down...

The Charlbury Group boosts arrears team

Oxford based IT arrears specialist The Charlbury Group has further expanded their team...

Three join BDM team at NatWest

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has appointed Paul Norgate, Emma Littleford and Paul Woodward to its...

COMMENT

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...

Conveyancing fees will rise and you can blame the Government

Tax is complicated and making sure you pay the right amount can be challenging - just ask MP Angela Raynor or indeed former Chancellor...

The conveyancing power of sales-ready packs

Conveyancing is stressful – and I'm not just talking about the poor customer experience. From a turnaround time of around eight weeks back in...

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Just Mortgages marks year one of self-employed adviser support scheme

The self-employed division of Just Mortgages is reporting encouraging early results from its New...

Skipton foundation reopens grants after £950k year for charities

Skipton Building Society’s charitable arm has reopened applications for 2026 after distributing almost £950,000...

Central Trust unveils regulated bridging range

Central Trust has launched a new regulated bridging product aimed at homeowners in England...

AdvisoryAI integrates with Curo to cut adviser admin

AdvisoryAI and Time4Advice have gone live with a new integration designed to remove the...

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