News

Saffron challenges five complex income myths

Saffron for Intermediaries has urged brokers not to dismiss complex income cases as changing...

Accord cuts selected mortgage rates by up to 0.18%

Accord Mortgages will reduce selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates by up to 0.18%...

Scottish BS deploys AI across all customer interactions

Scottish Building Society has partnered with Malted AI to analyse every customer interaction across...

Paragon refreshes buy-to-let range with rates from 3.55%

Paragon Bank has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range, introducing rates from 3.55% and products...

PropTech silos prolong mortgage journey, Houzecheck warns

Disconnected property technology is creating new data silos instead of delivering faster mortgage and...

Swansea BS completes £25k charity fund with YMCA Cardiff donation

Swansea Building Society has completed an anniversary charity fund with a £3,000 donation to...

No mandate for automatic cohabitation rights, Deech warns

Proposals giving cohabiting couples automatic rights over homes, pensions and other assets lack clear...

Bristol tops 2026 Japanese knotweed hotspots

Bristol has retained its position as England’s Japanese knotweed capital, recording more than twice...

Marsden passes £100m Guernsey lending milestone

Marsden Building Society has surpassed £100m in mortgage completions in Guernsey through its partnership...

Mortgage pressures weigh on health as households lack financial safety net

Two in five UK adults say their finances have harmed their mental health over...

Lenvi increases standby servicing team as loan book reaches £48bn

Lenvi has expanded its specialist standby servicing team by 50% this year after a...

Skipton tests digital mortgage deeds for remortgage customers

Skipton Building Society has begun a pilot allowing remortgage customers to sign mortgage deeds...

Gen H AI cuts mortgage offer delays by up to five days

Gen H has introduced an artificial intelligence packaging agent designed to identify document errors...

Higher-value homes account for one in six lifetime mortgages

One in six lifetime mortgages completed during the second quarter of 2026 was secured...

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

Landbay adds 11 tracker products and cuts rates by up to 15bps

Landbay has expanded its buy-to-let tracker range with 11 new products and reduced rates...

Howden expands in North Wales with Wrexham office

Howden has opened its first commercial insurance office in Wrexham as the broker expands...

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,...

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