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Pepper Money expands wellbeing push with largest-ever broker retreat series

Specialist lender Pepper Money is significantly expanding its wellbeing programme for brokers with the...

L&G pays over £1bn in retail protection claims as digital overhaul cuts delays

Legal & General paid more than £1bn in retail protection claims in 2024, the...

Unlocking housing wealth in retirement ‘could add £21bn to UK economy by 2040’

More than half of UK households are expected to rely on property wealth to...

The Buckinghamshire cuts specialist credit product pricing

Buckinghamshire Building Society has introduced a new two-year fixed rate for buy-to-let investors and...

StreamBank adds title insurance to accelerate bridging completions

StreamBank has introduced title insurance on all bridging loans up to £2 million in...

Family Building Society members question housing target and propose reforms

Members of the Family Building Society have cast serious doubt on the government’s ability...

Sanjay Gadhia joins Mortgage Advice Bureau as later life regional sales director

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB has appointed Sanjay Gadhia as Regional Sales Director - Later...

Lendlord unveils AI-powered tools to streamline landlords’ decision-making

Lendlord, the property investment and finance platform, has launched a new artificial intelligence offering...

OneFamily celebrates 50 years of inspiring better futures

OneFamily will have been owned by its customers, and growing their financial wellbeing, for...

Gen H secures strategic funding deal with SilverRock to expand homeownership access

Fintech mortgage lender Gen H has struck a major funding partnership with specialist investor...

UnderwriteMe reports 90% instant acceptance for mental health life cover disclosures

Insurtech firm UnderwriteMe, a subsidiary of Pacific Life Re, has reported that 90% of...

Bank of Mum and Dad boosts first-time buyer business at London broker AS Financial

London-based mortgage broker AS Financial has reported a notable increase in first-time buyer activity,...

Northern buy-to-let market surges as investors flee costlier South

Buy-to-let investors are accelerating a shift northward as high yields and lower entry costs...

Gatehouse Bank lowers rates for UK expats and overseas investors

Gatehouse Bank has reduced rental rates by up to 27 percentage points across its...
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Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

Build, baby, build? Well we will need to fund more than the usual suspects

There was a noticeable sense of optimism at UKREiiF this year. That may sound surprising given the economic headwinds of recent years, but the...

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market riding high

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market has created real value for customers – there’s no excuse to ignore it. When a UK borrower reaches 55,...

How small and medium-sized lenders can fix the origination headache

We are constantly told that to fix the mortgage journey, we need to rip everything out and start again. That unless a lender replaces its...

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UTB appoints Frankie Kitchen as BTL key account manager

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages has appointed Frankie Kitchen as a buy-to-let key account...
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OMS and Brightstar Group extend technology partnership

One Mortgage System (OMS), the CRM and loan origination platform for intermediaries and lenders,...
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Nivo launches AI webinar sessions

Nivo has launched a new webinar programme focused on helping brokers and lenders understand...
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Ecology BS launches 90% LTV renovation mortgage 

Ecology Building Society has further extended its range of renovation mortgages with a new...

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