News

YBS Commercial appoints associate director for the North

YBS Commercial Mortgages has appointed Rosie Morrow as a new associate director. She joins the...

Air maintains top-ranking status for product and criteria sourcing

Air continues to be a leading intermediary services brand in the later life lending...

Molo cuts HMO and MUFB rates

Molo Finance has announced a 15 basis-point reduction on its Houses in Multiple Occupation...

OBR warns inheritance tax take to surge by £2.4bn amid pension reforms

The government is set to collect a record-breaking £66.8 billion in inheritance tax (IHT)...

Spring Statement 2025 – the speech

The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented her Spring Statement to Parliament on Wednesday 26...

Spring Statement 2025: Industry reaction as Reeves pledges to hit 2% inflation target by 2027 as growth forecast is halved

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has reaffirmed the government's commitment to bringing inflation down to 2%...

Spring Statement 2025: affordable homebuilding investment

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, reiterated the government's pledge to build 1.5...

Industry reaction as inflation drop brings hope for borrowers

Borrowers got a surprise boost as inflation fell more than expected last month, dropping...

Together completes sub-performing loan securitisation

Together Financial Services has completed its new Brooks Asset Backed Securitisation 2 Limited (BABS2)...

Atom bank ups maximum near prime LTV

Atom bank has increased the maximum loan-to-value (LTV) available on its Near Prime range...

House prices rise at fastest rate in two years

House prices in the UK increased at their fastest annual pace in two years,...

Miguel Sard joins PEXA as non-exec director

PEXA Group, the digital property exchange and data insights platform, has appointed Miguel Sard...

Aldermore increases student accommodation developer’s facility to £58.5m

Aldermore Bank has provided an existing client, Kexgill Limited Group, with a further £11.2m...

Saffron cuts owner-occupied rates

Saffron for Intermediaries has announced rate reductions across its Owner Occupied range. The full series...
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COMMENT

Politics

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

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,...

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Just one in ten FTBs pay Stamp Duty in the North

Just one in ten first-time buyers pay Stamp Duty in the North, compared to...
Buy-to-let

Foundation reduces BTL rates by up to 0.25%

Foundation, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has reduced rates across its buy-to-let range by up...
Later Life

Hodge Bank partners with Mortgage Broker Tools

The partnership means Mortgage Broker Tools’ broker members can now access Hodge’s specialist mortgage...
First-time buyers

Cambridge BS opens up 98% LTV to all brokers

The Cambridge Building Society is making its 98% LTV first-time-buyer product available to all...

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