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Hinckley & Rugby adds visa mortgage products to offering

Hinckley & Rugby for intermediaries has launched four two-year discount visa mortgage products across...

NatWest strengthens broker support with intermediary team expansion

NatWest has expanded its intermediary leadership team with the creation of two new corporate...

LMS chief executive Nick Chadbourne to step down

LMS has announced that Nick Chadbourne is to step down as chief executive after...

Mortgage commitments rise despite weaker lending volumes, Bank of England data shows

New mortgage commitments increased in the first quarter of 2026 even as completed lending...

MPs call for stamp duty reform to help first-time buyers

A cross-party group of MPs has called for a major review of stamp duty...

YBS Commercial Mortgages cuts five-year fixed rates

YBS Commercial Mortgages has reduced rates across its five-year fixed product range by 0.15%. The...

CHL Mortgages cuts short-term let rates by 30bps

CHL Mortgages has launched a limited-edition range and reduced rates across its short-term let...

Hodge Bank raises maximum loan sizes

Hodge Bank has increased maximum loan sizes across key loan-to-value bands and changed affordability...

Robert Sinclair joins LSL FS as non-executive director

LSL FS has appointed former AMI chief executive Robert Sinclair as a non-executive director. Sinclair...

Precise completes £1.75m bridge for private school group

Precise has completed a £1.75m net bridging facility for the owner of a group...

Landlord rental incomes rise to record £89k

Average annual rental income has reached a record £89,000, according to the latest Landlord...

Aria Finance joins Mortgage Brain sourcing panel

Aria Finance has joined Mortgage Brain’s Sourcing Brain module as a packager. The move gives...

Pivotal appoints group COO and CTO

Pivotal has appointed Nneka Orji as group chief operating officer and Charlie Crossfield as...

Fintel to roll out AI file checks across Simplybiz and threesixty customers

Fintel is to give all Simplybiz and threesixty advice firm customers access to AI-powered...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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Skipton loses former Connells chief’s discrimination case

Skipton Group Holdings and Connells have lost an employment tribunal case brought by former...

IMLA supports flexible mortgage rules but says housing supply remains key

Mortgage lenders have backed proposals to give first-time buyers and other underserved borrowers greater...

Mortgage borrowing jumps to £7.7bn

Net mortgage borrowing more than doubled to £7.7bn in June, up from £3.3bn in...

AMI says mortgage rule reforms must keep advice at their core

Proposals to give lenders greater flexibility must be supported by mortgage advice if they...

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