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Call for later life lending advice silos to be broken down

Industry figures have called for closer links between mortgage advisers, wealth managers and later...

Property transactions remain resilient despite market volatility

Residential property transactions edged lower in April, although industry figures said activity remained resilient...

West Brom lends more than £1bn as first-time buyers dominate new homebuyer loans

West Brom Building Society completed more than £1 billion of new homeownership lending in...

The Suffolk reports rise in expat mortgage demand despite Middle East instability

Suffolk Building Society has reported a sharp increase in expat mortgage applications, with activity...

The Right Mortgage sets out June roadshow programme

The Right Mortgage has announced details of a series of member roadshows taking place...

Fleet joins LMS Panel Link to improve law firm connectivity

Fleet Mortgages has joined LMS Panel Link as the buy-to-let lender looks to improve...

Barclays to cut residential mortgage rates

Barclays Mortgages is reducing rates across selected residential purchase, remortgage and existing customer products...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month...

Later life lending slows as borrowers remain cautious

Later life mortgage lending slowed during the first quarter of 2026 as older borrowers...

Shawbrook and TML cut buy-to-let rates

Shawbrook and The Mortgage Lender have made a series of changes to their buy-to-let...

Homebuying stress outweighs divorce for many buyers

Almost half of homeowners say moving house is the most stressful life event they...

Landlords seek greater certainty from lenders as mortgage market volatility bites

Landlords are continuing to borrow and invest despite recent mortgage market disruption, but are...

TPFG sees landlord compliance opportunity from RRA

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) says the introduction of the Renters’ Rights Act (RRA)...

Gen H doubles one-touch underwrites on complex mortgage cases

Gen H has doubled the number of complex mortgage cases receiving a one-touch underwrite...

COMMENT

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 20

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

Latest news

The Yorkshire appoints two non-executive directors

Yorkshire Building Society has appointed Barry O’Dwyer and Philippa Brown as independent non-executive directors. The...

HSBC cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a broad selection of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

NHS workers priced out as affordability gap widens

Many NHS workers are being priced out of homeownership with average first-time buyer properties...

Metro Bank strengthens specialist mortgage team

Metro Bank has expanded its specialist mortgage team with a series of appointments and...

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