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Fleet adds new five-year deals at 75% LTV

Fleet Mortgages has made a selection of rate cuts and also launched two new...

Scottish Bridging Loans joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm has announced the addition of specialist bridging lender, Scottish Bridging Loans, to its...

Molo Finance cuts BTL fixed rates

Molo Finance has announced further reductions across its UK resident buy-to-let fixed-rate products. Its buy-to-let...

Perenna joins Air and its Advocate Ambassador programme

Perenna has announced its partnership with Air, the later-life lending platform for advisers and...

OMS appoints pair of telephone BDMs

One Mortgage System (OMS) has expanded its sales support team with the appointment of...

Mansfield BS improves expat BTL criteria

Mansfield Building Society has updated the criteria on its expat buy-to-let proposition by reducing...

April Mortgages appoints COO

April Mortgages has appointed Mark Eaton as chief operating officer (COO). Eaton (pictured) has been...

Landlord confidence rebounds

A survey has found that fewer landlords are feeling negative about the prospects of...

Reparo Finance unveils revolving credit facility

Specialist commercial finance provider Reparo Finance has launched a new revolving credit facility to...

“Slow but steady” improvement in personal financial resilience

LV='s latest Wealth and Wellbeing Research Programme has highlighted how the personal finances of...

Brokers highlight capacity issues in non-standard insurance market

Prestige Underwriting has reported significant concerns among brokers regarding the availability of capacity in...

MPowered Mortgages cuts fixed rate pricing

MPowered Mortgages has lowered its fixed rates in response to the Bank of England’s...

Iress and Acre extend partnership

Iress has extended its partnership with Acre, the mortgage and protection platform. Under the...

Atom bank passes £1bn commercial completion mark

Atom bank has reached the milestone of £1 billion in commercial mortgage completions. The lender...

COMMENT

A steadier second half of 2026 in sight?

The first half of 2026 has been a reminder that the mortgage market does not operate in isolation. While domestic economic conditions have remained...

How brokers can secure better client outcomes in a volatile market

Experience has always counted in the mortgage market. Brokers who worked through the financial crisis, the Covid pandemic, the Liz Truss mini-Budget and cost-of-living...

Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

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...

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HLPartnership sets out leadership transition as Chris Tanner steps back

HLPartnership has announced plans for a leadership transition that will see BetterHome Group chief...

NatWest joins lenders increasing mortgage rates as market uncertainty grows

NatWest has become the latest major lender to announce increases to its fixed mortgage...

Lloyds highlights mortgage support as fixed-rate deals come to an end

Lloyds is reminding homeowners approaching the end of their fixed-rate mortgage deals that a...

Together raises £563m through latest residential mortgage securitisation

Together has completed the pricing of a £562.9 million residential mortgage-backed securitisation, marking its...

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