News

UTB Mortgages to lend on new builds

United Trust Bank Mortgages for Intermediaries has expanded its proposition to include new build...

Butterfield Mortgages appoints apprentice to credit risk role

Butterfield Mortgages has announced the appointment of a new credit administrator, who joins the...

ONS reports house prices are stabilising

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has estimated that average UK house prices decreased...

Shawbrook announces complex BTL price reductions

Shawbrook has made a series of reductions across its complex and limited edition buy-to-let...

Average tenancy length in England and Wales up by 218 days

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) has revealed that renters are typically staying in their...

Mortgage Advice Bureau adds Guardian to protection panel

Mortgage Advice Bureau has welcomed Guardian onto its protection panel. As a new addition to...

Time Finance appoints invoice finance BDM

Time Finance has welcomed Jason Poxon as business development manager in its invoice finance...

CHL Mortgages expands product offering

CHL Mortgages has added to its existing product range, introducing a 3.5% product fee...

L&C Mortgages appoints new CEO

L&C Mortgages has appointed Mark Harrington as its new chief executive officer, subject to...

Source Insurance partners with TMG Mortgage Network

Source Insurance has joined the GI panel at the Appointed Representative network, TMG Mortgage...

Reliance Bank joins Beneficial Network’s lender panel

Mortgage and protection network Beneficial has added Reliance Bank to its mortgage panel. Members...

Stonebridge in new ASU partnership with Wessex Group

Stonebridge has launched a new Accident, Sickness, and Unemployment (ASU) partnership with independent insurance...

Portfolio landlords continue with green upgrades

37% of portfolio landlords are continuing to upgrade their properties to EPC C or...

Mansfield unveils product transfer proc fees

Mansfield Building Society is now providing introduced proc fees for product transfers across its...

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...

Latest news

Second charge mortgage lending volumes dip for first time in more than a year

New business volumes in the second charge mortgage market fell by 1% in May,...

Building Societies Association signs Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter

The Building Societies Association has become the latest organisation to sign the Mortgage Industry...

Sprive urges first-time buyers to plan ahead as Leeds launches 2% deposit mortgage

Sprive has welcomed Leeds Building Society's new 98% loan-to-value mortgage but says borrowers should...

Leeds launches 98% LTV mortgage aimed at widening access for first-time buyers

Leeds Building Society has introduced a new 98% loan-to-value mortgage designed to help more...

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