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Market Harborough cuts fixed mortgage rates by up to 20bps

Market Harborough Building Society (MHBS) has unveiled a reduction in its residential and let...

The Mortgage Lender joins Openwork’s lender panel

Openwork, one the UK’s largest financial services networks, has announced the addition of The...

Mortgage Brain to host Perenna Criteria Masterclass

Mortgage Brain has partnered with residential mortgage lender, Perenna, to host a free Criteria...

Small March dip in house prices

Nationwide has reported that UK house prices fell by 0.2% in March, after taking...

Perenna joins Own New mortgage scheme

Perenna has joined the Own New Rate Reducer scheme, which offers buyers lower rates...

Trade and representative bodies launch fifth iteration of the BASPI

Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors,...

Buy to Let by Foundation unveils new F1 5-year fix

‘Buy to Let by Foundation’ has introduced a new, limited edition five-year fixed-rate, buy-to-let...

Liza Campion joins Market Financial Solutions

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has appointed Liza Campion as its new head of national...

SortRefer adds new loyalty scheme incentives

SortRefer has made changes to Sort Club, its loyalty scheme for mortgage intermediary clients. ...

CHL Mortgages unveils fixed rate cuts

CHL Mortgages is cutting its buy-to-let fixed rates. The specialist buy-to-let lender has reduced rates...

L&G reveals record retail protection claims payouts

Legal & General has revealed that it paid out an average of over £2.5...

Hinckley & Rugby appoints its first female chair

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has announced the appointment of Nemone Wynn-Evans as its...

OMS improves API integration with Tandem Bank

One Mortgage System (OMS) has extended its application programming interface (API) integration with Tandem...

Consumers outline expectations around critical illness cover upgrades

Recent research has found that two-thirds of consumers say that if a critical illness...

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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