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CapitalRise announces 50% funding facility increase

CapitalRise has revealed a further expansion of its funding capacity. The firm has secured...

Spring Finance improves first charge mortgage offering

Specialist lender Spring Finance has announced the launch of a first charge residential remortgage...

CSF offers semi-exclusive InterBay commercial mortgages

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has launched a new range of semi-exclusive mortgages for landlords...

Pepper Money unveils second charge ‘Payout Before Consent’

Pepper Money has launched Payout Before Consent on its second charge mortgages, enabling the...

Majority of Guardian’s life insurance policies used beneficiary nomination

Guardian has published information about the take-up of its beneficiary nomination tool, Payout Planner,...

Zephyr cuts 5-year fixed and tracker rates

Zephyr Homeloans has announced 15 basis points (bps) reductions across its five-year fixed and...

Which? reveals rise in missed bill payments by mortgage holders

Which?’s Consumer Insight Tracker has revealed that 8.1% of mortgage holders missed payments for...

Coventry BS seen as one of the country’s best workplaces

Coventry Building Society has been named one of the UK’s Best Workplaces by Great...

Lenders expecting household defaults to spike

20 of the country's largest lenders are expecting an additional £788 million in credit...

Precise revamps buy-to-let range with lower rates and more adverse options

Precise, part of OSB Group, has made a series of changes within its buy-to-let...

Paragon Bank signs up to Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter

Paragon Bank has signed up to the Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter, a not-for-profit...

UTB Mortgages promotes sales trio

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages for Intermediaries has announced new roles for three sales...

Paul Welch partners with talent agency to expand financial education across social media

Paul Welch, mortgage broker and founder of largemortgageloans.com and the MillionPlus Club, has been...

Tuscan unveils new refurb facility

Tuscan Capital has launched a "new-look" refurbishment finance facility. This follows the short-term lender securing...

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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