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Aldermore launches new buy-to-let and residential mortgage deals

Aldermore has announced the launch of new buy-to-let and residential owner-occupied products. The new buy-to-let...

SPF opens Hong Kong and Singapore offices

SPF Private Clients (SPF) has opened new offices in Hong Kong and Singapore. Scott...

Landlord confidence recovered sharply in Q3

Paragon Bank has found that landlord confidence rebounded strongly in the third quarter of...

TML helps across multiple refinancing deals worth £6.5m

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has helped refinance four separate property deals worth £6.5 million. Across...

Greenfield Mortgages reduces bridging rates

Greenfield Mortgages has announced a rate reduction for its bridging loans, which now start...

Target Group revamps Decision in Principle process

Target Group claims it has "re-imagined the role" of a Decision in Principle (DiP),...

OMS to attend ‘Best Kept Secrets’ broker event

One Mortgage System (OMS) has confirmed its attendance at the upcoming “Best Kept Secrets”...

Landbay cuts two and five-year fixed products

Landbay has announced further rate reductions across its two-year and five-year fixed rate products. Rates...

Gen H reduces rates by up to 50 bps

Gen H has launched another round of rate cuts with new sub-5% LTV products. The...

Atom cuts all Prime and Near Prime rates

Atom bank has cut rates across its mortgage products by up to 0.15 percentage...

Legal & General unveils new lifetime mortgage for over-50s

Legal & General Home Finance has introduced its Payment Term Lifetime Mortgage (PTLM), a...

Newcastle Intermediaries expands shared ownership offering

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced rates across its 95% LTV shared ownership proposition and introduced...

KRFI doubles maximum number of HMO beds

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries has made a series of changes to its buy-to-let product...

Hodge cuts 50+ and RIO rates

Hodge is making another set of rate reductions across its range of 50+ and...

COMMENT

The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

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Mortgage broker revenue rises as adviser numbers fall

Reported revenue from mortgage broking increased by 15.9% to £1.6bn during 2025 despite a...

Self-employed borrowers face narrower lender choice

Self-employed mortgage applicants have access to more than a third fewer eligible lenders than...

Landlords target growth despite rising costs

More than eight in 10 professional property investors plan to expand their portfolios during...

Home insurance defies wider fall in customer satisfaction

Home insurance has bucked a wider decline in customer sentiment towards UK insurers, according...

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