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Later life lending group launches

Sovereign Life Group has been formed to bring together established specialist businesses from across...

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market riding high

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market has created real value for customers – there’s...

Least efficient homes face £591 bill rise after price cap hike

With the energy price cap increasing by 13% today, new analysis from Rightmove, shows...

Accord introduces specialist underwriting support for larger loans

Accord Mortgages has introduced a dedicated larger loans service designed to support brokers handling...

How small and medium-sized lenders can fix the origination headache

We are constantly told that to fix the mortgage journey, we need to rip...

Halifax Intermediaries to rebrand as Lloyds Intermediaries

Halifax Intermediaries will rebrand to Lloyds Intermediaries in early 2027. The lender said there will...

OMS secures two CRM contract renewals

One Mortgage System (OMS), the CRM and loan origination platform for intermediaries and lenders,...

Barclays cuts mortgage rates

Barclays is reducing rates across its range of residential purchase, remortgage and existing customer...

CHL Mortgages launches light refurbishment BTL range

The new range is aimed at landlords looking to carry out non-structural or modernisation...

Finova acquires Cubit Labs

Finova, the UK cloud-based mortgage, savings and lending software provider, has acquired Cubit Labs,...

YBS Commercial Mortgages cuts rates by up to 0.20%

YBS Commercial Mortgages is reducing rates on its fast-track buy-to-let range, specialist products for...

House prices up 2.2% year-on-year

UK house prices picked up slightly in June, with prices rising 2.2% year-on-year, up...

Half of Gen Z fear their credit score will cost them a home

Almost half of Gen Z adults fear their credit history will hold them back...

TwentyCi appoints Spencer Wyer as chief product officer

TwentyCi has appointed mortgage technology specialist Spencer Wyer as its new chief product officer. Wyer...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Latest news

ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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