News

HMRC estimates 7% YOY fall in residential transactions

HMRC's provisional non-seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of UK residential transactions in January...

Buy-to-let loan sizes recover

Loan sizes offered to buy-to-let borrowers have bounced back following the market contraction last...

West One adds Brilliant Solutions to residential panel

West One Loans has added Brilliant Solutions to its residential intermediary panel. Brilliant Solutions is...

Tandem Bank partners with Mortgage Advice Bureau

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) advisers will now be able to access Tandem’s first charge...

LiveMore unveils its first 2-year fixed rate mortgage

LiveMore has expanded its product range to include a two-year fixed rate mortgage available...

Communication and affordability leading Consumer Duty broker concerns

Smart Money People, the UK’s dedicated financial services review site, has stressed that mortgage...

Coventry offers 4% saving rate for first-time buyers

Coventry Building Society is offering an interest rate of 4.00% on its First Home...

Canada Life offers mental wellbeing app

Canada Life has launched myStrength, a mental wellbeing app that offers a bespoke service...

Suffolk BS makes expat and BTL lending improvements

Suffolk Building Society has made a number of product and criteria changes to help...

Iress MSO to support new affordable home ownership schemes

Iress has announced that its MSO software is now fully enabled to support the...

Nivo appoints sales director

Nivo has appointed Damon Williams to the new role of sales director. Nivo delivers apps...

Conveyancers urged not to compete with technology

Conveyancers who attended this year’s Conveyancing Association Annual Conference & Dinner were urged not...

Gen H expands intermediary panel

Generation Home (Gen H) has expanded its intermediary panel with a new partnership with finova...

Landbay reintroduces first-time landlord products

Landbay has cut rates for buy-to-let loans on houses in multiple occupation (HMO) and...
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COMMENT

Comment

The uncomfortable truth about the later life lending market

The headlines around the latest Equity Release Council figures released this month all suggested growth. But I think we need to have an honest...

Are we actually set up to support first-time buyers?

After a summer spent thinking it over, this time of year is often the point where first time buyers decide whether they're going to...

Leasehold reform has a September window – will Burnham use it?

At the time of writing, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill still has no published First Reading date.  But is it imminent? Andy Burnham entered...

Advisers need an answer for evolving landlords

It’s a tough time to be a landlord. The succession of changes to tax and regulation made in recent years - with the Renters’...

AI doesn’t remove bias. It gives us the chance to manage it

One of the great promises of artificial intelligence has always been objectivity. Machines, unlike people, do not have bad days. They do not favour...

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FCA bans debt management executive over dishonesty

The Financial Conduct Authority has banned Howard Roland Duckett from working in financial services...
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Industry fantasy football league to raise funds for mental health charter

Mortgage and property finance professionals are being invited to join an industry-wide Fantasy Premier...
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Gen H cuts high-LTV mortgage rates by 15 basis points

Gen H has reduced rates across its 90% and 95% loan-to-value mortgage ranges in...
Buy-to-let

Tenant demand rises for first time in two years

Tenant demand increased in the second quarter of 2026, reversing two years of decline,...

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