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Legal & General adds nine lenders to SmartrFit

Legal & General has revamped its SmartrFit too, featuring new residential and buy-to-let affordability...

TMA Club partners with Tandem Bank

TMA Club has become the latest club to announce a partnership with specialist lender...

CLS Money appoints head of operations

CLS Money has announced the appointment of Lauren Alter as its head of operations. Alter...

MPowered Mortgages now on HLPartnership panel

MPowered Mortgages has partnered with HLPartnership, the largest independently owned mortgage and protection network...

LiveMore reinstates fee assisted mortgages and lowers RIO age

Specialist lender LiveMore is bringing back fee assisted mortgage products, which includes a free...

Spring Finance unveils new director of mortgages

Specialist lender Spring Finance has announced the appointment of Shelley Connelly as director of...

Pure Retirement appoints new head of distribution

Pure Retirement has announced the appointment of Scott Burman as head of distribution. Burman (pictured)...

Black & White Bridging expands into Scotland

Bridging lender, Black & White, has expanded its reach into Scotland. This expansion has...

Mansfield relaunches two-year fixed rate mortgages

Mansfield Building Society has launched eight fixed rate mortgages, all available over a two-year...

Hodge cuts rates across whole residential mortgage range

Hodge has reduced rates across its entire range of holiday let, 50+, RIO and...

Kensington Mortgages recruits BDM for East of England

Kensington Mortgages has announced the appointment of James Burwood as its new business development...

SimplyBiz Mortgages adds Tandem Bank to panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has added Tandem Bank to its lender panel, becoming the first major...

UTB appoints broker development manager for asset finance

United Trust Bank (UTB) has expanded its asset finance sales team with the appointment...

MPowered Mortgages cuts 2 & 3-year fixed rates

MPowered Mortgages has reduced rates on its residential two-year fixed 80% and 85% LTV...

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...

Latest news

FCA bans debt management executive over dishonesty

The Financial Conduct Authority has banned Howard Roland Duckett from working in financial services...

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...

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...

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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