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Kensington offers online remortgage portal with Koodoo

Kensington Mortgages has partnered with Koodoo to create an online remortgage portal for brokers...

MPowered Mortgages opens Leeds office

MPowered Mortgages has opened a new office in Leeds and hired 18 new staff...

London Rebuilding Society unveils home improvement equity release deal

Not-for-profit enterprise, London Rebuilding Society, has launched a new home improvement equity release product....

Skipton BS appoints new group chief executive

Skipton Building Society has announced the appointment of Stuart Haire as its new group...

LendInvest revamps HMO and MUFB criteria

LendInvest has made a number of updates to its buy-to-let lending criteria, including broader...

Pepper Money launches EPC promotion to landlords

Pepper Money has introduced a new offer to help buy-to-let customers understand the energy...

Mercantile Trust joins the ASTL

Mercantile Trust has become the latest lender to join the Association of Short-Term Lenders...

HTB appoints development finance lending director

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Andrew Dignum as lending director...

National Friendly partners with bereavement charity

National Friendly and the Cruse Bereavement Support charity have formed a partnership which aims...

Sirius Property Finance offers new development exit product

Sirius Property Finance has launched a new funding line that is uniquely focused on...

Kensington Mortgages sold to Barclays

Kensington Mortgages has announced its sale to Barclays Bank UK. The sale follows an...

BuildLoan unveils first ‘Help to Build’ mortgage

The government’s Help to Build Equity Loan Scheme has become a reality with the...

Access FS recruits 100th broker

Mortgage and protection broker, Access Financial Services, has added its one hundredth broker. ...

Smartr365 integrates with Uinsure for home insurance

End-to-end mortgage provider, Smartr365, has expanded its offering into home insurance through a partnership...

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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...

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

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Iress UK lifts underlying earnings as costs fall

Iress UK increased underlying adjusted earnings by 43% in the first half of 2026...

Modern auction house sales rise by 14.5%

House purchases through modern method auctions increased by 14.5% year on year as buyers...

The West Brom widens mortgage access for foreign nationals

West Brom Building Society has launched a mortgage range for foreign nationals living and...

Wealthy borrowers favour liquidity as specialist lending grows

High-net-worth borrowers are increasingly using finance to preserve liquidity and manage their wider wealth...

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