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US exodus lifts demand for prime London homes

A rising number of Americans leaving the United States is helping to fuel demand...

Suffolk widens lending criteria to support more complex households

Suffolk Building Society has introduced a series of criteria changes aimed at expanding access...

Together strengthens funding structure with refinanced and extended securitisation facilities

Together Financial Services Limited has confirmed that it has successfully completed enhancements to its...

Hampshire Trust Bank promotes pair to regional account director roles

Hampshire Trust Bank has promoted Barry Ireland and Wes Baker to regional account director,...

Black & White Bridging appoints commercial director

Specialist short-term lender Black & White Bridging has appointed Nick Russell as commercial director,...

Overseas demand for UK property broadens to every continent

Overseas appetite for UK property has strengthened and diversified over the past five years...

AffCalc adds four lenders as platform extends affordability coverage

Knowledge Bank has added four lenders to its AffCalc affordability platform, expanding the range...

The Dudley cuts five-year fixed residential and skilled worker rates

Dudley Building Society has reduced rates across its five-year fixed mortgage range, cutting prices...

The Right Mortgage sets out 2026 events programme

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has confirmed a full calendar of in-person and...

Aspen cuts rates by 60bps across its specialist lending range

Aspen has begun 2026 with a series of rate reductions across its entire product...

Kensington cuts residential mortgage rates across high LTV lending

Kensington Mortgages has reduced rates across its residential range, cutting pricing by as much...

Foundation Home Loans appoints Alan Davison as chief commercial officer

Foundation Home Loans has named Alan Davison as its new chief commercial officer, strengthening...

Somo cuts bridging rates after Bank of England move

Somo has moved quickly to cut rates across its bridging range following the Bank...

Bridging finance momentum shows up in Knowledge Bank broker search data

Broker search behaviour on Knowledge Bank suggests bridging finance is playing an increasingly central...

COMMENT

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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...

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Final call for views on FCA mortgage reforms

The mortgage industry has until tomorrow to respond to Financial Conduct Authority proposals intended...

One in five borrow to fund private healthcare

Almost one in five people who recently accessed private healthcare used a credit card...

Digital mortgage ID checks unaffected by government U-turn

Digital identity verification used by mortgage lenders, brokers and other regulated firms is unaffected...

Family BS launches broker Mortgage Hub

Family Building Society has launched an online mortgage application platform designed to give brokers...

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