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South Africa’s biggest mortgage broker backs The Mortgage Brain

The BetterHome Group, South Africa’s largest mortgage broker, has taken a 25% stake in...

Cumberland cuts rates on core holiday let products

Cumberland Building Society has reduced rates by 0.20% on its core holiday let range...

Finova warns specialist buy-to-let demand risks being held back by gaps in lender support

New analysis from Finova suggests that, despite strong margins and lower perceived risk, specialist...

AMI Protection Viewpoint 2025: Reigniting the protection journey

Making protection relevant and keeping customers engaged is a vital part of the advice...

The Cumberland widens mortgage access for self-employed borrowers

The Cumberland Building Society has expanded its support for self-employed borrowers, aiming to remove...

Together appoints Mike Flynn as new non-executive director

Together has appointed Mike Flynn to its board as non-executive director, strengthening the specialist...

Halifax takes top spot for broker experience in latest lender benchmark

Halifax has been named the best mainstream lender and the top performer for overall...

Kensington cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Kensington Mortgages has lowered rates by up to 0.47% across its residential Select and...

AUTUMN BUDGET: Further damage to buy-to-let investors

Yesterday’s Budget represented yet another decisive step in the dismantling of the traditional buy-to-let...

Brokers need more lender choice to meet real-life borrower needs

With more borrowers falling outside traditional lending criteria, brokers need a wider range of...

AUTUMN BUDGET: OBR leak lays bare full scale of Reeves’s tax plans

The Autumn Budget was thrown into turmoil after the Office for Budget Responsibility mistakenly...

Word On The Street secures £5.6m GB Bank buy-to-let refinance

Word On The Street has arranged a £5.6m buy-to-let refinance with GB Bank for...

Allica boosts SME mortgage appetite and launches cashback offer

Allica Bank has refreshed its owner-occupier mortgage appetite as it looks to help established...

UTB and Brightstar deliver £200k second-charge refurb loan to keep home extension on track

United Trust Bank (UTB) and Brightstar Financial have completed a £200,000 regulated second-charge light...
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The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

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Buyer demand stabilises but mortgage market remains cautious

The UK housing market may be showing early signs of stabilisation but mortgage brokers...
First-time buyers

Cooling rents could ease affordability pressures for first-time buyers

Slower rental growth and improving affordability across much of the UK could provide some...
funding

ABS 2026 review: Global and UK issues cool the market

It’s that time of the year again when the world of wholesale funding descends...
News

HomeOwners Alliance appoints Sarah Tucker as lead mortgage commentator

HomeOwners Alliance has partnered with property and mortgage expert Sarah Tucker, who will become...

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