Specialist

Together partners with Mortgage Broker Tools to expand specialist lending reach

Specialist lender Together has joined forces with Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) with the aim...

Millbrook expands into commercial property finance

Millbrook Business Finance has launched a new commercial property finance division, widening its services...

Knowledge Bank joins forces with Specialist Finance Academy

The Specialist Finance Academy has formed a new partnership with Knowledge Bank, the mortgage...

Afin Bank appoints former private banker as business development director

Afin Bank has appointed former Arbuthnot Latham private banker Tippie Malgwi as business development...

Afin Bank completes first deal

Afin Bank has completed its first mortgage, a £1,005,000 deal that involved a particularly...

Camco Finance adopts automated decisioning in bid to scale lending

Camco Finance has announced it will implement automated decisioning technology from LendingMetrics in a...

Vida improves affordability for specialist borrowers

Vida Homeloans has unveiled a series of changes to its mortgage range aimed at...

Assetz Capital cuts refurb and dev exit loan rates

Assetz Capital has repriced its refurbishment, regeneration and development exit loans, with all borrower...

London Credit strengthens Midlands presence with new BDM hire

London Credit has expanded its regional footprint with the appointment of Sophie Jones-Trutwein as...

The Darlington relaunches foreign currency mortgages

Darlington Building Society has reintroduced foreign currency mortgages to its intermediary range, to support...

LHV Bank passes £500m loan book milestone as assets top £1bn

LHV Bank has surpassed £500m in its active loan book and crossed £1bn in...

3.3 million households locked out of home ownership

More than three million households have been priced out of home ownership since the...

Molo cuts UK resident buy-to-let rates

Molo has reduced its standard buy-to-let fixed rates for UK resident landlords. The changes mean...

StreamBank completes £455k bridge for holiday let purchase

StreamBank has completed a £454,790 bridging facility to fund the purchase of a holiday...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

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,...

Latest news

Skipton loses former Connells chief’s discrimination case

Skipton Group Holdings and Connells have lost an employment tribunal case brought by former...

IMLA supports flexible mortgage rules but says housing supply remains key

Mortgage lenders have backed proposals to give first-time buyers and other underserved borrowers greater...

Mortgage borrowing jumps to £7.7bn

Net mortgage borrowing more than doubled to £7.7bn in June, up from £3.3bn in...

AMI says mortgage rule reforms must keep advice at their core

Proposals to give lenders greater flexibility must be supported by mortgage advice if they...

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