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LHV Bank secures PRA approval to offer consumer credit in the UK

LHV Bank has been granted consumer credit permission by the Prudential Regulation Authority, clearing...

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment...

Mortgage boss swaps rates for reindeer country in charity trek

While most brokers are worrying about swap rates and pipeline conversions, Liddle Perrett founder...

Norton Home Loans secures expanded warehouse funding

Norton Home Loans has secured a new senior warehouse facility with Citi to support...

Atom bank introduces rate discount for high coverage commercial mortgage cases

Atom bank has launched a new pricing incentive for commercial mortgage borrowers with strong...

Alternative Bridging bolsters Midlands coverage with business development appointment

Alternative Bridging Corporation has strengthened its regional sales support with the appointment of Jignesh...

Griffin appointed chief risk officer at Afin Bank

Afin Bank has appointed Rebecca Griffin as chief risk officer as it continues to...

George Gee steps into role as Chetwood Bank’s MD of mortgages

George Gee has today stepped into the role of Chetwood Bank’s managing director of...

Access FS partners with Islamic home finance provider StrideUp

Access Financial Services has signed a new partnership with UK-based home-financing fintech company StrideUp. The...

UK housing market steadies as tax-driven volatility fades

UK property transactions stabilised at the end of 2025, with residential sales holding firm...

Government policies undermining housing targets

Government intervention is actively undermining the UK’s ability to meet its housing targets as...

HTB adds lending director and promotes senior staff in development finance push

Hampshire Trust Bank has strengthened its development finance team with a new senior appointment...

Hope Capital bolsters dual representation panel to speed up bridging completions

Hope Capital Property Finance has expanded its dual representation solicitor panel as it looks...

Just Mortgages launches adverse credit advice team

Just Mortgages has strengthened its support for borrowers with complex and impaired credit with...

COMMENT

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Latest news

The Vernon hires internal BDM to expand intermediary reach

Vernon Building Society has appointed Damien Sabbaghe as intermediary business development manager as it...

Coventry trims first-time buyer and limited company buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has cut selected mortgage rates for first-time buyers and limited company...

TRM adds to PMI team with supervision & development manager hire

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Gemma Penkethman as PMI supervision &...

Rental yields rise across England and Wales as buy-to-let market enters more volatile period

Rental yields increased annually in every region of England and Wales in the first...

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