Specialist

Digital overhaul spices up specialist lending for Paragon Bank

Paragon Banking Group has reported another year of resilient profit growth, increased shareholder returns...

HTB provides £1.65m refinance to support landlord’s overseas purchase

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a £1.65 million refinance and capital raise for...

Paragon Bank increases buy-to-let maximum loan limits

Paragon Bank has increased its maximum loan limits across its range of buy-to-let mortgages,...

Paul Welch lifts lid on how the super-rich use debt to build wealth

Paul Welch, founder of private finance firm Million Plus, has launched a book claiming...

Dudley launches residential, expat, buy-to-let and holiday let deals

Dudley Building Society has launched a refreshed range of 2- and 5-year fixed and...

Landlords quicken move to incorporation as tax pressures rise

Landlords are increasingly turning to limited company structures as a way to manage rising...

Love Finance partners with iwoca to speed up SME lending

Love Finance has partnered with iwoca in a move designed to accelerate loan decisions...

Vernon Building Society launches expat buy-to-let deal

Vernon Building Society has launched an expat buy-to-let mortgage product to bolster its offering...

Momenti Group unveils free strategy playbook

Momenti Group has launched a free marketing strategy guide aimed at helping mortgage brokers...

Market Harborough Building Society joins IMLA

Market Harborough Building Society has joined the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) as a...

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...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

PROFILES