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Quantum Mortgages set to expand into specialist residential lending

Quantum Mortgages is preparing to enter the specialist residential mortgage market, extending its lending...

Big restructure at Afin Bank as leaders head for pastures new

Afin Bank is restructuring its senior management team after key players James Briggs and...

Less Autumn Budget and more Autumn Bodgit

After months of fevered speculation before the Budget residential property transactions juddered to a...

BDLA backs FCA review of regulated bridging loan term limits

The Bridging and Development Lenders Association (BDLA) has welcomed a move by the Financial...

The Family’s members back brownfield development to ease housing pressures

Members of the Family Building Society are calling on the government to make greater...

FCA outlines reforms aimed at broadening access to mortgages

The Financial Conduct Authority has set out plans to reshape the mortgage market, with...

Growth in mortgage lending forecast to continue despite tighter affordability

UK Finance has released its latest Mortgage Market Forecast for 2026 and 2027, projecting...

Nationwide slapped with £44m fine over prolonged financial crime control failures

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Nationwide Building Society £44m after finding widespread...

No acceleration in rental EPC improvements despite policy push

Rightmove’s 2025 Greener Homes Report indicates that the overall energy efficiency of UK homes...

Budget uncertainty deepened November slowdown in housing market

The latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey shows that the Autumn Budget did little...

West One strengthens mortgage division with trio of senior hires

West One Loans has expanded its mortgage division with three appointments as the lender...

Homebuyers continue to rely on brokers despite rise of digital tools

Santander has reported that mortgage brokers remain central to the homebuying process, with new...

Paragon widens streamlined process to HMOs and multi-unit blocks

Paragon Bank has expanded its streamlined buy-to-let mortgage application process to cover houses in...

OPDA calls on housing market to respond to proposed reforms

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has urged the industry to engage with the...
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Commonhold and Leasehold Reform

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

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Appointments

The West Brom promotes Gareth Madeley to chief customer officer

West Brom Building Society has appointed Gareth Madeley as its new chief customer officer,...
MIMHC

Industry leaders unite behind MIMHC Lunch

HSBC UK, Virgin Money, Nottingham Building Society, Landbay and top broker firms Mortgage Advice...
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Santander raises foreign national mortgage lending to 90% LTV

Santander UK has expanded its foreign national mortgage policy by increasing the maximum loan-to-value...
Buy-to-let

Keystone passes £2bn in securitisation issuance with sixth Hops Hill deal

Keystone Property Finance has completed its sixth securitisation, taking total issuance under its Hops...

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