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Leek Building Society has used its annual report and publication of accounts to mount a stout defence of its methodology regarding...

Mortgage lender Halifax is imposing a new 70-year age limit on the terms of its home loans for some borrowers. This has...

Tom Davies has started with Leaders Romans Group as the company’s first group financial services managing director. This new position coincides with...

Nearly four in 10 portfolio landlords, those with four or more properties, plan to increase the size of their portfolios in...

Business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown has identified three major risks associated with the current market, characterised by falling house prices and larger...

A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...

The Family Building Society has commissioned the London School of Economics to explore the UK’s housing. Its report - called A Road...

Skipton Building Society has made what some brokers call an “unprecedented move” by offering rates for existing borrowers switching products starting...

Atom bank has announced a partnership with climate tech business Kamma to give “an unparalleled view on both the physical and...

Plans to ban cold calls for financial products are the subject of a consultation marking the next step in delivering the...

A possible surge in defaults due to economic headwinds should result in lenders reviewing their loan books and underlying security, according...

Mortgage Brain announced West One as the latest lender to go live on Sourcing Brain and Criteria Brain on the 6th...

This week’s mortgage roundup involves a month of firsts and milestones, with Proportunity and BuildLoan launching UK-first products for buyers. Meanwhile,...

Over the weekend, Nat Daniels - CEO of Angels Media, the founder of the Today sites - penned this piece in...

This week’s mortgage roundup is all about simplifying the homebuying journey, with a new partnership formed to streamline the buying process and...

This week’s mortgage roundup is a range of reduced rates and new products across the mortgage market, with Furness Building Society’s...

Hometrack, the leading provider of insight, intelligence and decision automation to the UK mortgage market, has launched a brand new vision...

West One Loans’ buy-to-let (BTL) division has released new products to meet increased demand in the market. The raft of new product...

New research from energy company Vattenfall reveals 61% of Brits believe mortgages should be cheaper if they are loaned on homes...

Wealth management and property lending specialist Tier One Capital has secured a £6.5 million revolving credit facility from Shawbrook Bank for...

Zahid Bilgrami has been appointed as group chief executive officer of Mortgage Brain. Bilgrami joins the company after 11 years as chief...

Roma Finance has rebranded across all channels to providing lending less ordinary as standard. As part of its ambitious growth strategy, the...

As we leave behind one of the strangest years in memory, we anticipate starting fresh in 2021. With a buoyant housing...

Customer relationship management (CRM) and mortgage management platform, Mortgage Magic, has signed an agreement to provide mortgage and protection brokerage Access...

Specialist property finance trade body FIBA has confirmed that it will hold a virtual ‘Annual Conference 2021’ on January 20. The event,...

Creating blogs and articles isn’t always the easiest task for mortgage professionals, particularly when you consider that client meetings, calls and...

Financial advisers are responsible for the data of their firm and their clients. Losing this data, allowing it to be stolen...

For a number of years now, HM Land Registry (Land Registry) has been one of the most innovative and forward-thinking government...

Over the last ten years, the mortgage market in the UK has changed significantly. Alongside increased regulation of the industry, stricter...

Mark Lofthouse, chief executive officer at Mortgage Brain, is due to retire in 2021 after 19 years in the company. Since joining...

Pure Retirement has started the new year by making changes to its heritage range criteria, aiming to give consumers more choice...

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) opened the doors to its 30th high street mortgage shop in Dorchester on Thursday 3 October. The opening...

Interest-only mortgages comprised 20% of new business introduced in Q2 2019, down from 28% is Q2 2007 but significantly higher than...

The days when lenders would continue to overlook poorly prepared applications are coming to an end, specialist mortgage advisers Fluent Mortgages...

My Home Move has won the title of ‘Best Conveyancing Firm’ at this year’s Mortgage Strategy Awards. This award follows the firm...

Mortgage broker CLS Money is targeting protection advice as a vital part of its growth strategy in 2019. The Essex-based company also...

Following its continued growth, Mortgage Brain has appointed three new members to its sales team. Josh Christie, Kosta Kostadinov and Sophia Smith...

James Alexander, co-founder and former chief executive officer of Zopa, has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at The Finance Professional...

Specialist lending distributor Fluent Money Group has announced the launch of Fluent Lifetime Ltd on mobile. The company will be offering equity...

Mortgage Brain’s next generation lender gateway, Lendex, will now be used as a digital mortgage transaction tool by nine major lenders. Lendex,...

Accord Mortgages’ national intermediary sales manager, David Robinson, is set to leave the company at the end of July. Having been with...

UK lenders were given an insight into Mortgage Brain’s vision and technology strategy for the next generation at three exclusive events...

Specialist lender Accord Mortgages has launched interest only repayment options to its residential mortgage range. New borrowers seeking up to 75% loan-to-value...

Specialist lender Bluestone Mortgages has announced the appointment of Steve Seal as director of sales and distribution as part of its...

New products aimed at expats and a simplified buy-to-let range have been launched by specialist lender Together. The hatful of changes to...

Steve Seal has been promoted by lender Kent Reliance to Head of Sales with immediate effect, as a direct reward for...

Mortgage brokers have welcomed new technology-driven lender Atom Bank's intermediary-driven approach to mortgage lending. The Durham-based bank is set to launch residential and...

Leeds Building Society has eased its interest-only criteria and will now accept sale of property as a repayment strategy up to...

More than 700 buy-to-let landlords are set to challenge the government's "Alice in Wonderland tax grab" in court. The legal campaign to fight...

Keystone Buy to Let Mortgages has streamlined its Classic Range to make product selection more straightforward for brokers and landlords. All rates...

Chancellor George Osborne’s stamp duty surcharge could backfire by slashing tax revenues as investors desert the market, experts have warned. Steve Bolton,...

Mortgage brokers have been slow to adapt to social media with just over half using it for business purposes. While two thirds...

How much money does a small business need to borrow? “We’re looking into the idea of taking out a loan,” they...

Brokers and industry specialists have leapt to the defence of equity release following a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) report suggesting the...

Platform has reduced rates on its buy-to-let mortgage range by up to 0.10%. Highlights include two year fixed rates starting from 2.24%...

Bank of England governor Mark Carney has said interest rates are likely to increase despite the deflationary impact of the Chinese...