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A new report reveals the latest trends  in UK lending and borrowing, compiled by lending software company Lenvi. The most notable trends include...

The ESTAS awards event in October has a new principal partner. It’s Landmark Information Group, which includes Landmark Estate Agency Services, Searchflow,...

Mortgage Advice Bureau has developed a new tool to assess a customer’s financial resilience based on their level of protection. The financial...

Legal & General Mortgage Club has added April Mortgages to its lender panel, giving additional exposure to April’s long-term fixed-rate remortgage...

Yorkshire Building Society new fee-free offer will enable first-time buyers across England, Scotland or Wales with a £5,000 deposit to purchase...

HSBC used the Easter period to launch its Energy Efficient Homes range, tailored for UK residential first time buyers, home movers...

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

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries - part of the OSB Group - has refreshed products across their residential, buy to let, and...

Sharia-compliant digital bank Nomo - part of Bank of London and The Middle East plc (BLME) - has linked with a...

There’s been an angry reaction to news that from today - March 18 - Halifax is changing the maximum age allowed...

The ‘average’ 25 year mortgage term is increasingly becoming a thing of the past says USwitch. A recent study of the data...

The Nationwide Building Society has agreed to buy Virgin Money in a £2.9 billion deal - a rare example of a...

The Financial Conduct Authority is working with 12 lenders and administrators to probe the interest-only mortgage market. The number of IO and...

NatWest has made changes to its product ranges for both new business and existing customers. New borrowers can expect a rate increase...

Unbiased, a platform for connecting with prospective clients, has slashed charges it imposes on mortgage advisers for a second consecutive month. Unbiased...

Access Financial Services has partnered with Nomo Bank to offer Sharia-compliant property finance for UK rental and residential property. The products address...

New research indicates that the Bank of Mum and Dad may not be as prevalent as it once was, with the...

The UK's largest building society has slashed its cheapest mortgage rate to an eight-month low and significantly under the Bank of...

Lifetime mortgage fund usage continues to show a mixture of aspirational and needs-based borrowing, according to figures from lender Pure Retirement....

Three years ago the Financial Conduct Authority banned discretionary commission arrangements in a bid to end the incentive for brokers to...

Awareness of green mortgages is dipping among buyers, according to new research. Almost two thirds of mortgage advisers say their clients have...

Three high street lenders - Virgin Money, TSB and Skipton Building Society - have joined the commitment to offer mortgages on...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...

Saga, the provider of products and services for the over-50s, has teamed up with digital broker Tembo to launch Saga Mortgages. The...

There’s been a sharp decline in household financial confidence in the UK according to the latest UK Finance sentiment survey. The Q3...

The 2023/24 Your Mortgage Awards’ ‘Best Buy to Let Mortgage Lender’ has been named. It’s The Mortgage Works, and this is not...

Rightmove is launching its first broker product, which will allow customers to access mortgage advice through the property website.   The portal,...

Nationwide has reduced selected mortgage rates by up to 0.43 per cent across its New Business, Switcher, Additional Borrowing, Existing Customers...

Many of the country’s major lenders - and quite a few smaller ones, too - have slashed mortgage rates in response...

Shawbrook Bank has seen a dramatic reduction in the time to process buy to let mortgage offers since rewriting legacy software...

Homeowners in Wales who are struggling with their mortgages could get loans that are interest-free for the first five years under...

The equity release market has seen growth for the first time in 12 months with quarterly increases in both new customers...

A residential mortgage lender is using AI to help brokers attract more customers as well as engage existing customers. MPowered Mortgages says...

A host of lenders have announced cuts to their rates in recent days, with Halifax arguably the most significant. It’s launched three-year...

Two prominent UK house builders have warned of sharply reduced volumes in the next year or so as buyers struggle to...

A specialist business bank is strengthening its proposition for portfolio landlords with a new Green Reward cashback offer. Redwood Bank says it...

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

The crisis hit Metro Bank is in talks to sell off at least a £3 billion portion of its mortgage book. The...

Metro Bank customers will now benefit from a smoother house buying process thanks to a new partnership with Legal & General...

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

Molo Finance - which says it’s “the UK’s first fully digital mortgage lender” - has joined with a PropTech startup to...

Almost 400 misleading promotions by later life mortgage firms have been binned or amended, thanks to the Financial Conduct Authority.   The...

Equifax data has found that 41 per cent of live mortgages in the UK are held by customers who will be...

UK Finance’s latest Household Finance Review - for the second quarter of this year - lifts the lid on mortgages. The headlines...

There’s been a flurry of rate cuts from lenders serving all sector of the market as a battle begins for market...

UK mortgage customers are turning to fixed rates and lump-sum payments as interest rates rise, according to new research by Butterfield...

There is speculation that the recent spate of figures from the UK economy may prompt a war between mortgage providers as...

The Co-operative Bank has bagged the entire Sainsbury’s Bank mortgage portfolio of some 3,500 customers with balances of £479m.  Sainsbury’s customers are...

Beverley Building Society has entered the buy to let market with two new products. Its variable rate BTL for UK customers is...

A new survey of 2,000 UK adults has revealed that 50 per cent of those who have applied for a mortgage...

From this week the banking and finance industry’s Reach Out campaign will be seen across out-of-home advertising, radio, print and digital,...

PMS Mortgage Club, in partnership with compliance experts Bankhall, has rolled out a new support service to help mortgage and protection...

Property portal and end-to-end transaction service OneDome says it wants to acquire more mortgage brokers as it reveals its HomeBuyer service...

Metro Bank has undertaken what it calls “a major transformation of its mortgage origination platform” to streamline the process for both...

The Bank of England’s latest stress test of the financial system suggests that UK's eight largest lenders could survive a worst...

LendInvest has announced a £500m investment to contribute towards the cost of new Buy To Let and Residential Mortgage products. This new...

We’re now under four weeks away from the start of the Financial Conduct Authority’s Consumer Duty regime. This introduces a new Consumer...

Companies representing some 85 per cent of all mortgage lending have signed up to a new charter.  The lenders claims they have...

Trade body UK Finance has issued a timely reminder to the mortgage lending sector of its obligations to borrowers struggling following...

Property portal OnTheMarket - the third major portal, behind clear market leaders Rightmove and Zoopla - has launched OnTheMarket Money, a...

Newcastle Building Society has reported record lendings for 2022 of £586 million. Significant support was provided to Members, clients, and colleagues during...

Tandem Bank today launched its residential purchase proposition. The move comes earlier than expected, following the market’s positive reaction to how it...

As of last Thursday, members of Legal & General Mortgage Club can now access two Skipton Building Society products on a...

During these uncertain economic times, people are extra careful with their money, and to this end, new research reveals that 48%...

Identity checks remain a crucial part of the home moving process, yet new research shows that regulated firms using manual methods...

Recently, MPowered Mortgages, the fintech mortgage lender using AI to enhance the mortgage journey for homebuyers and re-mortgages, announced it has...

Precise Mortgages, part of the leading specialist leader OSB Group, recently recognised a gap in the market and decided to expand...

New research by mortgage broker, Henry Dannell, reveals that equity release can help homeowners add serious value to their property.  By analysing...

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

In this guest piece, Adrian Plant, director of Shared Ownership at Leaders Romans Group and Calum Toone, mortgage advisor at Mortgage Scout, delve into the...

This week’s roundup takes a look at the latest in the mortgage market, from L&G’s latest addition to its lender panel...

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

Specialist buy-to-let fintech lender Landbay has launched its most comprehensive and intuitive broker portal amidst a bold new brand. The new brand...

Introducer Today returns with a bumper mortgage roundup, this time featuring the latest industry views on mortgage approvals, new and extended...

A new partnership between Hometrack and Mortgage Brain is set to provide a ‘game changing’ solution that streamlines and digitises the...

Stipendum, the platform that aims to simplify life’s complex events, has released a number of top tips to help the nation’s...

Nearly two-fifths of UK homebuyers have experienced a property purchase fall through due to mortgage delays, new research by Butterfield Mortgages...

This week’s mortgage roundup showcases the benevolence of the mortgage sector, with The Cambridge relaunching its products for expats, while Newcastle...

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, Introducer Today takes a look at the latest mortgage news, from Aldermore’s expansion to support more brokers, to Roma...

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

More than three-quarters (79%) of mortgage brokers feel optimistic about how the new-build housing market will perform in 2022, new research...

In the first mortgage roundup of 2022, Introducer Today takes a look at the latest mortgage news, from Landay’s bolstered Green...

2021 proved to be one of the most hectic years to buy and sell a home. We witnessed prices soaring to...

When looking at the problem for a greener future many people point to cows or cars, when in fact the housing...

Recent research from leading later life lender more2life has found that 80% of equity release advisers are confident that the market...

Hometrack, the leading provider of insight and intelligence to the UK mortgage market, has launched a Broker AVM, building on its 20-year...

For mortgage and protection advisers there is no disagreement that managing a bank of clients from the initial meeting until completion...

One in three mortgage customers in the UK were rejected by lenders during the process of applying for loans, research from...

This mortgage roundup highlights the latest updates and features from the UK’s leading lenders, from custom-build mortgage products and holiday let mortgages,...

Data released by independent equity release advisory service, Equity Release Supermarket (ERS), shows that there’s a continued desire amongst their customers to...

Nisha Vaidya, mortgage expert at Uswitch, explains how homeowners can use low-interest rates to their advantage and help make their mortgage more...

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

There has been an increase in demand for financing to fund home refurbishment projects over the past six months. That is according...

Organised crime gangs and fraudsters are now thought to be responsible for up to $2trn a year in money laundering, which...

Anti-money laundering specialist SmartSearch has launched a ‘new weapon’ in the ongoing fight against dirty cash being cleaned around the world...

Mortgage Magic, the provider of one of the UK’s most advanced CRM and mortgage management platforms, has launched an app that...

Bridging loan firm SoMo has launched a new specialist finance product giving favourable rates for larger loans. The product is designed to...

Roma Finance has launched new bridging and development ranges with improved rates and enhanced criteria. The new bridging range, called RomaPrime, is...

Research from equity release lender, more2life, shows that 78% of advisers think more of their customers will look to equity release to...