Acquisitions & Mergers

Acquisitions & Mergers

Mortgage brokerage acquired by fast-growing property group

Casa Group used to be known as the Castledene Group ...

Digital broker Trussle snapped up by fast-growing FinTech giant

OneDome says it's “the UK’s fastest-growing property and fintech platform ...

OneDome targets more than doubling number of brokers in 2025

The group has just added 10 new advisers ...

Broking giant snapped up by digital buying platform

Coreco has been acquired by the growing OneDome Group ...

Specialist lender snapped up by property and financial platform 

The deal is subject to approval by the Financial Conduct Authority ...

Goodbye Virgin Money – Nationwide seals unprecedented acquisition

Goodbye Virgin Money - Nationwide seals unprecedented acquisition ...

Legal & General acquires 147 single-family Build To Rent homes

Legal & General’s Suburban Build-to-Rent platform - known as LGSBTR - is working with the Vistry Group on a £40m deal to bring forward 147 new Build To Rent homes in Coventry. ...

Innovative April Mortgages cuts rates in simplification exercise

April Mortgages, the lender seeking to introduce Dutch-style longer-term products, has reduced the interest rates on its range of five to 15 year fixed rate mortgages. ...

Brokers join call for Pre-Sale Surveys to speed transactions

A poll of surveyors shows strong support for the idea of pre-sale surveys. ...

Surge in borrowers wanting mortgages taking them into retirement

New data from Legal & General’s Ignite platform shows a significant increase in over-50s seeking remortgages with terms taking them close to or into retirement.   Searches for 21 to 25-year terms among over 50s climbed 83% from Q1 2023 ...

Buckle Up – two thirds of mortgage business coming in H2

Brokers can look forward to a strong second half of 2024, according to an industry leader. ...

Adverse-Credit BTL mortgage launched to meet broker demand

Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched a new non-standard credit buy to let mortgage, following what it calls “significant broker demand.”   The BTL Non Standard Credit mortgage is available with a three-year discount of 2.40% on the standard variable BTL ...

New broker tool launched by The Mortgage Works

The Mortgage Works is launching a new tool that provides brokers with the opportunity to support portfolio landlords.   ...

New mortgage platform claims to benefit broker partners

Newcastle for Intermediaries has launched a new mortgage platform for its broker partners.   Following the announcement of its new broker website and brand refresh earlier this year, the lender has now launched a new intermediary mortgage platform. ...

Nationwide-Virgin mortgage mega-deal probed by CMA

The proposed merger between mortgage and financial service providers Nationwide and Virgin Money is to be investigated by the UK's competition watchdog. ...

Barclays slashes mortgage rates across 22 products

Barclays has cut mortgage rates across 22 products and by...

How far could ‘Trumpflation’ drive new mortgage average rates?

This is the latest analysis by Moneyfacts...

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