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A lender has re-entered the market for expats seeking to buy furnished holiday lets. The Marsden Building Society - which specialises in...

Bridging loan books continued to grow to record levels in the second quarter of 2024, reaching nearly £8.4 billion, according to...

The nation is more open-minded than we might think about who to pair up with for joint credit applications, according to...

Paragon Bank is offering four new limited edition buy to let mortgages, with two products suitable for landlords with three or...

Applications from first time buyers have grown by 33% so far this year with FTBs now making up a higher proportion...

Keystone Property Finance has expanded its services by introducing further advances for landlords undergoing product transfers. As part of Keystone’s PT Plus...

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

Mortgage advisers Larry Barreto and Tassib Hussain have been sentenced for fraud offences following a prosecution brought by the Financial Conduct...

There’s been broad support for Santander’s decision that Universal Credit will be considered an acceptable form of secondary income for mortgage...

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

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

Mortgage and protection CRM platform Smartr365 has renewed its longstanding partnership with Legal & General Mortgage Club. The agreement means members of...

A building society has launched a pilot project banning mortgage lending on holiday lets in two tourist areas for 12 months. Leeds...

A property agency has analysed the lending and housing markets to work out why so many mortgage applicants are couples. Benham and...

A unique system of returning rent to tenants to allow them to save for a deposit on a property has been...

High street bank Virgin Money UK says there is light at the end of the tunnel for mortgages and the housing...

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

Almost two thirds of first time buyers mortgage completions are in joint names (with two or more people), according to the...

HM Land Registry says it’s working with mortgage lenders to ensure they will no longer need to chase conveyancers for updates...

Latest Bank of England data released in recent days shows net mortgage approvals for house purchases rose from 47,900 in October...

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

Hodge is removing height restrictions from its lending criteria, meaning it will accept applications for mortgages on homes in England that...

Tomorrow’s King’s Speech, setting out the legislative agenda for the coming year, looks certain to include leasehold reform - and the...

An internationally-ranked chess player who swindled £750,000 through mortgage and tax fraud has been jailed. Robin Moss spent more than £115,000 of...

New data from Experian reveals that one in four mortgages lent to those under 30 now have a term of 35...

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

First Direct has crunched market data to give an insight into FTB activity over the summer just gone. There are three...

A body called the Landlord Leaders Community is pledging “to drive positive change for a sustainable and thriving private rented sector.” Set...

LendInvest has launched automatic DIPs - decisions in principle - as part of its latest platform update. The automated DIP process means...

A study of 7,000 people by a specialist predicts the UK specialist residential mortgage market will treble to £16 billion by...

Bluestone Mortgages is quitting the buy to let sector and says it will focus entirely on the owner-occupied mortgage market. It has...

Saffron for Intermediaries has launched a campaign to help and support broker partners get more self-employed mortgage applications approved first time...

Nationwide says the sharp rise in the costs of mortgages is causing a "significant drag" on the housing market - but...

The latest monthly criteria index from Knowledge Bank highlights the pressing financial difficulties for many in the UK - and with...

With a raft of new schemes coming to market ahead of the end of Help to Buy, questions are being asked...

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

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

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

In this guest piece, WFW London real estate partner Richard Hughes and senior associate Alexander Collis explain in-depth about green sustainable loans....

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...

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

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

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

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

The mortgage roundup column returns to bring you the latest news on mortgage products coming to the market, featuring Furness Building...

According to new figures released by Mojo Mortgages, UK homeowners are now borrowing more money from mortgage lenders than ever before...

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

New data has found that 89% of mortgage advisers believe first-time buyers need more education on purchasing a property and what...

Over the past year, many have experienced changes to their financial situations. With this in mind, Shawbrook Bank conducted a study...

As the first stage of the stamp duty holiday (SDLT) draws to a near close on June 30 2021, many homebuyers...

Smartr365 and Experian tie-up set to transform credit checking process Smartr365, an end-to-end mortgage platform, has launched its commercial and strategic partnership...

Roma Finance completed a record month in May, reporting a 50% increase in pipeline business on top of the 100% increase...

The past year has seen many people experience a change in their financial circumstances. The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in work-life changes...

2020 was a year when every sector needed to learn how to adapt to challenging circumstances and the mortgage industry seems...

Mortgage technology provider Twenty7Tec has completed an APPLY integration with Accord. The move will enable users of CloudTwenty7 to seamlessly submit applications...

Brokers are searching for applications that will not leave a lasting mark on a client's credit score, new research from Knowledge Bank...

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the housing market in a major way and has only added pressure for banks to give...

Sales of holiday homes near the coast have surged over the past six months with holiday let mortgages for properties in...

Mortgage technology solution providers Twenty7Tec and Eligible ai have partnered to encourage advisers to use technology that will retain existing clients. The...

more2life has partnered with robotic process automation specialists Robiquity to speed up its core servicing processes for lenders. The partnership has seen...

Newbury Building Society has introduced a GoGreen Reward incentive to its self-build mortgage to encourage homebuilders to make conscious sustainable choices. The...

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...

Together has updated its criteria to allow more automatic property valuations to reduce costs and speed up mortgage applications. The specialist lender...

Specialist lender Together has partnered with Nivo to provide an instant messaging and data-sharing platform. The app will allow the lender’s staff...

Complete FS Ltd is working with Roma Finance to provide a brand-new buy-to-let exclusive. After partnering with the bridging, buy-to-let and development...

Landbay has released two new buy-to-let products on the back of its recent product refresh. The first of the new products is...

Brickflow, the UK’s first online search engine for development finance loans, has officially launched. The property technology platform – co-founded by Ian...

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

Just Mortgages has achieved its best-ever month for both applications and exchanges in September. The company saw 1,750 applications and 1,500 exchanges...

Activity levels of members of the mortgage and protection network HL Partnership (HLP) are 32% higher than in the first quarter...

The Society of Mortgage Professionals has urged brokers concerned that a customer is attempting to commit mortgage application fraud to under...

Mortgage broker CLS Money has partnered with FinTech specialist Nivo to provide its customers with a fully branded ‘white labelled’ app. The...

A ‘highly unusual’ spike in mortgage searches and applications was seen in August, which increased its five-year average by a whopping...

Virgin Money has become the latest lender to join Lendex, the new multi-lender application and submission gateway from Mortgage Brain. Lendex allows...

Nucleus Commercial Finance has pledged to digitise the end-to-end user journey for all finance applications, including loans through the Coronavirus Business...

Specialist lending distributor Promise Money has launched a brand-new website and processing system for brokers. Following a rebrand from Promise Solutions, Promise...

Mortgage Brain has confirmed that Nationwide Building Society has joined Lendex, its new multi-lender application and submission gateway. This latest integration will...

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries, part of the specialist lending and retail savings group OneSavings Bank plc, has launched a new large...

The British Business Bank has approved four new lenders for accreditation under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). The Co-operative Bank,...

Despite ongoing coronavirus woes, buyers can look to benefit from record low rates and the mortgage market remains open for business. That...

Mortgage applications will soon be as simple as buying car insurance for many borrowers, as technology begins to revolutionise the housing...

Intermediaries can now access a discount for term retirement interest-only (RIO) mortgage from Hinckley & Rugby. The building society is offering its...

Paragon Bank has improved the way customers can apply for its saving range by introducing a postal application process for selected...

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

The Mortgage Lender has extended its 2.83% initial rate with 2% completion fee buy-to-let product to the whole of the market. In...

Nearly three quarters (71%) of the UK’s growing self-employed population believe their employment status makes it harder to get a mortgage,...

Webline, an online quote and e-apply portal from research software developer, Synaptic, is now accessible to mortgage advisers through a new...

MortgageGym is adding four specialist lenders to its online platform for mortgage applicants with lower credit scores. These include Together and Precise...

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has increased its loan to income (LTI) multiplier across its residential range for applications where the...

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched four exclusive mortgages for residential Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor (JBSP) applications. All four mortgages are...

The launch of business-like mortgage monitor, Dashly, and hybrid mortgage broker, Ladder, are a positive development from the broker sector of...

Connect for Intermediaries has announced the addition of specialist brokers Fluent for Advisers and Lenderlink to its second charge panel. Connect’s ‘Network...

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society is the first UK lender to go live with an innovative digital system developed in Denmark. Developed...

One in six mortgage holders have been rejected for a mortgage in the past, according to new research from Which? Mortgage...

The privately-owned mortgage and protection networks, HLPartnership and Mortgage Support Network, have announced the appointment of five new compliance officers to...

Pepper Money has launched a range of five-year fixed rate buy-to-let limited edition products. The range features a special flat fee option,...

Connect for Intermediaries has become one of the first distributors to package for Zephyr, the buy-to-let lender recently launched by Computershare...