Press releases for May 2025
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30 May 2025
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30 May 2025
Great news! We’ve reduced the stress rate we apply for residential mortgage applications, for both Clydesdale Bank and Virgin Money, where the product is variable or fixed for less than 5 years. Impr...
30 May 2025
Simon Webb, managing director of capital markets and finance at LiveMore, comments: “A fall in transactions this month comes as little surprise following the surge we saw in March as buyers looked to...
30 May 2025
Oli Bland, director of lending at Black & White Bridging, said: “At first glance, these numbers look pretty catastrophic. But I’m not overly concerned. This is the tide washing back out after the sta...
30 May 2025
Hello, Yesterday, we published our full year results for 2024/2025. And we want to say Thank you. This year, 88% of new mortgage lending was contributed by our intermediary partners, the highest per...
30 May 2025
Commenting on the provisional data from completed transactions during April 2025, valuations guru Richard Sexton, the commercial director of proptech surveyor HouzeCheck, said: “While the provisional...
30 May 2025
Includes removal of application fees on all core residential products Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries has announced mortgage rate reductions of up to 35 basis points across its entire product ran...
30 May 2025
Adam Oldfield, CEO at Phoebus Software said: “A drop in transactions this month was always on the cards. March saw a significant spike as buyers rushed to beat the stamp duty deadline (more than doub...
30 May 2025
Darlington Building Society has launched a refreshed range of two-year fixed rate buy to let products, including a bespoke remortgage deal for landlords starting from 4.54%. Available from today, the...
30 May 2025
Norton Home Loans has partnered with the digital mortgage broker Habito. Habito is a UK-based digital mortgage broker that uses technology to search for products from over 90 different lenders. The pl...
29 May 2025
Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has restructured its Originations team as part of its ongoing commitment to deliver best outcomes to advisers and their clients. Under the latest developments...
29 May 2025
Mental Health Awareness Month is once again drawing to a close. Awareness is good. It’s helpful to acknowledge that stress, burnout and anxiety aren’t just things that happen to other people, in other...
29 May 2025
29 May 2025: Market-leading later life lending platform Air is putting the changing face of the over-50s customer at the heart of its National Later Life Lending Adviser Conference scheduled for June ...
29 May 2025
An award-winning specialist business bank has re-assessed its commercial lending proposition to boost the affordability of its commercial mortgages for experienced professional landlords and SMEs (own...
28 May 2025
Former Chief Operating Officer at Equity Release Council (ERC) - the industry body for the UK equity release sector - Donna Francis, joins the UK’s leading whole of market equity release experts, Equi...
28 May 2025
This year’s walkers will raise over £15,000 for the Niall Stringer Foundation 144 miles completed by c.50 people who all operate in the mortgage sector Further donations welcome until midnight on ...
28 May 2025
Loans Warehouse is delighted to announce the appointment of Nigel Lewis as Head of Key Accounts, a significant hire as the company continues to accelerate its growth and network proposition team to en...
28 May 2025
Deadline date We will be increasing our Standard Capital & Interest, Interest only, Part & Part and Retirement Interest only rates at 8.30am on Friday 30th May. Please share this deadline with your w...
28 May 2025
Specialist lender Precise, part of OSB Group, has refreshed its residential product range with lower rates and even more £0 fee options, making it an attractive option for first-time buyers looking to...
28 May 2025
Cameron Hayes, Director at specialist capital advisory firm Arc & Co., has secured a loan of £12m for a portfolio of 88 long-leasehold pubs in Wales. The commercial facility of £12m, provided by Hodg...
28 May 2025
Conveyancing Alliance (CAL), part of Movera, has promoted Mark Richards to Sales Director. The appointment follows four years of transformational impact by Richards as Area Director, during which he e...
27 May 2025
If you are purchasing a Residential property in need of Refurbishment, we have THE most competitive range of Refurb Bridging Finance options. Up to 80% LTV Net on Day 1 Lending off OPEN MARKET VALUE...
27 May 2025
Q1 2025 Our latest Rental Income Analysis is here. The full report includes: ● Overall gross rental income ● Rental yield analysis ● Landlord profitability ● Market dynamics Download report
27 May 2025
We’re excited to share some great news... we’ll now accept top slicing on Buy to Let applications! This change gives your landlord clients more flexibility, especially where rental income alone may n...
27 May 2025
Manchester-based specialist lender Roma Finance has announced the appointment of six new team members following a period of exceptional growth and major strategic developments, including a record-brea...
27 May 2025
Aldermore has provided a multi-million-pound property development loan to College Street Northampton LLP for the delivery of new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in Northampton. Once complet...
27 May 2025
Important hire for specialist lender ahead of planned launch this year Peter Hale has been appointed as Head of Finance for Afin Bank, the specialist lender created to help underserved Africans and ...
27 May 2025
Intermediary confidence nears historic levels Sharp recovery in cases placed, rising to annual average of 94 DIPs up 5 to average 33 in Q1; DIP to completion ratio improves across all sectors ...
27 May 2025
Square 1 Media, the specialist PR and marketing agency for the mortgage and financial services sector, today confirmed the successful delivery of its Mortgage Market Debate 2025, held on Wednesday 21s...
27 May 2025
TWM Solicitors has become the latest Associate Member to join the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA). TWM Solicitors is a full-service law firm with a lender services division celebrat...
27 May 2025
But Brokers Are Shifting to Short-Term Mortgage Recommendations Buy-to-Let (BTL) mortgage brokers are overwhelmingly recommending fixed-rate mortgages to landlords, with 5-year fixed products emergin...
26 May 2025
Sandbanks is Britain’s most expensive coastal location, with an average property price of £965,708 Nationally, the average price of a home by the water is now £295,991, down 1% on previous year Ca...
23 May 2025
Atom bank, the UK’s highest rated residential mortgage lender on Trustpilot, has reduced rates on its Near Prime residential mortgage range with immediate effect. Products available at between 60% an...
23 May 2025
Free to attend, including 50 leading lenders and conference sessions Just a quick note to let you know that registration to attend MBE London is now open. You can do business with 50+ lenders under ...
23 May 2025
Loughborough Building Society has further strengthened its lending in retirement proposition by increasing the maximum loan to value (LTV) to 70% on interest-only mortgages that extend beyond the age ...
22 May 2025
We’re increasing our mortgage products With effect from Thursday 29th May, we’ll be making changes to our residential and Buy to Let (BTL) mortgage product ranges. Please click here to view the upco...
22 May 2025
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22 May 2025
An award-winning specialist business bank is making changes to its product criteria to boost the affordability of its residential investment buy-to-let mortgages for professional landlords. In respo...
22 May 2025
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22 May 2025
The Chief Executive of Darlington Building Society has announced his retirement from the role after seven successful years, leading the organisation through a transformational period in its history. ...
22 May 2025
Over 100 brokers attended Aspen Bridging’s inaugural ‘Spring Party’ last Thursday at the newly opened Kitty Hawk Rooftop Bar overlooking Trafalgar Square. With the Nelson’s column serving as an imp...
22 May 2025
A webinar poll conducted by Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the UK’s leading providers of valuation panel management and property risk services, has revealed that the first-time buyer (FT...
22 May 2025
Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA), the mortgage, protection, and financial planning network, has continued its strong growth trajectory into 2025, welcoming seven new adviser firms to the network du...
22 May 2025
ONP Solicitors, part of the Movera Group, has appointed of Amy Colton as Senior Operations Manager to head up the firm’s newly launched Cardiff office. A qualified solicitor since 2010, Amy brings ov...
21 May 2025
Just Mortgages, one of the UK’s largest mortgage brokerages, has been named the first national high street estate agency linked broker partners for the brand new 100% loan-to-value (LTV) mortgage prod...
21 May 2025
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21 May 2025
Comment from Richard Harrison, Head of Mortgages at Atom bank “The Stamp Duty deadline has clearly played a big role in the heightened level of house price growth we have seen in recent months. House...
21 May 2025
Marsden Building Society has introduced a new Distribution team working alongside its lending department, comprised of new hires and internal appointments. As part of the Society’s growth strategy,...
21 May 2025
Alex Upton, Managing Director - Specialist Mortgages & Bridging at Hampshire Trust Bank: “Rents continue to rise, and the reason why is clear. We still do not have enough homes to meet demand. Prope...
21 May 2025
To coincide with 10 years in business, specialist property valuation firm VAS Assurance, part of VAS Valuation Group, has rebranded to Validate. Validate will continue to provide its trusted property...
21 May 2025
Simon Webb, managing director of capital markets and finance at LiveMore, comments: “While today’s inflation figures show that price pressures remain, they also highlight the resilience of the UK eco...
21 May 2025
Nick Hale, CEO at Movera, says: "Today’s CPI figures from the ONS, showing a rise in inflation, serve as a stark reminder that the path to economic stability is rarely linear. A cut to the base rate ...
21 May 2025
Bluecroft Finance has become the latest Lender Member to join the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA). Bluecroft Finance is a specialist lender offering tailored bridging, commercial an...
21 May 2025
Nomo, the first digital Sharia-compliant cross border bank, has chosen OMS Originations from One Mortgage System (OMS) to further develop its digital platform and improve the Property Finance journey ...
21 May 2025
John Phillips, CEO of Just Mortgages and Spicerhaart, said: “A rise in inflation was hardly a shock given the fact that April marks the start of the new financial year and brought with it wave of inf...
21 May 2025
Inspired Lending has announced a rate reduction across its product range, with new pricing now starting from 0.89% per month, down from the previous minimum of 0.99% per month. The change takes effect...
21 May 2025
Martyn Smith, CEO of Black & White Bridging, commented: “After last month’s encouraging dip, a rise in inflation to 3.5% is a reminder that the path to economic stability is rarely linear. While it m...
21 May 2025
Richard Pike, chief sales and marketing officer at Phoebus, says: “Today’s inflation data reinforces how persistent price pressures remain in the UK economy, driven largely by a rise in regulated pri...
21 May 2025
Target Group, a leading provider of digital transformation, software and business process servicing, has announced the appointment of Jonathan Hole as the company’s new chief risk officer (CRO). Jona...
20 May 2025
The UK bridging market is on course for a strong year ahead, according to new research from specialist lender Black & White Bridging. The firm’s latest broker survey reveals that 72% of intermediaries...
20 May 2025
Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today (Tuesday 20th May) announced a series of enhancements to its Property Plus range, including the acceptance of Short-Term Lets ...
20 May 2025
Hanley Economic Building Society has announced the appointment of Samantha Ward to the newly created role of Commercial Director. Samantha brings nearly 25 years of experience in financial services, ...
20 May 2025
Afin Bank, a new bank created to help people from Africa and other foreign national communities living in the UK to get mortgages, has partnered with Nivo to implement its broker facing technology thr...
20 May 2025
20 May 2025: Market-leading later life lending platform Air is boosting growth in the later life lending market by linking with the UK’s longest-standing lead generation specialists Lead Tech. Its pa...
20 May 2025
Aldermore today announces significant reductions to rates across both its buy to let (BTL) and residential owner occupier ranges, for new and existing customers. The following rates are available im...
20 May 2025
The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading representative body for the conveyancing industry, has today (20th May 2025) announced the appointment of two new Directors to its Board. As of last wee...
20 May 2025
Buckinghamshire Building Society has increased the maximum loan-to-value (LTV) on its Credit Restore range from 70% to 75%. Effective immediately, the change reflects a key focus for the Society’s mo...
20 May 2025
Aspen has responded to the latest Bank of England base rate reduction with the launch of a new Rate Card, showing cuts of up to 72bps across several of its most popular products. Residential bridgin...
20 May 2025
LHV Bank has completed a £5 million commercial real estate facility to refinance two specialist care home assets, supporting a well-established property investor with a growing multi-million-pound por...
20 May 2025
Specialist commercial lender InterBay, part of OSB Group, has helped a higher education organisation to acquire an additional teaching building in London as they seek to expand their portfolio. Locat...
20 May 2025
Suros Capital, the luxury asset short term lender, has released details of a recent case where the client, a property developer, required funding of £100,000 to complete the renovation of a residentia...
20 May 2025
Landbay has announced significant rate reductions across its buy-to-let product range, with rates falling by as much as 0.80%. The headline rate reduction comes to Landbay’s popular first-time landlo...
20 May 2025
The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has today published a major new report, The Future of Homebuying: Consumer Expectations and the Path to Digital Transformation, revealing that the UK’s homebu...
20 May 2025
Robin Jeffery has joined Phoebus Software Limited (Phoebus) as its new Chief Technology Officer. He replaces Neil Dyke who stands down from the position following a hugely successful eight years in th...
19 May 2025
We have access to specialist funding for land remediation, suitable for: Contamination remediation, Ground stabilisation, Treatment of groundwater, Management of ground gases. Can be used for lan...
19 May 2025
Barclays has enhanced its affordability rates, enabling customers to borrow more when buying a home. Affordability rates have been cut for residential purchase and remortgage applications, with a fami...
19 May 2025
Loans Warehouse is proud to celebrate a record-breaking year in 2024, delivering exceptional conversion rates from clients referred by mortgage brokers within major UK networks, including Mortgage Adv...
19 May 2025
Bridging lender, SDKA has expanded its customer-facing team with the appointment of Chris Simpson as Underwriter. Chris will work with brokers and direct applicants as well as surveyors and legal pr...
19 May 2025
Ward Hadaway has joined the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) as an Associate Member. Ward Hadaway is a UK Top 100 law firm with a well-established real estate and property finance pr...
19 May 2025
Alternative Bridging Corporation has completed a £4.5 million funding package for a repeat client, structuring three separate facilities to refinance and fund a range of assets located across the Nort...
19 May 2025
David Morris, Head of Homes at Santander UK said “Today’s buyers will be eagerly watching the broader interest rate market, and with further projected Bank of England base rate cuts in 2025 it’s natu...
16 May 2025
Santander UK has announced that, from Tuesday 20 May, it is making further mortgage rate reductions of up to 0.19% on more the 60 products across its home mover, first time buyer, remortgage and buy t...
16 May 2025
The release of the FCA’s latest Financial Lives survey, which found that 49% of UK adults have one or more characteristic of vulnerability, demonstrates the pressing need to understand customer vulner...
16 May 2025
Conveyancing distributor, conveybuddy, has today (16th May 2025) announced the addition of Welsh legal firm, DP Law, to its panel of conveyancing providers. DP Law, with offices in Cardiff and Bridge...
16 May 2025
If you are a Developer coming to the end of term on your Development Finance facility, a "Developer Exit" Bridging loan can give you further time & essential breathing space. Even with some works lef...
16 May 2025
We’re reducing our mortgage products With effect from Monday 19th May, we’ll be making changes to our residential and Buy to Let (BTL) mortgage product ranges. Please click here to view the upcoming...
16 May 2025
Atom bank, the UK’s top rated bank on Trustpilot, has delivered a £660,000 loan to fund the purchase of pub premises in a case reliant on the bank’s ability to consider ‘goodwill’ in place of a cash c...
16 May 2025
Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has announced the successful completion of its Braccan Mortgage Funding 2025-1 deal, securing £550 million of funding on Thursday 15 May...
15 May 2025
We wanted to let you know that we’re making some rate reductions to the following Clydesdale Bank products on Friday 16 May. Core Residential (including Product Transfer) Selected Residential 65%-...
15 May 2025
LiveMore, the mortgage lender for people aged 50 to 90 plus, has today launched its new Standard Part & Part mortgage. This innovative hybrid product is designed for borrowers aged 50 and above, wheth...
15 May 2025
Reduction in stress rates following FCA’s rule clarification allows applicants to borrow on average £28k more Change provides boost for all buyer types, notably for remortgage, making it easier to ...
15 May 2025
Richard Pike, chief of sales and marketing at Phoebus Software, says: “It’s encouraging to see a fall in mortgage arrears across both homeowner and buy-to-let sectors this quarter, especially against...
15 May 2025
David Miller, divisional director at Spicerhaart Corporate Sales, said: “It is really positive to see mortgage arrears continue to fall across both residential and buy-to-let. While possessions do cr...
15 May 2025
Melanie Spencer, the sales and growth lead for fintech Target group, said: “Arrears may look good now but employment levels deteriorated in March. Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ £20bn tax raid on employer...
15 May 2025
Get the latest market insights at 11.30am Our next live Economic Update with Nationwide's Chief Economist, Robert Gardner starts soon. Join us to uncover the insights you need to stay ahead: Refle...
15 May 2025
Neil Leitch, Managing Director - Development Finance, at Hampshire Trust Bank. “The increase in private housing is welcome after last month’s drop, and shows that developers are finding ways to navig...
15 May 2025
Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has launched a new vulnerable customer disclosure information service, providing brokers with an up-to-date, searchable database that outlines how to declare a customer as ...
15 May 2025
Interbridge Mortgages is celebrating its first anniversary of lending in the second charge sector, following a year marked by exceptional achievements, rapid growth, and unwavering commitment to its i...
15 May 2025
TAB, the property finance and investment platform, has joined the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) as a Lender Member. Founded in 2018, TAB is a whole life cycle, real estate finance...
15 May 2025
The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has today (15th May 2025) announced full details of its Sales & Development Peer Group Meetings taking place across the UK throughout May 2025. The sessions ar...
15 May 2025
VouchedFor, the UK’s leading adviser review site, has published the list of winners of its first-ever Client Experience Awards. The shortlists, and ultimately winners, of the 15 categories, were deci...
15 May 2025
We wanted to let you know that we’re launching the following products on Friday 16 May. Exclusive Remortgage NEW 75% LTV 2 Year Fixed Rate with £995 fee will be launched at 4.18%. NEW 75% LTV 5 Y...
15 May 2025
Leading home moving group Movera, has appointed Glen Walker as its new Director of Professional Standards, as the company continues to strengthen its commitment to quality, compliance and risk managem...
14 May 2025
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14 May 2025
Mortgage finance is at its most affordable level since the end of 2024, new analysis from national mortgage and protection network Stonebridge reveals. The firm’s latest bi-monthly Mortgage Affordab...
14 May 2025
Hanley Economic Building Society has expanded its residential mortgage range with the launch of an innovative five-year fixed rate 100% LTV Rent to Own mortgage, specifically available for properties ...
14 May 2025
Kuflink, the specialist bridging lender, came to the rescue of a broker and their client, who wanted to complete the purchase of a vacant public house but had been let down by another lender. Using d...
14 May 2025
Vida Group Holdings Limited, the holding company of Vida Bank Limited, today announces its financial results for the year ended 31 December 2024 and provides an update on strategic progress made durin...
14 May 2025
Specialist distributor Crystal SF, the broker’s broker, has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Gareth Shilton as group strategy director. Gareth brings over 30 years of experien...
14 May 2025
Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA), the mortgage, protection, and financial planning network, has announced a new partnership with 4C Platform. 4C Platform is an online sourcing system which support...
14 May 2025
Inspired Lending has completed a £1.1 million bridging facility to support the purchase and refurbishment of a large detached house in South Yorkshire. The property, which had suffered significant st...
14 May 2025
Atom bank, the UK’s highest rated mortgage lender on Trustpilot, has set new monthly records for both applications and completions for Near Prime mortgages. The number of Near Prime mortgage applicat...
14 May 2025
Leading home moving group Movera, has appointed Glen Walker as its new Director of Professional Standards, as the company continues to strengthen its commitment to quality, compliance and risk managem...
14 May 2025
Landlords in the south of England are more optimistic than those in the rest of the country, according to new polling from Landbay. The research, based on the opinions of landlords operating approxim...
13 May 2025
Plannr users can streamline fact finding updates and automate adviser documentation through a seamless integration with AdvisoryAI. AdvisoryAI, award-winning AI platform for financial advisers, and P...
13 May 2025
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13 May 2025
Maria Harris, Chair of the Open Property Data Association (OPDA), says: “The recent withdrawal of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) Material Information guidance...
13 May 2025
Market Leading Refurbishment Bridging gives 80% NET! If you are purchasing a Residential property in need of Refurbishment, we have an amazing range of Refurb Bridging Finance options. Up to 80% LT...
13 May 2025
Conveyancing distributor, conveybuddy, has today (13th May 2025) announced the appointment of a new Senior Account Manager. Rachel Payne has joined the business with immediate effect and is responsib...
13 May 2025
Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today (Tuesday 13th May) has today unveiled a refreshed Buy to Let product range with rate reductions across a number of specialist ...
13 May 2025
Less than half are very confident they are meeting Consumer Duty obligations on later life lending Key says offering all options on later life lending to over-50s is central to delivering good cust...
13 May 2025
Philip Kay, Director at specialist capital advisory Arc & Co., has completed a bridging transaction of £26m secured against a large prime central London property. The gross loan of £26m provided by s...
13 May 2025
Specialist lender, Vida Homeloans, has announced rate reductions of up to 0.45% on its Residential range and up to 0.50% on its Buy to Let products. In addition, Vida has launched new Limited Edition...
13 May 2025
With Learning at Work Week fast approaching, leading specialist lender OSB Group is supporting the national campaign that focuses on the importance and benefits of continual learning and development. ...
13 May 2025
London Credit has completed a £325,000 bridging loan to support the urgent purchase of a commercial property in Birkenhead, helping a returning client secure their next investment without delay. The ...
13 May 2025
One Mortgage System (OMS), the technology-led processing platform for intermediaries, has announced that London and Country Mortgages (L&C), the UK’s leading fee-free mortgage broker, is adopting OMS ...
12 May 2025
Two clients were in the middle of navigating a complex refinance and needed a solution, fast..... ...
12 May 2025
Due to the success of our Masterclass webinars earlier this year, we’re excited to announce that we are running them again - whether you were unable to attend a previous session, or you would simply l...
12 May 2025
A unique grid compiled by Advice Guru highlights 60 different types of support provided by later life lenders to help advisers Despite the wide range of tools on offer, the research also reveals si...
12 May 2025
Accord Mortgages is reducing rates again this week across its residential range, effective tomorrow (Tuesday, 13 May). The intermediary-only lender has taken the opportunity presented by more stable ...
12 May 2025
Existing product decreases Residential Purchase Only 3.91% Premier 2 Yr Fixed £899 product fee, 60% LTV, Min loan £5k, Max loan £2m, will decrease to 3.86% 3.92% 2 Yr Fixed £899 product fee, 60%...
12 May 2025
Darlington Building Society has announced a series of rate reductions of up to 0.35% across its residential mortgage range, alongside the launch of new fixed rate options at 90% and 95% LTV for specia...
12 May 2025
Manchester, UK. Specialist bridging lender Somo is bringing back its most popular promotion – Free Legals – for the month of May 2025. From 6th to 30th May, brokers can lock in a deal with Somo and r...
12 May 2025
Property investment and finance platform Lendlord has launched LendlordAI, a new suite of artificial intelligence tools designed to support landlords and property investors with everything from sourci...
12 May 2025
Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched a two-year Everyday Buy to Let fixed rate, along with repriced products across its Credit Revive and Credit Restore ranges. The changes are designed to s...
12 May 2025
StreamBank has today announced the addition of title insurance to all bridging cases up to £2 million, with the aim of achieving faster completions and greater certainty for brokers and their clients....
09 May 2025
Santander to cut fixed-mortgage rates by up to 0.18%, introducing more sub-4% three-year fixed rate products Santander UK has announced that, from Tuesday 13 May, it is reducing interest rates across...
09 May 2025
The Mortgage Works will again be cutting rates on selected buy-to-let and limited company products for new and existing customers by up to 0.30 percentage points. The new rates will be effective from ...
09 May 2025
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09 May 2025
Following the decision on 8 May 2025 by the Monetary Policy Committee to reduce the Bank of England Base Rate from 4.50%, to 4.25%, we’re making some changes. Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank Variabl...
09 May 2025
The professionalisation of the private rental sector continues to gather momentum as the latest Q1 2025 Landlord Trends research, conducted by Pegasus Insight on behalf of Foundation Home Loans, revea...
09 May 2025
The Brightstar Group will be marking and supporting Mental Health Awareness Week between 12th and 18th May, continuing to raise awareness and encourage openness across the business around the issue of...
08 May 2025
Nationwide reducing rates for existing customers switching to a new deal or new customers remortgaging by up to 0.22 percentage points Nationwide offers 3.84% for new customers looking to remortgag...
08 May 2025
Leeds Building Society is reducing rates across its residential mortgage range by up to 18bps from Saturday 10th May, following Thursday’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting. The new rates, available ...
08 May 2025
Following the 0.25% decrease in the Bank Rate on Thursday 8 May, mortgage customers who are on Nationwide’s Standard Mortgage Rate (SMR) will see a decrease of 0.25%. The new SMR of 6.99% will come i...
08 May 2025
Fix now or opt for a tracker in the hope of further cuts dilemma: Rob Clifford, Chief Executive of Stonebridge, comments on this afternoon’s MPC decision This rate cut is the clearest sign yet that t...
08 May 2025
Martin Temple, Economist at Leeds Building Society, reacting to the MPC decision to cut the base rate by 0.25% to 4.25%: “The reduction in the base rate by 0.25% to 4.25% will be welcome news for tho...
08 May 2025
Jessica Darrah, senior products manager (savings), said: “Today’s decision by the Bank of England to lower the base rate is aimed at stimulating economic activity. For many SMEs and commercial landlo...
08 May 2025
Following today's Base Rate announcement by the Bank of England, Alan Davison, Chief Commercial Officer of Afin Bank, commented: “Today’s Base Rate cut was never in doubt as the economy desperately ...
08 May 2025
Andrew Gething, managing director of MorganAsh, said: “Today’s cut marks a real shift in sentiment around the outlook on interest rates as we move away from the gradual, careful approach we’ve grown ...
08 May 2025
Martyn Smith, chief executive officer at Black & White Bridging said: “While today’s rate cut is a step in the right direction, it feels like the Bank of England is still playing catch-up. Inflation ...
08 May 2025
John Phillips, CEO of Just Mortgages and Spicerhaart, said: “Today’s decision was clearly not a surprise, with financial markets pricing in a cut with unanimous certainty. What will be interesting th...
08 May 2025
Sharon Beedham, Relationship Director at ONP Solicitors said: “Even a modest 0.25% cut can have a ripple effect, especially in a market as sentiment-driven as property. Buyers and homeowners alike ha...
08 May 2025
Simon Webb, managing director of capital markets and finance at LiveMore, comments: "While this move may not immediately transform mortgage rates, today’s rate cut will provide relief to many borrowe...
08 May 2025
Richard Pike, chief sales and marketing officer at Phoebus Software says: “The Bank of England’s decision to cut the base rate is not unexpected and reflects growing concerns around slower economic g...
08 May 2025
Steve Cox, Chief Commercial Officer at Fleet Mortgages: “The Bank of England’s decision to cut Bank Base Rate today marks a further pivotal moment for the mortgage market and comes off the back of a ...
08 May 2025
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08 May 2025
The UK’s leading whole of market equity release experts, Equity Release Group (ERG), has today announced a new partnership with the UK’s largest debt charity, StepChange, to become their exclusive equ...
08 May 2025
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08 May 2025
Slight rise in house prices as market maintains strength House prices increased by +0.3% in April vs -0.5% in March Average property price now £297,781 compared to £296,899 in previous month Annu...
08 May 2025
Kuflink, the award winning bridging lender, has announced significant changes to its valuation criteria and is highlighting its championing of title indemnity insurance to speed up the conveyancing pr...
08 May 2025
Aldermore today launches several new zero fee limited edition buy to let (BTL) products for landlords. The following rates are available immediately: For new customers BTL Individual and compan...
08 May 2025
Monmouthshire Building Society has selected Phoebus to provide account servicing solutions to its 90,000 mortgage and savings members. The partnership is announced following a market-wide vendor sel...
08 May 2025
Aspen Bridging has quickly facilitated a £700k Development Exit loan on a multi-unit project in Bedford when the previous finance agreement and right of way issues threatened to derail the build. Co...
08 May 2025
Atom bank, the UK’s highest rated mortgage lender on Trustpilot, has reduced rates on its commercial investment fixed rate mortgages. The cuts take effect immediately, and vary in size based on the l...
08 May 2025
Specialist lender, United Trust Bank Mortgages, has completed a £1.7m remortgage for applicants with complex income in just 25 working days. The remortgage was needed to exit a bridging loan which wa...
08 May 2025
Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has launched Portfolio Edge, a new structured lending solution for brokers working with professional landlords whose portfolios no longer fit traditional affordability model...
08 May 2025
Castle Trust Bank has launched PULSE – a new upgraded application and processing platform for brokers. PULSE, which stands for Providing Unbeatable Lending Service Every time, gives brokers the abil...
08 May 2025
Calls for clearer definition to drive innovation, empower consumers and support brokers LiveMore, the mortgage lender for people aged 50 to 90 plus is calling on the financial services industry to co...
07 May 2025
We wanted to let you know that we’re making the following rate reductions on Thursday 8 May. Purchase 80% LTV Exclusive 2 & 5 year fixed rates will be reduced by up to 0.06%, starting from 4.19%. ...
07 May 2025
The Halifax House Price Index for April 2025 will be issued via press release at 0700 hrs on Thursday 8th May 2025.
07 May 2025
Lloyds Banking Group has appointed Frances Cassidy as its new Head of Strategic & Technology Partnerships. Frances’s appointment follows the departure of Claire Cherrington in March. Frances joins th...
07 May 2025
Sikoia has joined forces with Mast, a mortgage origination platform, to reduce administrative workloads and enhance the experience for both lenders and brokers. London, UK, 7th May 2025 – London-base...
07 May 2025
Roma Finance has completed a £1.924m commercial bridging loan in just seven days, supporting the purchase of a vacant food and beverage retail unit intended for investment. The borrower, introduced b...
07 May 2025
LiveMore has announced the launch of its new 3+2-year fixed rate mortgage, designed to give customers aged 50 to 90+ greater control over their borrowing in a changing interest rate environment. The ...
07 May 2025
Rent and mortgage spending increased by 5.2 per cent year-on-year in April, down slightly from 5.4 per cent in March, amidst widespread rate reductions from lenders One in four mortgage holders are...
07 May 2025
Three in every five buy-to-let (BTL) brokers expect a 0.25% cut in the base rate on 8th May, according to BTL lender, Landbay. In a poll of 119 mortgage brokers that closed on 22nd April, Landbay ask...
07 May 2025
Broker confidence surges Seven in every ten brokers say they are optimistic about the future growth in the short-term lending market. Research by specialist lender Black & White Bridging found 37 ...
07 May 2025
Communications between parties most challenging part of the process and conveyancers seen to be causing delays The house buying process takes 41 per cent longer than expected, according to new resear...
06 May 2025
Nationwide cutting rates by up to 0.30 percentage points For new and existing customers looking to move home, rates start from 3.84% Nationwide offering sub-4% first-time buyer rates for first tim...
06 May 2025
From tomorrow, Wednesday 7 May, we're reducing selected fixed and tracker rates by up to 0.30%. This includes rates across our New Business and Existing Customer Moving Home product ranges. Plus, our...
06 May 2025
Marsden Building Society has further enhanced its Retirement Interest Only (RIO) products with two additional features. RIO customers can now benefit from free valuations across all cases and fee as...
06 May 2025
Paul Carter, CEO “The release of the Equity Release Council’s updated standards underlines the later life sector’s commitment to self-development and to generating the best outcomes for consumers. Th...
06 May 2025
Our 🌷Spring Saver ends 830am tomorrow, please submit your full mortgage applications ahead of the deadline. 🌷Spring Saver limited-edition 2-Year rates reduced by up to 0.59% versus our core range: ...
06 May 2025
Commenting on the Equity Release Council’s standards initiative, Will Hale, CEO of Air said: Air represents the interests of an ever growing base of more than 10,000 advisers who look to us to suppo...
06 May 2025
Commenting on the Equity Release Council’s standards initiative, Will Hale, CEO of Key said: Key has been at the forefront of raising and maintaining best practice standards in later life lending. E...
06 May 2025
To support for the new build market, Santander UK has announced that, from today, Tuesday 6 May, all new build mortgage offers will be valid for a standard nine months – three months longer than previ...
06 May 2025
Leeds Building Society is reducing rates across its residential mortgage range by up to 20bps from today, 6th May 2025, ahead of Thursday’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting. The new rates, available...
06 May 2025
We’ve updated our rate change request process From today, Tuesday 6th May we have made the following changes to how you request a rate change on an existing mortgage application. Product Switch appl...
06 May 2025
YBS Commercial Mortgages has made some significant enhancements to its broker portal, improving efficiencies and making the application journey quicker, easier and more flexible for brokers and their ...
06 May 2025
Aspen has supplied a picture-perfect, super-prime No Valuation bridge in just nine days for a property professional urgently requiring £1,575,000 to secure their next development in Regent’s Park and ...
06 May 2025
Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has reduced monthly interest rates across its full bridging finance range by 10 basis points (0.10%), effective immediately. The reduction applies to all bridging loan typ...
06 May 2025
Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), a leading provider of property risk management, valuations, and customer surveys in the UK, has launched Geoconnect, a new decisioning engine designed to deliver ...
06 May 2025
One Mortgage System (OMS) and Monument Technology (Monument) have partnered to combine OMS’ advanced originations solution with Monument’s Banking Platform as a Service creating an end-to-end proposit...
06 May 2025
StreamBank has announced the appointment of Amy Robinson as Business Development Manager (BDM) for the Midlands, Wales and the West. Amy joined the business on 1st May 2025 and will support the lender...
02 May 2025
We previously advised you that we’d reduced our Product Switch window from 180 days to 90 days. However, to minimise the impact to your customer, we continue to make incremental reductions on our Brok...
02 May 2025
Over half of 16-28s have used a teapot in the last week and 74 per cent say tea is essential to their lives Gen Z also prefer tea over coffee, juice and energy drinks as the first drink of the day,...
02 May 2025
Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today (2nd May 2025) cut rates across its five-year HMO and multi-unit block (MUFB) fixed-rated products, plus added a new cashback incentive opt...
02 May 2025
The UK’s first app-based bank to deploy Provenir’s award-winning AI Decisioning Platform to support multiple consumer and business banking products Parsippany, NJ – May 2, 2025 – Provenir, a global ...
02 May 2025
Vida Bank, the UK’s newest bank, has announced a significant milestone for its savings business, Vida Savings, alongside two industry awards. Since its launch less than 6 months ago, Vida Savings has...
02 May 2025
From today Friday 2nd May, we’ve reduced a number of rates across our residential and Buy to Let (BTL) mortgage product ranges. Due to planned maintenance the Product Finder on our broker website is ...
02 May 2025
StreamBank has completed a bridging loan to support the sale of a commercial property in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter. Introduced by Riana Azam, Director at Independent Cashflow Solutions Ltd, and ...
02 May 2025
Buy-to-let lender Landbay has announced rate reductions across its popular non-portfolio range of products, with rates falling by 0.25%. The non-portfolio range, designed for landlords with three or ...
02 May 2025
Lender reducing all two-year fixed mortgage products by 15 basis points (bps) Bristol, 2 May 2025 – Zephyr Homeloans, the specialist buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage provider, has announced it is reducing ...
01 May 2025
Santander UK has announced that, from Tuesday 6 May, it is introducing more than 50 new mortgage products to its on-sale range. The new products include 43 new build specific mortgages with a range of...
01 May 2025
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01 May 2025
Accord Mortgages has made strategic changes to its leadership team, to ‘future-proof’ its outstanding service, efficiency, consistency and propositional excellence, and ensure it maintains outstanding...
01 May 2025
Marsden Building Society has doubled the maximum overpayments for new Expat Residential mortgage applications, from 5% to 10%. The increased overpayment threshold applies to Expat Residential* solut...
01 May 2025
Available via the download links below is an open letter, and appendix, from Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) to Emma Reynolds, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, about how the way that the Financ...
01 May 2025
We’re reducing our mortgage products With effect from Friday 2nd May, we’ll be making changes to our residential and Buy to Let (BTL) mortgage product ranges. Please click here to view the upcoming ...
01 May 2025
United Trust Bank (UTB) is continuing to develop its real estate finance offering with the appointment of Alex Tyrwhitt to the newly created role of Director – Structured Property Solutions, leading b...
01 May 2025
Loughborough Building Society has today (Thursday 1 May 2025) joined the PMS Mortgage Club panel, significantly expanding intermediary access to its extensive range of specialist mortgage solutions. ...
01 May 2025
Bluestone Mortgages today announces a series of significant updates to its credit policy and tiering criteria across its residential product range. These changes are designed to enhance accessibility,...
01 May 2025
Specialist lender OSB Group has appointed a new specialist team, dedicated to supporting brokers and their clients with larger and more intricate cases with loans over £5m involving portfolio expansio...
01 May 2025
Atom bank, the UK’s highest rated mortgage lender on Trustpilot, has once again cut interest rates on its Prime residential mortgage range. The rates have been reduced by up to 0.20% across the digit...
