Press releases for August 2026

13 August 2026

New figures from UK Finance showing a further fall in mortgage possessions demonstrate the effectiveness of responsible lending and the support being provided to borrowers experiencing financial diffi...

13 August 2026

Jim Boyd, chief executive of the Equity Release Council, responding to the Society of Pensions Professionals Home Truths, said: “The Society for Pension Professionals is right to highlight that hous...

13 August 2026

FRP Real Estate Advisory has arranged the £2.98m refinance of a 12-flat freehold block in Horsham, Sussex, supporting the client in repaying a bridge and moving onto a five-year fixed-rate term loan w...

13 August 2026

Paragon Bank has reintroduced its Track to Fix feature to its range of Bank Base Rate (BBR) tracker buy-to-let mortgages, enabling existing customers to switch to an available Paragon fixed-rate switc...

13 August 2026

David Miller, divisional director at Spicerhaart Corporate Sales, said: “Quarter after quarter, the tremendous, proactive work of lenders continues to shine through. Even where we’ve seen elevated in...

13 August 2026

Melanie Spencer, growth director at Target Group, said: “A further fall in mortgage arrears suggests that despite the financial pressures households have faced in recent years, mortgage borrowers are...

13 August 2026

Richard Pike, chief sales and marketing officer at Phoebus software, said: “The fact that mortgage arrears have fallen for an eighth consecutive quarter is an encouraging sign of the resilience of UK...

13 August 2026

Newcastle for Intermediaries has announced the launch of a range of new mortgage products, further strengthening its offering for intermediary partners and helping more borrowers access home ownership...

13 August 2026

Castle Trust Bank has announced the first in a series of enhancements to its Bridging proposition, including new products, reduced pricing, a valuation fee incentive and further process improvements d...

13 August 2026

Aspen has provided a £2,120,000 Finish & Exit bridge, simultaneously using their No Valuation product, to allow refinance, completion and additional time to maximise sales values on a high-value resid...

13 August 2026

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Ashling Quinn as Lending Director within its Development Finance team, where she will support brokers and SME developers across the Midlands. Reporting to Ro...

13 August 2026

Standard BTL starts from 3.09% and Specialist products for Holiday Lets & HMO start from 3.19% News Highlights Molo reduces rates across Standard & Specialist BTL rates for UK residents by 12bps...

13 August 2026

More than half of financial advice enquiries are driven by retirement 95% of consumers spoken to by Inzuzo have not previously received regulated financial advice Face-to-face advice remains the p...

13 August 2026

Neil Leitch, Managing Director of Development Finance, Hampshire Trust Bank “A new Government might be seen as a chance for a reset, for some fresh ideas to give housebuilding the shot in the arm the...

13 August 2026

Richard Pike, chief sales and marketing “After a relatively strong first quarter, it was widely expected that GDP growth would slow between April and June. The economy's had a genuine external shock ...

13 August 2026

Fintel Services, whose Simplybiz and threesixty businesses support around 45% of the UK's directly authorised advice firms, has announced the upcoming launch of the Affinity Programme, created and man...

13 August 2026

Emily Hollands, Group Head of Intermediary Sales and Distribution, Precise: "Today's RICS data showing buyer sentiment still under pressure, with new buyer enquiries at -28% and agreed sales at -30%,...

13 August 2026

Experienced industry leader joins as Managing Director of CFBUK Network Ltd as the Group enters its next phase of growth. Commercial Finance Brokers UK (CFBUK) has appointed respected industry figure...

12 August 2026

Untangled has unveiled its new website, marking the completion of its transition from Ampla Finance. The website brings together Untangled’s identity, proposition and digital experience, with the bus...

12 August 2026

Family Office lending provides short-term debt & preferred equity solutions. Deals are structured accordingly by the vastly experienced team. If your case requires a certain depth of sector knowledge...

12 August 2026

Accord Mortgages is reducing some product rates from its residential and buy-to-let ranges by up to 0.18%. The intermediary-only lender is reducing fixed-rate residential products up to 75% LTV by up...

12 August 2026

Paragon Bank has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range, with rates starting from 3.55% and products available at up to 80% LTV and across both its Core and Tailored propositions. The refreshed ran...

12 August 2026

Lakeshield has announced the appointment of Rory Taylor as Sales Director. In the role, he will manage Lakeshield's Business Development Manager team, broaden the number of brokers who know Lakeshiel...

12 August 2026

Alternative Bridging Corporation has provided a £1.2 million Alternative Overdraft facility, enabling a property developer to access flexible funding for the construction of two houses in North West L...

12 August 2026

Recognise Bank has expanded its Commercial Term range with the launch of a five-year fixed rate option, giving customers greater certainty over their longer-term borrowing costs. The new product is a...

12 August 2026

Smart Money People's “Smart Money Risers” index reveals which financial services brands are winning over customers, and why digital convenience, savings value and payment flexibility are driving loyal...

11 August 2026

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11 August 2026

Swansea Building Society completes £25K anniversary charity fund with £3K donation to YMCA Cardiff Swansea Building Society has announced that the final £3,000 from the special £25,000 charitable f...

11 August 2026

Marsden Building Society has reached a major lending milestone in Guernsey, surpassing £100 million in mortgage completions on the island. Working in partnership with SPF Private Clients, the Societ...

11 August 2026

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11 August 2026

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11 August 2026

SDKA has delivered a 100% LTV Residential bridge for the full £220,000 auction purchase price of a semi-detached property in Stockport, which the borrower plans to convert into an HMO. With the clie...

11 August 2026

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has supported the £5.335m refinance of a complex 45-flat residential portfolio in South Manchester, helping an experienced professional property investor secure a higher lev...

11 August 2026

The Wealthy Advisers Club, the largest protection and mortgage adviser training community in the UK with over 2,300 members, has confirmed its next conference will be held on Tuesday 6th October at th...

11 August 2026

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has today (11th August 2026) announced a series of rate cuts of up to 0.35% across its Premier, Core and Specialist buy-to-let ranges, with rates now starting from 3.44%. I...

11 August 2026

SME funding provider Asset Advantage has strengthened its sales and credit teams with the appointment of Phoebe Dilly to the role of sales support and credit administrator. Phoebe joins the Basingsto...

11 August 2026

WH Ireland, the privately-owned wealth management and financial planning firm, has selected the MorganAsh Resilience System (MARS) to enhance managing customer vulnerability across its retail client b...

10 August 2026

July’s mortgage market presented a tale of two halves, with remortgage activity continuing to strengthen while purchase and buy-to-let searches eased as borrowers navigated affordability pressures and...

10 August 2026

The first half of 2026 marks another significant milestone in Vida's evolution. The Group, which includes trading subsidiary Vida Bank Limited (“Vida Bank”), has surpassed £3 billion of mortgage asset...

10 August 2026

We’re decreasinging our rates With effect from Tuesday 11th August, we’ll be making a number of reductions across our residential and BTL mortgage rates. Please note, if an application is no longer ...

10 August 2026

Loans Warehouse has completed its first bridging loan with Castle Trust Bank, to support the purchase and refurbishment of an investment property in Andover, Hampshire. The client, an experienced bui...

10 August 2026

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10 August 2026

Following a record-breaking 2025 and continued strong momentum into 2026, specialist short-term lender Hope Capital Property Finance has further strengthened its longstanding relationship with Shawbro...

07 August 2026

Specialist buy to let lender Rely, part of OSB Group, has made sweeping cuts of up to 25bps across its range, including selected one, two and five-year fixed rate products for small landlords and two-...

07 August 2026

House prices stable in July despite renewed global uncertainty House prices stable in July (0.0%), following a +0.2% rise in June Average property price now £299,253 compared with £299,396 in June...

06 August 2026

We’re making some cuts to our mortgage rates, with changes effective from tomorrow, Friday 7th August. Jatin Patel, Head of Mortgages, Savings and Insurance at Barclays, said: “Recent market volatil...

06 August 2026

We’re committed to making it easier for you to place business with us. Following your feedback, we’ve made some changes to our policy for customers who are employed on fixed term contracts. Changes t...

06 August 2026

Maria Harris, chair of the OPDA, to July’s housebuilding figures in the S&P Global UK Construction PMI: "While the construction PMI provides an important measure of the health of the housebuilding se...

06 August 2026

Richard Pike, sales and marketing director at Phoebus Software: "There are some positive signs in the latest UK construction PMI that the downturn is starting to stabilise with output at its highest ...

06 August 2026

David Jones, CEO of Click2Check, said: “The latest Cifas fraud figures highlight a worrying trend for the property market, with mortgage fraud increasing across every category. Identity fraud linked ...

06 August 2026

The Wealthy Advisers Club, the largest protection and mortgage adviser training community in the UK with over 2,300 members, launches the The Financial Services Show, a podcast and YouTube series, des...

06 August 2026

Recognise Bank, the SME property lending Bank, has today increased its loan-to-value (LTV) on residential bridging finance from 75% to 80% with immediate effect. In addition, the Bank has introduced ...

06 August 2026

Pension Lab has demonstrated that open standards transfer technology can also support the validation of and responses to Letters of Authority. The approach uses infrastructure already supporting pe...

06 August 2026

GB Bank has been added to Mortgage Advice Bureau’s (MAB) lender panel, giving MAB advisers access to the bank’s bespoke bridging and buy-to-let lending solutions. The addition means MAB advisers can...

06 August 2026

Glenhawk, the specialist bridging lender, has today announced the completion of a £2.1 million loan to help their client complete a barn conversion project. The client was mid-development of a four-u...

05 August 2026

Ingard has been recognised as one of the fastest-growing mortgage networks in the country, following the publication of the Q2 2026 network league table. The latest league table, compiled from FCA re...

05 August 2026

Holme Finance Bridging Solutions has introduced an interest rate of 0.89% per month for qualifying bridging loans between £100,000 and £300,000, at up to 60% LTV. The new rate is available on qualif...

05 August 2026

Fletcher Hixon Limited, a Leeds-based firm of financial services and commercial lawyers, is pleased to offer specialist legal advice to businesses, financial services firms, insurers, claims handlers,...

05 August 2026

Brickflow, the leading digital commercial property finance platform, has announced the launch of an exclusive automated Decision-in-Principle (DIP) capability, developed alongside established lending ...

05 August 2026

Best Development Finance Broker Award Hat-Trick! If you have any Development Finance requirements we'd be delighted to hear from you. Hopefully our accolades speak for themselves...

05 August 2026

New specialist mortgage range broadens options for brokers supporting clients with complex credit histories. Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched Credit Renew, a new specialist mortgage ran...

05 August 2026

Market Harborough Building Society has appointed experienced financial services leader Brad Nicholls as Deputy Chief Finance Officer as it continues to expand its specialist lending capabilities, furt...

05 August 2026

Accord Mortgages is reducing rates on its buy-to-let range this week for landlords with smaller deposits. Changes from the intermediary-only lender apply to all fixed rates at 80% LTV, which reduce b...

05 August 2026

Roma Finance has welcomed Paula Dowson to the team as National Account Manager. With over 25 years' experience, Dowson joins Roma Finance from Landbay, where she held the position of Senior Regional ...

05 August 2026

London Credit has enhanced its property development finance proposition, reducing rates across its mainstream development range and launching a new prime development offering. The lender has reduced ...

05 August 2026

Darlington Building Society has completed a £420,000 Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor (JBSP) mortgage. The mortgage was secured against a property valued at £525,000, representing 80% LTV. The case, i...

05 August 2026

Check.co.uk has launched its free financial wellbeing platform, providing consumers with lifetime access to dual-bureau credit information from Equifax and TransUnion, alongside Open Banking insights,...

05 August 2026

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a £1.6m development finance facility for a residential scheme in Barford, Norfolk, helping an experienced regional developer overcome a series of planning, leg...

05 August 2026

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has announced the launch of a Buy-to-Let (BTL) Webinar Box Set, a four-part educational series designed to help brokers navigate the increasingly...

05 August 2026

Somo has appointed Dhiraj "Sunny" Dhanda (attached) as Relationship Director, further strengthening its regional presence across the Midlands and East Anglia. Dhanda joins from OSB Group, where he wa...

04 August 2026

New free plan giving approximately 83% of landlords in England who own four properties or fewer access to 24/7 WhatsApp tenant triage, automatic communication records and structured maintenance report...

04 August 2026

57% of leveraged landlords took out a new loan, remortgage or product transfer in the last 12 months 40% plan to remortgage or take a product transfer in the next 12 months, rising to around half o...

04 August 2026

We wanted to let you know that we’re making the following changes on Wednesday 5 August. Purchase 2 year fixed rates will be reduced by up to 0.07% 5 year fixed rates will be reduced by up to 0.0...

04 August 2026

FRP Real Estate Advisory has completed a £85m facilities package from a high street bank secured against a portfolio of three owner-operated hotels in the South West, supporting the borrower's next ph...

04 August 2026

In today’s world, many customers are facing financial pressures, changing circumstances and personal challenges that can make accessing financial services difficult. Vulnerability remains a key focus ...

04 August 2026

Loans Warehouse has completed a £787,500 regulated bridging loan with Precise Mortgages, helping a couple purchase a new family home in South of England. The customers were purchasing a substantial p...

04 August 2026

Savers focusing on specific goals rather than putting money aside in case of emergencies Almost half of savers under 44 believe ‘rainy day’ savings is outdated, with savers far more motivated by sp...

04 August 2026

New hires will cover the North, South and the Midlands Afin Bank has expanded the reach of its sales team with the recruitment of three new regional Business Development Managers. The move comes as t...

04 August 2026

Precise has completed a £1.2m bridging loan in 11 working days, supporting a time-sensitive refinance of a development project and helping the client avoid default penalties. The non-regulated refina...

04 August 2026

Atom bank, one of the UK’s highest rated banks on Trustpilot*, has set a new internal record with 36% of all Near Prime mortgage offers delivered on the same day throughout June. This has surpassed th...

04 August 2026

Omni Protect, Fintel’s whole of market protection club, has been named by Walsham Brothers as its first distribution partner. The appointment comes two weeks after Beagle Street announced that Omni Pr...

03 August 2026

Specialist bridging and development finance lender Pallas Capital today announced the appointment of Darren Rix as Head of Credit Risk. Darren joins the UK management team with immediate effect, bring...

03 August 2026

Reductions of up to 0.19 percentage points for new and existing customers across first-time buyer, home mover and remortgage ranges Nationwide’s lowest fixed rate now 4.52% for new and existing cus...

03 August 2026

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03 August 2026

Swansea Building Society has appointed experienced financial technology entrepreneur and business leader Martin Breach as a Non-Executive Director. A Swansea resident, Martin brings more than 13 yea...

03 August 2026

Firms now able to express an interest in the new pathway including LIBF’s Certificate in Mortgage Advice and Practice (CeMAP) Follows successful launch of apprenticeship pathways to train financial...

03 August 2026

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages has strengthened its Residential Second Charge proposition with the reintroduction of lending up to 90% loan-to-value (LTV) and rate reductions of up to 60 basis poin...

03 August 2026

Simon Webb, managing director of capital markets and finance at LiveMore, commented: “While equity release lending has picked up following a slow start to the year, total lending is still down versus...

03 August 2026

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03 August 2026

Castle Trust Bank (“Castle Trust Bank” or “the Bank”), a specialist bank serving nearly 170,000 customers, today announced it has been acquired by vehicles backed by Sixth Street, a leading global inv...

03 August 2026

Comment from Mark Gregory, Founder & CEO, Equity Release Group "The latest Equity Release Council figures reflect what we're seeing across the market that customer confidence is gradually returning,...

03 August 2026

Angel Property Finance Limited has joined the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) as a Lender Member. Angel Property Finance is a specialist property lender providing bespoke finance f...

03 August 2026

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Cain Lam as Business Development Manager within its Specialist Mortgages team. In his new role, Lam will support brokers across London, working with intermed...

03 August 2026

Dudley Building Society has strengthened its leadership team with the appointments of Jayne Roberts as Head of Lending and Richard McDonald as Brand and Communications Manager. Jayne Roberts joins th...

03 August 2026

Omni Mortgage Club, Fintel’s whole of market mortgage proposition, has announced the addition of Monmouthshire Building Society to its lender panel, making it the first Club to bring the Society’s pro...

03 August 2026

• Total lending rises to £597m, up 4% on the previous quarter • New customer numbers increase 9%, returning to Q2 2025 levels • Adviser survey points to continued improvement through Q3 as firms repor...

03 August 2026

The Brilliant Solutions mortgage club is celebrating its strongest month on record, continuing to outperform the wider market at a time when many are reporting signs of a slowing mortgage sector. Bri...

03 August 2026

Award-winning specialist lender, Hope Capital Property Finance, has strengthened its Dual+ proposition with an increased dual legal representation threshold of £1 million and instant valuations at enq...