2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (414+ words) Today’s BTL market presents both opportunities and challenges. Rely is a dedicated BTL specialist lender built exclusively for property investors and the brokers who support them. While Rely may be a newer name to some brokers, it forms part of…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (326+ words) Smith joins the business with responsibility for growing relationships with mortgage advisers and advisory firms across London and the South East, while also supporting existing users of the Conveybuddy platform. Announcing the appointment, CEO Harpal Singh said he was pleased…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (251+ words) The mutual has simplified its expat buy-to-let (BTL) proposition by scrapping its minimum income requirement and reducing the level of documentation needed from both employed and self-employed applicants. Self-employed borrowers will now only need to provide one year’s accounts, rising…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (858+ words) Demand remains strong and investors, landlords, developers and business owners still need fast and practical finance when mainstream lending cannot move quickly enough. At the same time, funders, lenders, brokers and borrowers are all asking sharper questions, and that is…...

5+ day, 54+ min ago   (219+ words) The latest Landlord Trends report from Pegasus Insight noted that the share of landlords citing arrears has steadily fallen for the last six years, since peaking at 42% in 2020. This was despite a slight rise in arrears seen in Q1 this year....

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (94+ words) Until now, brokers could typically access Ignite through L&G’s Mortgage Club or via selected CRM integrations and partner channels. The introduction of a direct access route removes those restrictions, allowing advisers to register for and use the platform more…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (192+ words) As part of the service, the consultancy assesses affordability methodologies, data sources and controls and benchmarks the approach against peers and regulatory expectations. The service is suitable for lenders across the motor finance, consumer lending, credit union, specialist finance and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (446+ words) The market remains active, but buyers have more choice and sellers are facing greater competition than they did a year ago. In a cooling market, delays don’t just affect timelines – they can also affect prices. Buyers who have committed to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (376+ words) This would be a deepening of its loss of £900,000 in the first half of last year. Although the group said its business had been impacted, it reported progress in its core markets. This included an increase in assets under management,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (610+ words) UK Finance’s Q2 2026 Household Finance Review outlined a mortgage market that has made a very tentative recovery. Positively, the report highlighted underlying strength in purchasing demand for now. Overall, house purchase lending for the year through to July was just under…...