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Complexity is making mortgage advice more valuable, not less
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (432+ words) Jason Berry of Crystal Specialist Finance explores why growing borrower complexity is making specialist advice increasingly valuable. There is an interesting contradiction developing in the UK mortgage market. Technology is making it easier to search for products, lenders are becoming…...
Knowledge Bank records more than 6,800 lender criteria changes in August
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (397+ words) Knowledge Bank recorded more than 6,800 changes to lender criteria during August, the highest monthly total so far in 2026. Almost 6,000 new criteria areas were also added to the platform during the month as lenders continued to develop their propositions. The increase…...
Nationwide increases selected fixed mortgage rates
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (141+ words) Effective from tomorrow, 10th September, the changes will apply to a number of 2-, 3- and 5-year fixed-rate products. Nationwide Building Society will increase selected mortgage rates across its new business and existing member ranges from tomorrow, 10th September. They will affect new and…...
Beverley Building Society backs cattery owner with mixed-use mortgage refinance
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (325+ words) Beverley Building Society has highlighted its mixed-use mortgage proposition after helping the owners of a luxury cattery refinance their home and business through a specialist lending case. The society supported Douglas and his wife, who run a cattery on England’s…...
Scottish Building Society expands mortgage lending to across England and Wales
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (241+ words) Brokers in England and Wales now have access to its standard and specialist products. Scottish Building Society has expanded its mortgage lending, giving brokers in England and Wales access to its standard and specialist products. The move extends its existing…...
Buckinghamshire Building Society launches 3-year discounted mortgages
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (189+ words) Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched three 3-year discounted mortgage products across its Retirement and Credit Restore ranges. The Retirement 3-year discount is available up to 75% loan-to-value (LTV) at 5.09%, with a £999 product fee. The Credit Restore products are available up to…...
Mortgage Intelligence adds Swansea Building Society to lender panel
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (151+ words) Mortgage Intelligence has added Swansea Building Society to its lender panel. The partnership gives advisers at the mortgage broker network access to the building society’s mortgage range. Graham Wood (pictured), head of products and partnerships at Mortgage Intelligence, said: “We’re…...
Semi-detached and terraced homes record strong house price growth – e.surv
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (214+ words) Semi-detached house prices increased by 2.6% in the year to August, while terraced home prices rose by 2.3%. Semi-detached and terraced homes recorded the strongest annual house price growth across Great Britain, according to e.surv’s House Price Index (HPI). Average house prices…...
88% of brokers report rise in holiday let enquiries
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (438+ words) Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers have seen an increase in holiday let enquiries over the past 12 months, according to The Cumberland Building Society’s inaugural Holiday Let Index. Some 88% of mortgage brokers have seen an increase in holiday let mortgage enquiries…...
OMS integrates with Scroll Finance for second charge buy-to-let cases
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (181+ words) One Mortgage System has integrated with Scroll Finance to allow brokers to move from sourcing and fact-find through to DIP within a single workflow for second charge buy-to-let cases. One Mortgage System has announced a new API integration with Scroll…...