3+ day, 21+ 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…...

3+ day, 12+ 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…...

3+ day, 20+ 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…...

4+ day, 26+ min 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…...

5+ day, 36+ min 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…...

5+ day, 55+ min ago   (333+ words) A total of 880,635 mortgages were locked into new deals up to six months before maturity in the first half of 2026, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) data showed. This included 499,271 mortgages in the first quarter and 381,364 in the second quarter. Between July…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (213+ words) Marsden Building Society has enhanced its expat mortgage criteria for intermediaries. The society removed the minimum income requirement for expat buy-to-let (BTL) applications and reduced the documents required from employed and self-employed applicants. Self-employed applicants will need one year of…...

5+ day, 4+ 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…...

5+ day, 4+ 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…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (315+ words) The London Foundation for Banking and Finance (LFBF) and LIBF have opened a pathway for experienced mortgage advisers to become chartered members. Qualified mortgage advisers on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) register will be able to apply for the designation....