14+ hour, 47+ min ago  (1482+ words) Mortgage Soup (MS): You’re celebrating 10 years in the mortgage industry. Looking back, what have been the biggest changes in the mortgage and lending landscape during that time? Sam Lindsay (SL): One of the biggest shifts in the last decade has…...

5+ hour, 17+ min ago  (355+ words) The portfolio comprises residential mortgages originated and managed by Gen H, with a particular focus on first-time buyers and customers with more complex borrowing requirements. The building society said the acquisition supports its strategy of expanding into adjacent lending markets…...

16+ hour, 1+ min ago  (964+ words) There were 58,272 new buy-to-let loans advanced across the UK during the first quarter of 2026, worth £10.8 billion, according to the latest figures from UK Finance. The number of new loans rose 3.26% compared with the same period last year, while the value…...

5+ hour, 41+ min ago  (433+ words) The specialist buy-to-let lender said the new team will focus on communication, pipeline management and broker engagement, working alongside its business development managers to help ensure cases move smoothly through the application process. The team will support both brokers and…...

6+ hour, 17+ min ago  (370+ words) The new service, called Nivo Collect, provides broker firms with a private branded AI assistant that gathers, checks and chases documentation required for mortgage applications, automating what is often one of the most time-consuming parts of the advice process. Rather…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (176+ words) Mortgage Soup InterBay broadens buy-to-let range with new LTV option and lower rates InterBay has expanded its buy-to-let offering with a new lower loan-to-value option, a dedicated pricing band for larger loans and rate reductions across its buy-to-let and product…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (326+ words) The intermediary-only specialist lender has introduced a range of Buy-to-Let Special products featuring both two-year and five-year fixed rates for landlords purchasing or refinancing standard buy-to-let properties, houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) and multi-unit freehold blocks (MUFBs). The new products…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (362+ words) The specialist lender said the new proposition is aimed at landlords with two or more properties who are looking to restructure borrowing as they adapt to a changing buy-to-let market. The launch comes as landlords continue to contend with higher…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (278+ words) The two regulators said tokenisation has the potential to make wholesale financial markets faster, cheaper and more efficient by allowing real-world assets such as securities, bonds and currencies to be digitally represented on distributed ledgers. While the announcement focuses primarily…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (548+ words) Mortgage applications fell during the second quarter as higher borrowing costs and affordability pressures prompted some borrowers to delay purchasing or remortgaging, according to the latest Mortgage Market Index from Stonebridge. The mortgage and protection network said average mortgage rates…...