Press releases for March 2025
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17 March 2025
Award-winning educational platform Advice Guru announces ponsorship partnership with Pure Retirement, bringing exclusive resources to advisers focused on later life lending. Advice Guru, a trust...
17 March 2025
Broker Online will be temporarily unavailable on Wednesday 19th March from 7:30am. During this period, you will not have access to the system as we perform essential updates to enhance our platform. ...
17 March 2025
Lorenzo Satchell has decided to leave Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) and pursue new opportunities after successfully leading the bridging sales team and creating the foundations for future growth. Reflec...
17 March 2025
New SDLT bands and rates from 1st April Lloyds Banking Group will guarantee completion of cases submitted by 25th March Completing after the deadline could add thousands to buyers’ costs A big ...
17 March 2025
We wanted to let you know that we’re making some changes to the following Clydesdale Bank products on Tuesday 18 March. Exclusives 75% and 80% LTV 2 and 5 year residential Remo Exclusive rates wil...
17 March 2025
Nationwide is today (Monday 17 March) making two changes to its mortgage criteria as it looks to increase its support for more borrowers. Interest Only: Nationwide is increasing the maximum loan-to-...
17 March 2025
We’ve made positive changes to our lending criteria for Foreign National applicants. We’re also enhancing our Interest Only proposition. These changes apply from today, Monday 17 March. Summary of c...
17 March 2025
Aspen Bridging has announced four key strategic senior promotions to support the business target of £250m lending in 2025, which represents book growth of 25%. Aqib Iqbal becomes Head of Credit, wit...
17 March 2025
Masthaven has become the latest lender member to join the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA). Founded in 2005, Masthaven is a specialist property finance lender with an offering that ...
14 March 2025
On Saturday 15 March, The Mortgage Works will be reducing rates by up to 0.30 percentage points across selected buy-to-let products for new customers with rates starting from 3.24%. New business redu...
14 March 2025
From tomorrow, Saturday 15 March, we'll be reducing selected rates across our New Business product range by up to 0.30%. Download our New Business product guide below or visit our website for full de...
14 March 2025
Swansea Building Society has expanded its commitment to environmental sustainability by planting over 800 native trees and shrubs at Penllergare Valley Woods estate over two days – Monday, March 10, a...
14 March 2025
In response to the latest Rightmove House Price Index, embargoed until Monday 17 March: David Morris, Head of Homes, Santander UK commented: “It’s unsurprising that many prospective homeowners and mo...
14 March 2025
On Friday 7th March we updated our lending policy to reduce our Product Switch window from 180 days to 90 days. To minimise the impact to your customer, we will be making incremental system reduction...
14 March 2025
Frances Haque, Chief Economist at Santander UK comments: "Today's GDP data was weaker than expected at -0.1% for January, implying households are still uncertain about the road ahead and whether to s...
14 March 2025
YBS Commercial Mortgages, the commercial lending arm of Yorkshire Building Society, has revealed it had another strong year in 2024, as commitment to broker relationships and personalised service cata...
14 March 2025
Atom bank, the UK’s highest rated bank on Trustpilot, saw another record-breaking month for Near Prime activity in February. Over the course of the month, Atom bank received the largest value of Near...
14 March 2025
CLSQ confirmed as Platinum sponsors Square 1 Media, the specialist PR and marketing agency for mortgages, specialist finance and financial services, has announced details of its next Mortgage Market...
13 March 2025
New online retention process is live. When requesting retention products for existing Bath Building Society customers, Intermediaries can now download an Authority to Disclose form from the Intermedi...
13 March 2025
Dear Adviser, As I am sure you are aware, last Friday saw the much anticipated release of the FCA's findings on the outcomes of vulnerable clients review. This was followed up by a live event on Tues...
13 March 2025
Q4 2024 - View our Regional Snapshot report Our snapshot report gives you a regional view of landlord trends, including: Portfolio profile and balance sheet Market dynamics Landlord confidence ...
13 March 2025
ASG Finance, a leading provider of commercial bridging solutions, has unveiled its ‘Base Rate Beater’ secured investment loan product, designed exclusively for high net worth (HNW) individuals. The n...
13 March 2025
We are pleased to confirm we are reducing rates across a range of products, effective from tomorrow, Friday 14th March. Please find details below. Existing product decreases Residential Purchase Onl...
13 March 2025
HSBC UK’s economy webinars – not to be missed If you want to know more about the current economic climate, register for one of our webinars. Hosted by HSBC UK’s Tracie Burton, Senior Corporate Accou...
13 March 2025
Just Mortgages, one of the UK’s largest mortgage brokerages, has strengthened its successful employed division with the appointment of Sandie Lear as divisional sales director. Leading the successful...
13 March 2025
Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA), the mortgage, protection and financial planning network, has announced a new partnership with Chetwood Bank. As a result of the move, members of the Rosemount net...
13 March 2025
Aspen Bridging continues to build on their strong reputation in London’s super-prime property sector having completed a £4.6m Bridge To Let (BTL) for refinance and light works on a luxury apartment in...
13 March 2025
Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement have reaffirmed their commitment to helping the wider industry deliver best outcomes for consumers through the launch of their new guide, A Connected Lifetime ...
13 March 2025
Customer Rewards platform Vaboo, which has been operating in the Property Management sector since 2019, has recently launched a new offering aimed at Mortgage Brokers and IFA’s designed to help busine...
13 March 2025
Property management and financial platform Lendlord has published a comprehensive news hub dedicated to the Renters’ Rights Bill 2025 to provide clear, structured information about this significant re...
13 March 2025
Alternative Bridging Corporation has strengthened its presence in the North of England with the opening of a new office in Hyde, Greater Manchester. This strategic move aims to further support brok...
13 March 2025
MorganAsh, a support services provider to the financial services and utilities sectors, has launched a series of workshops on customer vulnerability, to help firms get to grips with the topic and meet...
12 March 2025
The Cumberland has announced a new partnership with Uinsure and will now use the award-winning tech firm to provide home insurance quotes to its members. This collaboration means that The Cumberlan...
12 March 2025
Good news – with immediate effect, we’ve made the following enhancements to our domestic BTL LTVs: Please note, that the policy limit of 80% LTV cannot be exceeded by capitalising the booking fee. ...
12 March 2025
The Right Mortgage has today (12th March 2025) announced details of its National Training Event for all member firms, taking place on Thursday 27th March at the Vox Conference Centre, Resorts World in...
12 March 2025
YBS Commercial Mortgages is making positive changes this week, in a bid to support landlords and investors. Effective now, the commercial lender has reduced rates by 0.10% across its buy-to-let pro...
12 March 2025
Keychain, a digital platform that helps mortgage and protection brokers streamline client onboarding, has launched its AI-powered document analysis tool after a successful trial with existing advisers...
12 March 2025
- Walk and Talk 2025 takes place between 11th and 16th May - Route runs from Digbeth in Birmingham to London Victoria - Mortgage community invited to join in or exercise locally to raise awareness....
12 March 2025
LiveMore, the mortgage lender for people aged 50 to 90 plus, has appointed Charly Marks to head of people. Marks joins with a track record of experience gained from a variety of financial service ins...
12 March 2025
Hope Capital has completed a re-bridge for a residential property in just 5 working days. The property located in Warrington was purchased by the borrower, Roger Goodwin of Goodwin Property Ltd and c...
11 March 2025
Graham Sellar, Head of Santander for Intermediaries, Santander UK: “Today’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill is a long-awaited and welcome approach to how the Government aims to achieve its housebuil...
11 March 2025
Swansea Building Society has achieved the highest growth in total assets and saving balances in its history, supported by record profits. The Society achieved double digit growth in its total assets...
11 March 2025
As the Government prepares to launch its Warm Homes Plan, new research from Santander UK highlights the persistent barriers preventing UK residents from engaging with home energy improvements that n...
11 March 2025
Richard Pike, chief of sales and marketing at Phoebus Software, says: "The latest FCA data shows a continued recovery in mortgage lending, with gross advances and new commitments reaching their highe...
11 March 2025
finova has joined the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) as an associate member. finova is one of the biggest fintech firms in the UK mortgage market, providing solutions from originati...
11 March 2025
With effect from Wednesday 12th March, we’ll be making changes to our residential and Buy to Let (BTL) mortgage product ranges. Please click here to see the changes. HSBC UK For Intermediary use on...
11 March 2025
On average commercial lenders rely on brokers for 67% of SME finance transactions, report reveals LONDON, Tuesday 11th March 2025 – The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has...
10 March 2025
Due to the success of our Masterclass webinars last year, we’re excited to announce that we are running them again - whether you were unable to attend a previous session, or you would simply like a re...
10 March 2025
Specialist capital advisory firm Arc & Co. has recently closed a £27.5m facility to refinance the Bristol Airport Hampton by Hilton Hotel. The owner, Ability Group, had recently completed a 50-bedro...
10 March 2025
Zoopla, one of the UK’s leading property websites, is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Whitehead as Chief Executive Officer, alongside a number of other changes to strengthen its leadership...
10 March 2025
The former Chief Executive of the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has warned brokers that lenders will look to take more market share from them in the coming years. Giving his last-ever ...
10 March 2025
Atom is moving its HQ to the historic Pattern Shop, once home to industrial pioneer Robert Stephenson, inventor of the first practical steam locomotive in 1829 The unique space will serve as a hub ...
10 March 2025
Midlands BDM appointment to be announced soon Aspen Bridging has announced planned lending of £250m in 2025, representing book growth of 25%, and appointed four alumni to its Graduate Recruitment Sc...
10 March 2025
Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), a leading provider of property risk management, valuations, and customer surveys in the UK, celebrates International Women’s Day by welcoming nine new trainees to...
07 March 2025
Melanie Spencer, sales and growth lead at Target Group, said: “Despite the renewed focus given by Consumer Duty, the FCA’s findings once again flag real struggles among firms to properly support vuln...
07 March 2025
Andrew Gething, managing director of MorganAsh, said: “While it is positive to see the FCA is reporting good progress on supporting vulnerable customers, it’s absolutely clear that there is still rea...
07 March 2025
Target Group, the leading provider of digital transformation, software and business process outsourcing (BPO), has announced it has achieved gender pay parity across its senior leadership team, as wel...
07 March 2025
Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today (7th March 2025) announced a raft of criteria changes designed to provide greater flexibility and help advisers place more landlord borrowe...
07 March 2025
CLSQ has announced a webinar in partnership with UK Finance to educate mortgage lenders about the role instant insured property valuations can play in delivering an enhanced customer experience. Call...
07 March 2025
finova Broker’s Payment and Mortgage Services (fPMS) has promoted Kristopher Davis to Head of Engineering. Kristopher, who previously served as Lead Engineer, has been an integral part of the finova t...
07 March 2025
Hope Capital’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Head of Sales, and Operations & Finance Manager have all been declared as Elite Women by Mortgage Introducer. Kate Cowan, CFO, Kim Parker, Head of Sales,...
07 March 2025
Average UK house price holds steady in February House prices dipped by -0.1% in February (vs +0.6% in January) Average property price now £298,602 (compared to £298,815 in previous month) Annual ...
06 March 2025
Twenty7tec, the leading adviser tech provider, has announced mortgage market statistics for February 2025 as follows: In February 2025, compared to January 2025: Purchase mortgage searches were do...
06 March 2025
Changes to our product range On Friday 7 March we are making the following changes to our product range; Remortgage products Rates reduced on selected fixed rate products by up to 0.25% Produc...
06 March 2025
The Halifax House Price Index for February 2025 will be issued via press release at 0700 hrs on Friday 7th March 2025.
06 March 2025
Q4 2024 - Rental Income Analysis Report Our latest Rental Income Analysis is here. The full report includes: Overall gross rental income Rental yield analysis Landlord profitability Market dyna...
06 March 2025
Buy-to-let lender Landbay has strengthened its popular limited-edition range with the addition of four new products for small houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) and multi-unit freehold blocks (MUFBs...
06 March 2025
Kent Reliance for Intermediaries (KRFI), part of OSB Group has reduced rates on 2 and 5 year fixed, variable fee limited edition products. Lower rates have also been applied to the standard range whic...
06 March 2025
Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has provided a £11.9 million development finance facility to help transform the Synergy Building in Sheffield into 108 private-sale apartments. With demand for high-quality...
06 March 2025
The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has today (xx MARCH 2025) added specialist buy-to-let lender, ModaMortgages, to its panel. ModaMortgages offer a range of buy-to-let mortgage products to new a...
06 March 2025
VAS is a valuation panel management and valuation auditing business. Established 10 years ago, it now facilitates more than 2,000 valuations a month for lenders and brokers via more than 200 third-par...
06 March 2025
To mark International Women’s Day and its 2025 theme of ‘Accelerate Action’ in regard to gender equality, leading lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has shared its data to widen understanding of...
06 March 2025
StreamBank has announced the appointment of Lee Warne as Senior Business Development Manager (BDM) for London and the South East, with his role starting on Tuesday, 4th March 2025. Lee has a proven t...
06 March 2025
London Credit has announced an increase in the maximum Loan-to-Value (LTV) for semi-commercial bridging loans, rising from 65% to 70%. Alongside this LTV increase, London Credit has also updated its ...
06 March 2025
There is still appetite among landlords to buy despite recent changes to stamp duty on additional investment properties, new research from Landbay can reveal. In the wake of the Budget, just under a ...
05 March 2025
- New ‘tracker’ savings range from HTB launched, tracking BoE base rate - Moneyfactscompare.co.uk analysis shows new account is top for trackers - “Trackers offer savers predictability at a time wh...
05 March 2025
We wanted to let you know that we’re making the following rate reductions on Thursday 6 March. Exclusive Purchase 80% LTV 2 & 5 year fixed rates will be reduced by up to 0.09%, starting from 4.37%...
05 March 2025
AI and seamless data integration provides more certainty, transparency and speed Bespoke platform developed through close collaboration with brokers Intelligent digital application process delive...
05 March 2025
Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA), the mortgage, protection, and financial planning network, has announced the addition of Redwood Bank to its lender panel. The partnership provides Rosemount's adv...
05 March 2025
Consumer research conducted by Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) and Pegasus Insight, has shown that 88% of consumers who used a home condition survey said they would do so again. Additionally, 92%...
05 March 2025
Precise, part of OSB Group, has updated the affordability calculation process for its recently improved residential range, meaning the average borrowing capacity has now been increased, by an average ...
05 March 2025
Nivo today announces the launch of Broker Concierge, the first AI-powered assistant built specifically to help specialist lenders grow without hiring more people. A fintech company dedicated to impro...
04 March 2025
Homebuyer/first time buyer fixed rate products are being cut by up to 14bps from tomorrow The majority are small adjustments, the key changes are these: Product Type Rate(%) Fee ...
04 March 2025
4th March 2025 – Connect IFA Ltd is pleased to announce key leadership appointments aimed at strengthening its commitment to growth and enhancing support for its advisers and network members. These st...
04 March 2025
Atom bank, the UK’s highest rated bank on Trustpilot, has reduced rates across its Prime mortgage range. The cuts aim to deliver even better value to residential borrowers, and come hot on the heels ...
04 March 2025
Specialist bridging and development finance lender Pivot has added Georgie Crocker to its growing team of relationship managers. Georgie will play an important role in deal origination, as well as re...
04 March 2025
Surveying and valuation panel business, The Moving Portal, has today (4th March 2025) announced the appointment of Mark Snape as its first Chief Growth Officer. The Moving Portal operate a panel of R...
04 March 2025
Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today (4th May 2025) announced a series of 15 basis point (bps) cuts to its range of standard and limited company five-year, fixed-rate products....
04 March 2025
United Trust Bank (UTB) rounded off a busy and exciting 2024 with a successful financial performance and further growth in its loan book. The specialist bank’s Annual Report & Accounts for the year e...
04 March 2025
Mortgage Business Expo (MBE), the leading event for financial intermediaries, has today revealed its comprehensive seminar programme for MBE North 2025, taking place on 28th March at Manchester Centra...
04 March 2025
Specialist lender Black & White Bridging has been added to the lending panel of the Brightstar Group, which includes Brightstar Financial and Sirius Finance. The addition of Black & White Bridging to...
04 March 2025
LiveMore, the mortgage lender for people aged 50 to 90 plus, has appointed Paul Lewis as sales director of mortgages as the company continues to expand its later life lending proposition. Lewis joins ...
03 March 2025
We wanted to share that we’re making some significant further reductions to mortgage rates – including one to 3.96%, the lowest five-year fixed rate available on the market (Green Home 5 Yr Fixed, £89...
03 March 2025
Simrat will help shape manual underwriting to support underserved borrowers Specialist lender Afin Bank has appointed Simrat Gill as Senior Underwriter, a key hire for the bank as it continues to bu...
03 March 2025
London 03/03/2025 Suffolk Building Society has joined the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA). Established in 1849, Suffolk Building Society is an innovative lender, offering a full ran...
03 March 2025
Loughborough Building Society has announced a new partnership with Finance Advice Club to further expand its intermediary distribution channel. Through this partnership, Finance Advice Club members w...
03 March 2025
Who will be at MBE Manchester Face-to-face discussions with leading lenders Learn in the 10 seminar sessions Tap into the wealth of expertise offered by the 40 speakers Hear the Bank of England...
03 March 2025
Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has strengthened its specialist mortgages business development team with the appointment of Alex Klimcke as Business Development Executive (BDE), further expanding its broke...
03 March 2025
Hope Capital has announced a record in business as brokers turn to the lender to take advantage of its latest proposition. At the beginning of the year, Hope Capital launched its biggest ever rate dr...
