Bridging Loan Guide https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Access FS calls on govt to widen FTB scheme House price falls spread to a third of homes: Zoopla HPI Second charge new business volumes fell 3% in August: FLA Six building societies sign up to FCA and PRA scale-up unit Pepper and West One reduce rates, SBI UK increases prices and withdraws products Rise in demand for UK property from GCC investors: Nomo Finova and Leeds offer brokers a free trial of AI tool Nearly 25% of new builds for sale were listed in the last month Losses on sales of BTL properties jump by 32% There is no such thing as one buy-to-let market – Cox The workplace baseline is moving, and firms will have to teach their way through it – Schultheiss Beyond LTV: why a property’s resilience is becoming part of the lending decision – Blackwell The rabbit I hope Healey pulls from his hat – Pierson Black History Month: My grandad’s experience gave me an appreciation for his generation – Walker L&G launches standalone critical illness cover Lenders have not kept up with complex borrower circumstances, brokers say Sophisticated modelling needed as one in seven mortgages linked to flood risk CrowdProperty obtains £100m forward flow partnership with ColCap Financial UK Brightstar appoints Meadows as senior equity release and protection consultant Gifted deposits: They’re not just for first-time buyers Will falling house prices make homeownership easier? Almost three quarters of FTBs more optimistic about homeownership following Your First Home scheme announcement: Barratt One in seven mortgages are on homes in flood-risk areas: FCA Brightstar appoints Meadows to lead later life lending and protection Feature: HMO opportunity in a time of change Four in 10 landlords have tightened referencing or affordability checks since RRA became law: August Equity release lending slips as advisers report shrinking LTVs Fintel and Mortgage Brain CEOs on building a better-connected future for adviser technology Landbay appointed Phillips as national account manager JammJar appoints Prosser as growth and partnerships director Pepper Money increases concessionary purchase LTV to 85% One to One: Sarah Harrison, Building Societies Association Improve your mortgage application prospects with new app NHBC data shows a 15% slide in new home registrations JammJar hires Prosser as growth and partnerships director 68% of brokers say lenders are too slow for today’s borrowers: Notts BS Equity release lending dips by 1% in Q3: ERC Landbay hires Phillips as national account manager Pepper increases max LTV on concessionary purchases to 85% Principality and Clydesale raise rates as Coventry cuts Blog: At 55, are you really a later life borrower? Top 10 most read mortgage broker stories this week – 23/10/2026 If Coventry and Santander can give 48 hours’ withdrawal notice, other lenders should too – Star Letter 23/10/2026 Six-figure earning households could be eligible for Your First Home – reports Fintel buys Mortgage Brain Holdings in £38.4m deal Industry Budget wish list: Match housing policy with modern incomes and scrap second homes tax surcharge West Brom BS cuts shared ownership rates LiveMore completes third securitisation under Social Bond Framework Tab appoints Melville as BDM for Wales Foundation expands BTL range and cuts rates