The 2025 season for the Diversity and Inclusivity Finance Forum (DIFF) has come to an end, so we rounded up the key points we learnt over the year. The past year has been a busy one for DIFF, with ...

Islamic property finance fintech Offa has hired seven to its team across underwriting, broker support and finance roles. Mohammad Mia joins Offa as a business development manager (BDM) for bridging ...

Barclays has made further rate cuts to its mortgage products, affecting deals for existing borrowers. This includes residential purchase-only mortgages, such as the two-year fix at 85% loan to value ...

The UK housing market remains in a state of flux, but the latest data points to signs of stability and resilience. A net balance of -26% of survey participants reported a fall in new buyer enquiries ...

Swap rates are agreements between two parties exchanging one stream of future interest payments for another based on a specified principal amount. Mortgage lenders use them to mitigate the interest ...

A Fast Track Process has been launched as part of reforms to the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), aiming to unblock delays in the development of new homes. The government said the Fast Track Process ...

Specialist lender Vida Homeloans has made “significant enhancements” to its residential affordability assessment through changing its stress rate. The firm said the stress rate change was a “strategic ...

There were 41,500 remortgage approvals in May, a rise of 6,200 on the previous month and the highest level of remortgage activity since February last year, data from the central bank showed. Melanie ...

Specialist lender Shawbrook has enhanced its lending criteria to support landlords investing in serviced accommodation. The firm said that as part of the criteria change, it would lend on portfolio ...

Dudley Building Society has reported a £14m rise in gross mortgage lending to £124m for the year 2024/25. The mutual also posted an 8.4% rise in its mortgage book, which grew from £477m to £517m.

In a survey of 170 mortgage brokers, commissioned by Accord Mortgages, just 15 per cent said they thought enough was being done to encourage entrants into the field. If you want to learn how to ...

Speaking at the Diversity and Inclusivity Finance Forum (DIFF), Devika Wood, founder of women’s health collective I am Arla, ...