Mortgage Strategy is delighted to confirm speakers for its Mortgage Innovation & Technology Live 2026 event on Tuesday 13 October. The conference will bring together some of the most respected leaders from across the mortgage and protection industry for a day of practical insight, collaboration,… The post Stellar speaker line-up for MIT Live 2026 appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
Nearly 14,000 new landlord businesses were registered in the first five months of this year, analysis of Companies House shows. Last year, the number of registrations of new buy-to-let businesses hit a record high of 34,128, according to research by specialist insurer Just Landlords. This… The post Number of company landlords accelerates past record high appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
Finova will launch AI-powered software to let brokers submit applications with one click, with no rekeying. The tech firm said its soon-to-be-launched AI agent means brokers will not have to re-key customer information multiple times across individual lender portals as part of the mortgage application… The post Finova promises ‘no more rekeying’ with one-click AI software appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
NatWest is the latest major lender to raise rates this week, with prices on some deals set to increase by up to 20 basis points tomorrow. Yesterday, most of Britain’s largest mortgage names announced rate hikes in quick succession, including Halifax, TSB, Barclays, HSBC, Skipton… The post NatWest follows price hikes by major lenders appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
Shawbrook has cut rates across its commercial and semi-commercial mortgage range by up to 35bps. The lender has also trimmed rates by up to 50bps on its commercial trading mortgage range on selected two-, three- and five-year products aimed at owner-occupiers and trading businesses wanting… The post Shawbrook cuts commercial rates as Keystone hikes fixes appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
Santander is the latest lender to announce rate increases, effective 22 July. The lender has said it will push prices up on fixes rates across its new business range. It also says there will be an expansion of its range with new 10-year fixes for… The post Santander becomes latest lender to push prices up appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
New prime minister Andy Burnham has announced he will set out a 10-year plan for Britain later this year. Burnham becomes the UK’s seventh prime minister in just over a decade, taking on the role from Sir Kier Starmer. Today, Steve Reed also announced he… The post Burnham makes first speech as prime minister, Reed steps down as housing sec appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
Overall gross rental yields strengthened to 7.02% by the end of June, compared to 6.96% at the end of Q1, Paragon’s data reveals. The lender’s Q2 buy-to-let (BTL) yields report found yields have been on an upward trajectory since the end of the Covid lockdowns,… The post Landlord gross yields strengthen during Q2: Paragon appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
The debate about whether technology will disrupt the intermediary market is largely over. The more important question now is how quickly the market can move from interest and experimentation to confident, practical deployment. Technology has always changed the way brokers work, from mobile and email,… The post Blog: From disruption to deployment: helping brokers unlock the next phase of mortgage tech appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
It’s a familiar pattern: as mortgage demand softens and brokers’ incomes start to dip, protection sales rise again. Networks consistently stress the importance of protection, yet the protection gap, between those who need cover and those who have it, is remarkably stubborn and appears to… The post Blog: reducing the barriers to protection sales appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
