Vernon Building Society has reported a significant uplift in later life lending, following last year’s refresh, with retirement interest-only (RIO) products. First quarter later life lending increased by 215% in 2026 compared with 2025, building on strong momentum from 2025, when lending rose by 107%… The post Vernon BS sees sharp rise in later life lending appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
Principality Intermediaries will increase and decrease rates across its mortgage range. Rates will rise across residential, residential with cashback, trackers, new build, joint borrower sole proprietor, buy-to-let (BTL) and holiday let products. The lender’s residential five-year fixed rates at 65%, 75%, 80%, 85% and 90%… The post Principality Intermediaries makes mix of rate changes appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
Glenhawk has appointed Josh Knight as managing director of sales and marketing. Knight will lead the lender’s sales, marketing and product teams and will be responsible for its commercial strategy. He joins from Octane Capital, where he spent more than eight years as sales and… The post Glenhawk hires managing director of sales and marketing appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
NatWest will now lend high earners up to 6.5 times their income in its latest affordability boost. The lender has told brokers today by email that it has increased its maximum loan-to-income threshold for joint applications earning over £150,000. It will restrict the upper loan-to-value… The post NatWest raises max LTI to 6.5x for high earners appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
Planning applications remain at their lowest level in over a decade, Landmark data reveals. Landmark’s analysis shows that planning activity has declined each year since its post-pandemic peak in 2021, which it says reflects both ongoing structural constraints within the planning system as well as… The post Planning applications hit record low: Landmark appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
Anyone who’s ever taken a long-haul flight knows the feeling: the seatbelt sign comes on, the plane starts to shake and suddenly the whole cabin is on edge. In reality, it’s usually just turbulence. Uncomfortable, but expected from time to time. It’s not a bad… The post Commercial Watch: The seatbelt sign is on but the plane’s still flying appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
Monmouthshire Building Society has started its soft launch of new loans origination software with brokers L&C Mortgages, Elite Independent Mortgages and MPI. Monmouthshire has partnered with MQube to launch the new Origo platform. The system has been designed to manage the whole process in one… The post Monmouthshire launches new loans origination system with selected brokers appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
There are now just a few days left to submit your entry for the Mortgage Strategy Specialist Lending Awards 2026, in partnership with Black & White Bridging. The deadline is Friday 22 May so don’t miss the your chance to showcase the achievements, innovation and… The post Last chance to enter Mortgage Strategy Specialist Lending Awards 2026 appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
The average number of sales agreed per estate agent branch rose to 8.14 in March, new figures from Propertymark show. This was up from an average of 7.3 in February. New buyer enquiries also rose to an average of 78 per branch, up from 70… The post Rise in the number of sales agreed per estate agent: Propertymark appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
Air has launched an exclusive education programme with Simplybiz Mortgages to provide later life training and development to its members. As part of the agreement, Air provide the mortgage club’s directly authorised advisers with its later life lending training. The training will help advisers with… The post Air to provide later life lending training to Simplybiz advisers appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
