In October 2018, Virgin Money joined forces with Clydesdale, which provides accounts under the names of 'Clydesdale Bank', 'Yorkshire Bank' and 'B'. Since then we’ve been working hard to bring the two businesses together as one bank with around six million customers. The transfer of the business of Virgin Money plc to Clydesdale Bank PLC [...]

Pepper Money announces new website launch Pepper Money has announced that it will launch a new website, featuring improved content and navigation, next week. As part of Pepper Money’s ongoing journey to become a bank, the specialist lender has built an entirely new website for intermediaries, including enhanced design and features. Please Note: Due to [...]

Virgin Money know getting things done quickly can make all the difference when it comes to writing new business. It’s why they offer day 1 underwriting and instruct valuations straightaway. It’s also why they have a 10-day service promise that means they’ll pay your customers £100 if they don’t receive an Offer on time.* By [...]

With more people unlocking property wealth to help boost funds during retirement, the profile of lifetime mortgage clients is widening. Learn the many ways that lifetime mortgage client profiles differ around the regions.

You can now product switch all existing HSBC mortgage customers It doesn’t seem that long ago that we told you about our new product switching process. Well, we’ve developed the process even further and you can now retain existing HSBC mortgage customers regardless of whether they originated via yourselves or direct. Reasons to stay with [...]

Please see below our amended product guide to reflect changes to our range effective from 26th June Please note we are still offering STD 3.59% pay rate products.  View product guide

Naomi and Lydia wanted to buy their first home. However, the couple didn't have the financial history to prove they could make the monthly remortgage payments. So Naomi's mother, Diana, turned to us for help and realised joint-borrowing on a mortgage could be the answer they were looking for. Do you have clients looking to [...]

If you have clients struggling to remortgage to a new lender due to not meeting the affordability assessments – read on! Ahead of the FCA’s consultation on mortgage prisoners we’re the first lender to utilise existing regulation to help existing borrowers who may be struggling to remortgage away from their current lender, with five new [...]

The results from our latest Broker Beat survey - thanks to those of you who took part and raised over £500 for charity in the process - shine a positive light on the UK's specialist lending landscape. While the spectre of Brexit looms large, our latest poll of brokers finds an industry that's bucking [...]