Claire Askham, head of mortgage sales at Buckinghamshire Building Society, explores why brokers don’t always need a specialist lender for specialist cases.

The lender has also launched a new £1,000 cashback product.

Two-year fixed rates have reduced by up to 0.47%.

As part of the changes, all new Virgin Money residential and buy-to-let purchase products now include a free basic valuation.

The Mortgage Works has reduced rates and launched a new cashback mortgage range for limited companies.

Sweetman has held previous roles at Santander and Countrywide over a 20-year career.

The Society has reduced rates by up to 0.55%.

Borrowers can now make capital repayments of up to 25% per year without incurring ERCs.

Connect is the 24th distribution partner Together has onboarded with since the relaunch of its networks and clubs channel in 2024.

Rates on two-year fixed rate 80% LTV expat residential products are also trimmed.