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Barclays cuts mortgage rates across residential range and launches new tracker deals

Barclays is reducing rates across a broad range of residential mortgage products from 19...

HSBC to continue broker fraud prevention webinars in Q3

HSBC UK is extending its programme of fraud prevention webinars for mortgage intermediaries after...

Clydesdale to cut selected residential product transfer rates

Clydesdale Bank will reduce selected residential fixed product transfer rates from Tuesday 16 June. The...

FCA warns firms as fake communications continue to rise

The Financial Conduct Authority has issued a fresh warning to firms after uncovering a...

ABS 2026 review: Economic factors stemming growth

As the Global ABS conference ended there was no doubt that it was a...

InCol targets climate reporting challenge

InCol Intelligence has launched an automated climate risk reporting platform designed to help UK...

Castle Trust Bank cuts buy-to-let rates for limited period

Castle Trust Bank has reduced rates across its TermTen buy-to-let range, with the new...

Halifax retains top spot in broker satisfaction survey

Halifax has once again been named the best overall lender for broker experience in...

NatWest strengthens broker support with intermediary team expansion

NatWest has expanded its intermediary leadership team with the creation of two new corporate...

Hodge Bank raises maximum loan sizes

Hodge Bank has increased maximum loan sizes across key loan-to-value bands and changed affordability...

Lloyds and Halifax cut mortgage rates

Lloyds and Halifax are reducing rates across homemover, first-time buyer, remortgage, product transfer and...

Paragon cuts buy-to-let rates by 20bps

Paragon Bank has reduced rates by 20 basis points (bps) across its buy-to-let mortgage...

HSBC cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a broad selection of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

Barclays to cut residential mortgage rates

Barclays Mortgages is reducing rates across selected residential purchase, remortgage and existing customer products...

COMMENT

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

The new Chancellor wants to remove barriers to growth; he should start with housing

There was probably a degree of unintended irony in the Treasury choosing to call the Chancellor, John Healey’s, first major market ‘intervention’ his ‘Growth...

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Family Building Society appoints Laura Hamp as chief financial officer

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Buy-to-let market reaches £311.6bn as sector marks 30 years

The UK buy-to-let market has grown to almost two million outstanding mortgages worth £311.6bn,...

Conveyancing Association names Nick Chadbourne as new chair

The Conveyancing Association has appointed former LMS chief executive Nick Chadbourne as its new...

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