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Remortgage searches rise 11% year on year as August activity slows

Remortgage searches continued to support mortgage market activity in August, with Twenty7tec recording an...

The Darlington reduces mortgage rates by up to 40bps

Darlington Building Society has cut rates across its residential and specialist mortgage ranges by...

Landbay cuts Core buy-to-let rates by up to 0.20%

Landbay has cut rates across 19 products in its Core buy-to-let range, with reductions...

Melton CEO Simon Taylor awarded Honorary Fellowship

Melton Building Society chief executive Simon Taylor has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of...

Mortgage’s Got Talent launches for 2026

Mortgageforce is bringing the mortgage industry together this November for Mortgage's Got Talent –...

Castle Trust Bank adds medium HMO pricing to TermTen range

Castle Trust Bank has expanded its TermTen buy-to-let range with a new pricing category...

The Marsden eases expat criteria and cuts documentation requirements

Marsden Building Society has revised its expat mortgage criteria, removing its minimum income requirement...

Rental arrears among landlords fall to record low

The proportion of landlords experiencing rental arrears has fallen to its lowest level since...

Millennials and Gen Z set to make up 62% of landlords within a decade

Millennials and Generation Z are expected to account for almost two-thirds of UK landlords...

Butterfield provides £4.5m for prime London buy-to-let acquisitions

Butterfield Mortgages Limited has provided £4.5 million to finance the acquisition of two prime...

Holiday let mortgage enquiries rise for 88% of brokers

Almost nine in 10 mortgage brokers have reported an increase in holiday let mortgage...

OMS links with Scroll Finance through new API integration

One Mortgage System (OMS) has integrated with Scroll Finance to allow brokers to progress...

Landlords face £40k penalties as property licensing expands

Landlords are being urged to check local licensing rules as councils expand schemes and...

Darrell Walker on LendInvest’s next chapter

After 35 years in banking and mortgages, the former football hopeful thought he might...

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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...

Brokers are losing the attention battle 1,000 to 3

Take a client you placed on a 5-year fix last year. Over the life of that deal, their bank is now planning to contact...

Triple lock or no triple lock? That is not the question

The debate over the State Pension triple lock has returned. But perhaps the more important question is what the debate tells us about the...

Your clients have already asked AI

The FCA published research on 27 August showing that 56% of 18- to 40-year-olds who hold or are considering investments say they trust AI...

The technology that matters doesn’t make the decision

We have a tendency when talking about mortgage technology to start with what it can automate. How many documents can it process, how quickly can...

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Propertymark warns Scottish mansion tax could restrict housing market

Propertymark has warned plans for a Scottish “mansion tax” could make it harder for...

Berkeley calls for stamp duty overhaul to kick-start housing market

Berkeley Group has called on the Government to slash stamp duty for first-time buyers...

Stronger UK growth adds to interest rate uncertainty

Stronger-than-expected UK economic growth has added another complication to the outlook for interest rates...

Tipton expands Credit Plus range with second tier

Tipton & Coseley Building Society has added a second tier to its Credit Plus...