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The Monmouthshire extends geographical lending area

The Monmouthshire Building Society is expanding its geographical lending area, in which residential mortgage...

Platform cuts fixed rates and changes criteria

Platform cut has rates on selected 90% LTV mortgages across two, three and five-year...

Ex-pat buy-to-let mortgages an opportunity for brokers 

Ex-pat mortgages were back in the news recently when challenger bank, Aldermore, launched a...

The Mansfield unveils Family Buy to Let deal at 100% ICR

The Mansfield Building Society has launched a new Family Buy to Let mortgage that enables...

Tenant demand at lowest level in five years

BM Solutions' latest quarterly index has revealed that landlord confidence ended 2017 low but relatively...

Kensington and New Street Mortgages launch in Scotland

Kensington and New Street Mortgages are launching in Scotland.  Initially this will be a limited...

Record high for rental stock

ARLA Propertymark has revealed that in December, the number of properties letting agents managed...

UK rental market rebalancing

Your Move has reported that the average rent in England and Wales was £850...

Lack of safety net for four million renters

38% of private renters say that they would not be financially secure if their...

West One Loans teams up with Fluent Money Group

Second charge lender West One Loans has partnered with Fluent Money Group to offer...

The Skipton makes cuts to buy-to-let rates

The Skipton Building Society has reduced rates by up to 0.49 percentage points across...

2017 saw HMOs provide highest buy-to-let yields

Mortgages for Business' latest Complex Buy-to-let Index has revealed that HMOs produced average yields of 8.9%...

24% rise in mortgage product availability

Mortgage Brain has reported that an additional 2,007 mortgage products were introduced into the...

Accord revamps buy-to-let offering

Accord has unveiled 17 new buy-to-let deals as well as reduced rates by up...
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The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

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Mortgage broker revenue rises as adviser numbers fall

Reported revenue from mortgage broking increased by 15.9% to £1.6bn during 2025 despite a...
Self-employed

Self-employed borrowers face narrower lender choice

Self-employed mortgage applicants have access to more than a third fewer eligible lenders than...
Buy-to-let

Landlords target growth despite rising costs

More than eight in 10 professional property investors plan to expand their portfolios during...
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Home insurance defies wider fall in customer satisfaction

Home insurance has bucked a wider decline in customer sentiment towards UK insurers, according...