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Remortgaging continues to be muted

House purchase lending to home-buyers increased month-on-month in July totalling 67,700 loans, up 10%...

English rents almost total £2.7bn pcm

Landlords in England are witnessing a booming rental market, with earnings from rental payments...

CML to create buy-to-let statement of practice

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed it has been working on a...

Brokers expecting continued BTL growth

NatWest Intermediary Solutions research conducted amongst over 500 mortgage intermediaries found the majority had...

Growth predicted for ‘retirement lending’

'Enhanced' lifetime mortgage provider more 2 life is revamping its approach to underwriting its...

AMI concerned with Mortgage Directive implementation

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has provided its initial response to the Treasury's...

Government moves to regulate buy-to-let

The Treasury has launched a consultation on incorporating new European regulations on mortgage lending into...

TMA offers exclusive Virgin Money mortgages

Virgin Money has unveiled a new range of residential and buy-to-let mortgages available exclusively...

New seminar theatres for Financial Services Expo

Financial Services Expo (FSE) London has announced a range of new seminar theatres to...

Metro Bank rejigs resi and BTL offerings

Metro Bank has revised its residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges. For residential mortgages under...

Accord Buy-to-Let cuts rates

Accord Buy-to-Let has cut some of its mortgages by 0.25 percentage points as well...

New deals from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has announced a new range of residential and buy-to-let mortgage products. The...

Fall in popularity of two-year buy-to-let fixes

Paragon Mortgages has revealed that in the second quarter there was a 4% reduction...

Tenant fee ban behind Scottish rent rises

The prohibition over tenant fees has accelerated rent rises, according to the first Scotland...
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How brokers can secure better client outcomes in a volatile market

Experience has always counted in the mortgage market. Brokers who worked through the financial crisis, the Covid pandemic, the Liz Truss mini-Budget and cost-of-living...

Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

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LendInvest posts record £1.44bn lending year

LendInvest recorded its strongest ever year for lending in the 12 months to 31...
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Fleet Mortgages broadens buy-to-let criteria for foreign nationals and limited companies

Fleet Mortgages has widened its lending criteria for buy-to-let borrowers, introducing greater flexibility for...
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Six-times salary lending quadruples as lenders loosen affordability

The number of mortgage lenders willing to offer loans worth six times a borrower's...
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Buy-to-let lending remains ahead of last year despite slower start to year

Buy-to-let lending increased in the first quarter of 2026 compared with a year earlier,...