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Quantum Mortgages appoints new BDMs

Quantum Mortgages has strengthened its sales team with the appointment of two new business...

OSB sees profit slide despite loan growth and new platform launch

OneSavings Bank (OSB Group) reported a fall in profits for the first half of...

Reeves mulls Capital Gains Tax on high-value homes as Treasury seeks £40bn

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering ending the capital gains tax (CGT) exemption on high-value...

Landbay unveils new free valuation options and cuts rates on two-year fixes

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has expanded its Summer Special range with the launch of four...

Commuter hotspots offer affordability lifeline as office returns pick up

With more employees heading back into the office commuting is once again shaping homebuying...

Word On The Street appoints first broker

Word On The Street, the specialist property finance brokerage, has appointed Ben Hartley as...

Younger generations look to pensions and property for retirement security

Millennials and Generation Z are increasingly turning to both pensions and property to secure...

East Midlands newbuild prices fall as developers respond to weaker demand

The average asking price of newbuild homes coming to market in the East Midlands...

HSBC launches energy efficient homes mortgage range

HSBC is set to launch a new mortgage range designed to encourage borrowers to...

Private renters in England face rising affordability strain as London skews national picture

Private renters in England spent a higher proportion of their income on housing than...

Savvy summer sellers deliver strongest July sales since 2020

July delivered the highest number of sales agreed for this month since 2020 as...

The Mortgage Works cuts switcher rates for existing landlords

The Mortgage Works has announced reductions of up to 0.25 percentage points on selected...

Co-operative Bank in sub-4% mortgage arena following rate cuts 

The Co-operative Bank for Intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates, bringing...

Tenant demand eases but rental market stays competitive

Tenant demand for rental homes has eased over the past year but remains strong...

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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...

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...

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L&G Mortgage Club adds estate agency referral service

L&G Mortgage Club has partnered with GOTO Estate Agency to launch a referral service...

Family BS relaunches fixed rates with 0.60% increase

Family Building Society has reintroduced its fixed-rate mortgage range with rates increased by 0.60...

Mortgage rates face further pressure as inflation rises to 3.1%

Mortgage rates could face further upward pressure after UK inflation climbed back above 3%...

OneDome takes integrated homebuying service nationwide

OneDome has launched a national television campaign promoting its integrated homebuying service, which brings...