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Virgin Money launches new Rate Reducer and Fix and Switch rates

Virgin Money is making changes to its mortgage range on Friday 15 March. Changes include...

42% of landlords due to renew mortgage in next 12 months

40% of residential landlords with a mortgage, whether fixed, tracker, or discount, are due...

Over one-third of landlords seeking to expand portfolios

38% of landlords want to expand their property portfolio in the next 12 months,...

Buy to Let by Foundation launches new HMO fee-assisted deals

‘Buy to Let by Foundation’, the buy-to-let brand of Foundation Home Loans, has introduced...

Property investors remain bullish despite challenges

Property investors in the UK are optimistic for the year ahead, despite facing persistent...

Leeds BS to restrict holiday let mortgages in tourist hotspots

Leeds Building Society it to restrict mortgage lending on holiday lets in two tourist...

Landlords still investing for the long term

OSB Group has found that that landlords are taking action and continuing to invest...

Paragon launches limited edition five-year fixes

Paragon Bank has added six limited edition five-year fixed rate products to its range...

Paragon offers its lowest rate for 18 months

Paragon Bank is offering new deals on its two-year fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgages, including its...

Landlords expect reintroduction of minimum EPC level

The latest Q4 2023 BVA BDRC Landlord Panel research report has continued to show...

Fleet Mortgages introduces five-year fixes with no completion fees

Fleet Mortgages has unveiled new limited edition, five-year fixed-rate products with zero completion fees...

Paragon Bank joins FIBA’s lender panel

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has announced that Paragon Bank is the...

Shawbrook completes its first limited company remortgage with PEXA

Shawbrook has completed its first limited company remortgage in 28 business days using the...

Enra Specialist Finance completes fourth securitisation

Enra Specialist Finance has completed its fourth public securitisation, Elstree 4. The transaction comprises...

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Economic uncertainty weighing on business borrowers

Taken as a whole, Atom bank’s SME Pulse for Q2 shows the current robust health of demand in the commercial market. Around 95% of the...

Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

URGENT! AI Is coming for you. Or maybe not…

I’ll try to make this as straight to the point as I can. The way that your prospective customers find you via online search...

Mind the gap: Can mortgage advice change the game for protection?

Many industry insiders still talk about the UK protection gap and how vast it is. The numbers speak for themselves with the estimated value of...

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Rising cost of living could stall housing market activity

The rising cost of living remains the most pressing concern for Britons and could...

The Mortgage Works cuts switcher rates for existing landlords

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

Homeowners stay put as remortgaging nears parity with home purchases

Britain’s homeowners are increasingly choosing to refinance rather than move, with remortgage activity now...

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...