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Industry pledge to support home movers during Covid

The Home Buying and Selling Group has (HBSG) published a industry pledge to support...

Londoners looking for work outside the city

Job site Indeed has reported that Londoners are increasingly looking for work outside the...

FIBA reports lockdown membership rise

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has reported a 50% increase in membership...

IMLA to study Covid’s effects on industry service levels

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) is looking for new information on the practical...

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused 46% of first time buyers to delay their plans...

TMA maintains 2019 lending volumes despite Covid-19

TMA Club's total lending figures between January and August 2020 were consistent with the...

Shared ownership increasing in popularity

The Leeds Building Society has revealed that wannabe homeowners are turning to shared ownership...

Covid-19 not putting off acquisitive landlords

Research commissioned by The Mortgage Lender has fond that landlords are still looking to...

Historic lows for equity release rates

The Equity Release Council has reported that average rates for equity release products reached...

L&G Mortgage Club sees 18% increase in overall buy-to-let searches

Legal & General Mortgage Club has reported increasing demand among first-time buyers who want...

Fiduciam provides £840k CBILS loan to children nursery

Fiduciam has completed a Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) loan for £840,000. The loan...

BoE warns economic outlook “unusually uncertain” as it holds Bank Rate

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to maintain the Bank...

ONS: June house prices rose by 2.8%

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that, In England, house prices rose...

Paragon adopts TruNarrative platform for bounce-back loans

Paragon Bank has selected business onboarding and automated due diligence technology services from TruNarrative....

COMMENT

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

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Skipton to cut residential rates and revive three-year fixes

Skipton Building Society is cutting rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

The Leek lowers mortgage rates across residential and specialist products

Leek Building Society is cutting mortgage rates across parts of its residential, shared ownership,...

Fleet Mortgages adds two-year tracker products to buy-to-let range

Fleet Mortgages has launched three new two-year tracker mortgages at 75% loan-to-value across its...

Norton Home Loans provides remortgage on PRC home in Southampton

Norton Home Loans has completed a £218,000 remortgage for joint applicants in Southampton, allowing...

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