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UK Finance optimistic despite Q2 mortgage lending slump

UK Finance has reported that the second quarter of 202 saw new house purchase lending...

Accord moves back into 90% LTV space

Accord Mortgages is moving back into the first-time buyer 90% LTV market for two...

Pandemic behind changing attitudes to finance

The financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic has caused a shift in attitudes towards...

Keystone Property Finance unveils Covid-19 support for brokers

Keystone Property Finance has introduced a package of measures to help brokers throughout the...

Record high for UK house prices

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house prices rose by 2.0% in...

First tranche of Covid debt advice funding allocated

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) has allocated the first tranche of an additional...

Remortgage values rise in Q2 while approval numbers fall

LMS has published its latest Remortgage Healthcheck Index, covering Q1 and Q2 2020, produced...

Accord to reject furloughed mortgage applicants

Accord Mortgages is no longer accepting new lending applications from applicants on furlough. Residential and...

“Unprecedented” demand on housing supply post-lockdown

Legal & General Mortgage Club has warned that housing supply in the UK could...

Advisers more worried by another lockdown than Brexit

A new survey from the MCI mortgage club has revealed that 73% of principals,...

IMLA: intermediaries confident after busy Q2

New data from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) shows a slight recovery in...

31% drop in homemovers during first half of year

There was a fall of 31% in the number of people moving home in...

Buy-to-let market recovers “quicker than expected”

Latest industry data has found that landlords are looking for different types of property...

The Hanley Economic revamps criteria following review

The Hanley Economic Building Society has undergone a widespread criteria review across its entire...

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Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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