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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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Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

Why post-contract variation is becoming the mortgage market’s next battleground

For much of the past decade, mortgage technology investment has focused on origination and with good reason. Faster decisions in principle, automated affordability assessments,...

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Zoopla signs Manchester Super Giants shirt deal

Zoopla has become the first official front-of-shirt partner of Manchester Super Giants for the...

Southwest Knotweed launches identification app

Southwest Knotweed Group has launched an app designed to help mortgage and property professionals...

Broker Conveyancing launches referral hub for advisers

Broker Conveyancing has launched a referral platform intended to make it quicker for mortgage...

House price rise puts mortgage resilience in sharper focus

Homebuyers should consider how they would meet mortgage payments if illness or injury affected...

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