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Go further and faster on easing, Welsh govt told

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has called on the Welsh Government to go ‘further’ and...

May residential transaction volumes up 16% on April

HMRC has reported that the provisional seasonally adjusted estimate of UK residential property transactions...

SDL Surveying sees rise in physical and desktop valuations

National residential surveying and valuations firm, SDL Surveying, has published its figures for May,...

MBE London Expo opens for free registration

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has announced that its London Expo, to be held at...

The Exeter reports rise in GP surgeries using electronic reports

The Exeter has revealed a significant increase in the number of GP reports being...

Nearly two million payment holidays taken

1.9 million mortgage payment deferrals have been granted to homeowners, three months since the...

Help to Buy back and LTVs up to 85% at Platform

Platform is reintroducing its Help to Buy mortgage range and also making mortgages of...

FCA extends consumer credit payment freeze

The FCA has announced proposals to extend the payment freeze of consumer credit products...

The Leeds improves mortgage holiday application process

The Leeds Building Society has updated and improved its online application process for temporary...

LMS: instructions continue to rise

LMS has published its latest weekly update, tracking remortgage market performance through the Covid-19...

Nationwide to cut maximum LTVs

The Nationwide Building Society is lowering the maximum loan to value (LTV) amount that...

Accord moves back into 90% LTV with FTB exclusives

Accord Mortgages is to offer 90% loan to value (LTV) products from 9am on...

Brilliant Solutions surveys broker sentiment

Brilliant Solutions has conducted research into current mortgage broker sentiment. Brokers revealed their biggest perceived challenges as well whether...

Research highlights changing working practices

56% of later life lending advisers think there will be a greater reliance on...

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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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Help to Buy benefits skewed towards higher earners, IFS finds

Government-backed Help to Buy schemes delivered modest improvements in housing affordability, with the gains...

Buying still £500 cheaper than renting despite rates above 5%

Mortgage affordability continues to outperform renting despite rates pushing back above 5%, as lenders...

Property auctions post strong March as sales and funds raised climb

Property auction activity gathered pace in March, with both sales volumes and money raised...

Santander cuts higher loan-to-value rates for first-time buyers and movers

Santander is cutting rates across a wide range of higher loan-to-value mortgage products from...

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