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LV= resumes physical valuations for equity release

LV= is reintroducing physical valuations for new equity release customers, allowing them to resume...

Paymentshield expands three-month payment holiday offer

Paymentshield has extended its three-month payment holiday offer to include new, as well as existing, home insurance customers.  The move is...

Knowledge Bank: Covid continues to dominate criteria searches

Knowledge Bank’s criteria tracker has revealed that Covid-19 continued to dominate the attention of...

Accord relaunches 80% LTV buy-to-let

On Friday 5 June Accord Buy To Let is relaunching its product range at...

LV= processes £3.7m in coronavirus claims

LV= has handled £3.7m in coronavirus-related income protection and death claims to 470 individuals...

Kensington ups LTV to 80% and resumes HTB & buy-to-let

Kensington Mortgages has resumed 80% LTV lending across its residential Select, Core, Young Professional...

OSB lenders to honour product a case was initially submitted on

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries, Precise Mortgages and InterBay Commercial have stated all buy-to-let and...

Catalyst resumes 75% CMV bridging

Catalyst Property Finance is launching a new range of short-term finance options for standard...

Platform reintroduces lending at 80% LTV

Platform is reintroducing mortgage products up to 80% LTV for homebuyers looking to purchase a...

New LendInvest bridging range up to 75% LTV

LendInvest has updated its unregulated bridging product suite relaunching higher LTVs up to 75%. Residential...

Covid causes huge slump in mortgage approvals

The Bank of England has revealed that March saw the number of mortgage approvals...

Habito resumes 75% LTV buy-to-let

Habito has added to its buy-to-let range with purchase and remortgage products with up...

Nationwide reports largest monthly house price fall in 11 years

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house prices fell by 1.7% over...

FCA confirms support for mortgage customers with temporary payment difficulties

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed the support firms should give to mortgage...
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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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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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FCA maps out open finance plans with mortgages and SME lending in focus

The Financial Conduct Authority has set out its latest vision for open finance, with...
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