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LMS: remortgage market continues strong start to May

Conveyancing solutions provider LMS has published its latest weekly update, tracking remortgage market performance...

Coventry for Intermediaries reintroduces 85% LTV deals

Coventry for Intermediaries has reintroduced 85% LTV products for purchases and remortgages to its...

Foundation Home Loans to return to lending on Monday

Foundation Home Loans, has announced that, following the return of its valuation partners to...

Fleet Mortgages reopens for new business

Fleet Mortgages has announced that physical valuations in England have recommenced on its pipeline business,...

Covid-19: FCA unveils measures to help insurance customers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed a series of temporary measures to help...

Arnold & Baldwin offers remote valuation options

Arnold & Baldwin has introduced a number of remote valuation options for lenders, enabling...

AMI welcomes government home moving guidance

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has welcomed government guidance on home moving during...

Industry proposes safe home moving process

The Conveyancing Association (CA) is supporting a cross-industry guide on re-opening the housing market,...

SimplyBiz offers members help with ‘looking the part’ online

The SimplyBiz Group has introduced a new ‘keeping up appearances’ programme, with the aim...

ESIS volumes rise for second successive week

Mortgage Brain has seen the number of ESIS produced from its mortgage sourcing systems...

Big Equity Release Quiz winners revealed

Pure Retirement has announced the winners of last week’s inaugural Big Equity Release Quiz,...

Accord takes maximum LTV to 85%

Accord Mortgages is increasing its maximum loan to value (LTV) to 85% on residential...

TMA sees attendance boost from moving training sessions online

The average number of brokers who have attended TMA's training sessions has increased by...

SDL Surveying recommences physical inspections

Surveyors at national valuations firm, SDL Surveying, have begun physical inspections with new safety...

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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 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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