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Bluestone Mortgages reopens for new business

Bluestone Mortgages has restarted new lending activity today. The lender will initially be offering its...

Nearly £15bn provided through Covid lending schemes

Latest Treasury figures show that the banking and finance industry has provided almost £15 billion...

Conveyancing Association urges housing market stimulation measures

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has called on the government to extend its furlough scheme...

Protection market expected to grow despite economic uncertainty

Advisers are expecting strong growth across the individual protection market as a whole and...

MMA launches recovery podcast

The Mortgage Market Alliance (MMA) is launching a series of podcasts with the aim...

Covid-19 dominates Knowledge Bank’s April searches

April’s results from the monthly Knowledge Bank tracker of criteria searches show that across...

Hodge to hold broker Q&A on Covid-19

Hodge is hosting a live 15-minute lending update for brokers on Wednesday (13 May). The...

The Leeds provides financial education for pupils

The Leeds Building Society is sharing new learning resources with its members, colleagues and...

LV= issues six-month equity release rate guarantee

LV= has introduced a six-month interest rate guarantee on its equity release applications. For any...

The Buckinghamshire introduces AVMs for remortgages

The Buckinghamshire Building Society has simplified its current mortgage range and launched new products....

Roma Finance offers bridge-to-term product

Roma Finance is providing a bridge-to-term product to offer borrowers peace of mind when...

Asset finance new business down 28%

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has revealed that total asset finance new business...

OSB moves to 70% LTV ceiling on BTL and residential

OneSavings Bank has announced "enhanced" lending options. Precise Mortgages recently extended its range of products to...

May off to ‘flying start’ for remortgages, says LMS

Conveyancing solutions provider, LMS, has published its latest weekly update, tracking remortgage market performance through...
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We must not accept our snail’s pace home buying system

Buying a house in this country can be ridiculously slow, as a handful of recent studies have highlighted. Research from the House Buyer Bureau...

Deferment and capitalisation rates: small percentages, large consequences

The Government is currently consulting on Leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates to determine what deferment and capitalisation rates should be prescribed under the Leasehold and...

Your clients can’t tell which firm they’re dealing with

Two clients walk into your firm in the same week. One of them is a referral from a mate of yours. Complicated case, self-employed, bit...

It’s time to look at retention

As the summer winds down and the back-to-school routine kicks back in, I urge the industry to turn its attention to something just as...

Landlords are buying – and advisers should take note

There has been no shortage of commentary over recent years suggesting landlords are heading for the exit, buy-to-let apparently no longer works and the...

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HSBC UK to raise rates across residential and buy-to-let ranges

HSBC UK will increase rates across a range of two-year and five-year fixed mortgages...
Economy

Gilt turmoil puts fresh pressure on mortgage rates

Rising government borrowing costs are putting renewed upward pressure on UK mortgage rates as...
Economy

UK needs first primary surplus in 25 years, warns NIESR

The UK needs to run its first primary budget surplus in 25 years if...
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Gatehouse launches fee-free refinance products

Gatehouse Bank has launched a range of limited-edition refinance products for UK residents with...

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