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Covid-19: Accord offers online mortgage holiday application

For brokers with clients financially affected by coronavirus (Covid-19), mortgage payment holidays from Accord...

Covid-19: income streaming provider waives NHS fees

Income streaming provider Wagestream has waived all fees to both NHS employers and staff...

FCA sets out new guidance for coronavirus loan scheme

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published new guidance for mortgage lenders and administrators,...

Hodge: get in touch if you’re in financial difficulty

Later life, holiday let and buy-to-let mortgage specialist Hodge is aiming to help customers who...

Covid-19: Knowledge Bank creates free criteria change tool

Knowledge Bank is providing brokers and the wider industry with a single point of...

Covid-19: Twenty7Tec to publish daily market analysis

Twenty7Tec is to provide free daily market analysis reports to key intermediary and lender...

Mortgage Brain unveils Coronavirus initiatives

Following feedback and requests for help from intermediaries and lenders, Mortgage Brain has introduced...

Debt charities call for immediate household rescue package

Direct cash support for affected households, a pause on debt enforcement, and urgent support...

Covid-19: further support for homeowners and landlords

Lenders representing banks, building societies and other specialist lenders have announced additional support for...

L&G Mortgage Club unveils member support measures

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced a number of measures to support its...

Covid-19: SimplyBiz CEO praises product provider support for advisers

Matt Timmins, joint CEO of The SimplyBiz Group, has praised the “proactive, flexible and...
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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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Rising government borrowing costs are putting renewed upward pressure on UK mortgage rates as...
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Bank of England turns to AI and real-time mortgage data

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