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‘Mortgage Freedom Day’ pushed back eight days

Halifax said last Saturday (18 April) was this year’s UK Mortgage Freedom Day. It is calculated...

18-34 year olds find it hardest to live within their means

13 million households believe their debt situation is going to worsen before it gets...

1.5 million borrowed to pay rent or mortgage last month

Six million Brits (12%) borrowed money to cover their grocery bills last month, according...

New buy-to-let statement of practice unveiled

Buy-to-let lenders which are members of the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) are adopting...

18 to 24-year-olds most likely to have a CCJ

27% of adults in the UK have, at some point, been contacted by a...

FCA publishes business plan for 2015/16

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed the key areas of work it will undertake in...

Calls for major reform of Money Advice Service

The Money Advice Service (MAS) has been heavily criticised in an independent report. The review...

ICO raids PPI call centre

A call centre in Hove has been raided by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). The...

Quantum by Bridgebank Capital aids debt forgiveness deal

Quantum by Bridgebank Capital has completed a £1.2 million short term loan advance for...

HSBC shows “worrying picture” of UK’s savings

33% of people in the UK – or 8.5 million households – have £250...

Record pre-tax profits for Virgin Money

Virgin Money has posted its results for 2014, with underlying pre-tax profits rising by...

Many January remortgagors paying off Christmas debts

62% of remortgage customers in January remortgaged to take advantage of the new lower...

Hinckley & Rugby advances up 8% last year

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society's mortgage advances rose by 8% to £111.9 million...

FLA: second charge repossessions down 36% year-on-year

The number of second charge mortgage repossessions was 447 in 2014, the lowest level...
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Homebuying

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

Build, baby, build? Well we will need to fund more than the usual suspects

There was a noticeable sense of optimism at UKREiiF this year. That may sound surprising given the economic headwinds of recent years, but the...

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market riding high

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market has created real value for customers – there’s no excuse to ignore it. When a UK borrower reaches 55,...

How small and medium-sized lenders can fix the origination headache

We are constantly told that to fix the mortgage journey, we need to rip everything out and start again. That unless a lender replaces its...

A new PM brings a new opportunity to rethink housing policy

Politics, as it seems to do in recent times, has moved at remarkable speed over the last couple of weeks. In what feels like...

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Together cuts fixed rates and expands criteria

Specialist lender Together has reduced rates across its fixed-rate product range and announced it...
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Bank lending to smaller property investors falls 14%

The value of lending from UK-regulated banks to small and medium-sized property investment businesses...
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L&G names winners of 15th Business Quality Awards

Legal & General has announced the winners of its 15th annual Business Quality Awards. The...
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MT Finance latest firm to offer World Cup time off

As mortgage firms gear up for England’s 1am World Cup clash against Mexico on...

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