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FCA to hold mortgage market competition study

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to undertake a targeted market study focused on...

Virgin Money unveils rate cuts

Virgin Money has made a number of rate reductions on selected products.  Key changes to the...

SimplyBiz Mortgages offers Hinckley & Rugby exclusive

SimplyBiz Mortgages has launched a 90% LTV three year fixed rate exclusive through Hinckley...

Connect adds Kensington to panel

Connect for Intermediaries has become the latest specialist distributor to partner with Kensington. The specialist...

National Counties partners with SimplyBiz Mortgages

The National Counties Building Society and the Family Building Society have joined SimplyBiz Mortgages'...

Hinckley & Rugby makes privileged cut

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has reduced the interest rate on a five-year fixed rate...

3mc behind Kensington’s first packaged case

3mc has generated Kensington’s first packaged case to go to offer since the lender returned...

The Mortgage Partnership expands BTL panel

The Mortgage Partnership (TMP) has added Foundation Home Loans (FHL) to its panel of...

Kent Reliance joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has revealed that Kent Reliance has become the latest lender to...

The Ipswich expands geographical availability

The Ipswich Building Society is extending five existing partnerships with SimplyBiz Mortgages, Intrinsic, Sesame, Mortgage...

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries improves offering

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries will now pay the valuation fee on all its Help...

National Counties joins MCI’s panel

The National Counties Building Society has become the latest lender to join MCI Mortgage Club’s...

New BTL exclusive from 3mc

3mc is offering an exclusive buy-to-let deal which has the same 3.49% two-year fixed rate for...

Promise Solutions added to network panel

Promise Solutions has been accredited to the panel of network Personal Touch Financial Services...

COMMENT

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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Coadjute joins FCA AI testing programme as conveyancers face tougher AML regime

Coadjute has joined the Financial Conduct Authority’s AI Live Testing programme as conveyancing firms...

Morrow hire to lead intermediary growth strategy

Morrow has appointed Amit Gupta as financial services director as it looks to expand...

Russell Quirk calls out broken transaction system

UK mortgage and property professionals have been urged to rethink the homebuying process after Russell...

Newcastle updates broker portal for faster product transfers

Newcastle for Intermediaries has upgraded its broker portal to make product transfers quicker and...

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