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M&S Bank unveils first mortgage range

M&S Bank has launched its first mortgage range, with fixed and tracker options available...

Record high for rental stock

ARLA Propertymark has revealed that in December, the number of properties letting agents managed...

Nearly half of London new homes aren’t built

46% of new homes given planning permission in the capital are not being built,...

Was the stamp duty change a red herring?

We may not have any 2018 data to currently work with, but judging by...

UK Finance: housing market activity remains buoyant

UK’s Finance has reported steady increases in mortgage lending for first-time-buyers and home movers...

Landbay unveils landlord product for first time buyers

Landbay is extending its lending criteria to now include first time landlords who do...

Generation Z in the dark over home-owning

Research from Halifax has revealed a disjointed picture of home ownership among young people...

FTBs responsible for 81% of Help to Buy equity loans

Over the period since the launch of the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme...

Parents expect offspring to move back home to save for own home

Online mortgage broker Habito has found that parents are going to extreme lengths in order to...

High LTV mortgage choice “remains patchy”

AmTrust's latest Mortgage LTV Tracker continues to show that, while the rate differential between...

Newcastle Intermediaries revises FTB mortgage range

Newcastle Intermediaries has refreshed its range of mortgage products with a focus on first...

Halifax introduces £500 cashback offer

Halifax is offering first-time buyers, homemovers and those who remortgage from another lender £500...

Stamp duty changes boost millennial deposit hopes

58% of millennials currently saving for a house deposit are more confident in their...

Barclays Mortgages unveils 1.28% two-year fix

Barclays Mortgages is launching a two-year fixed rate and cutting rates across a number of its...

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Surveying industry undervalued in race to the bottom

After a 16-month break from the property industry I returned to find a landscape that had shifted more than I expected. The private B2C surveying...

Why the human relationship still defines real estate lending

AI is now a core driver of transformation in financial services and is reshaping the foundations of real estate lending. According to AllAboutAI.com over 85%...

Income protection: the unsung hero of the cost-of-living crisis

Higher mortgage rates, rising energy costs, and continued inflation have put pressure on many household budgets. Advisers spend time helping customers find the right rate,...

Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are already experiencing on the ground, that bridging has hit the...

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Gen H named among UK’s fastest-growing tech firms in Deloitte Fast 50

Fintech mortgage lender Gen H has been recognised as one of the UK’s fastest-growing...

The Suffolk reduces fixed rates across expat and buy-to-let ranges

Suffolk Building Society has cut rates by up to 20 basis points across 10...

NatWest launches shared ownership mortgages to widen access to home ownership

NatWest has launched a new range of shared ownership mortgages, designed to make it...

YBS Commercial launches fast-track buy-to-let range

YBS Commercial Mortgages has launched a new “Fast Track” buy-to-let range, offering cheaper rates,...

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