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Virgin Money cuts mortgage rates

Virgin Money has made to its residential mortgage range, including adding a a new intermediary...

New 95% deals from the Nationwide

Nationwide has unveiled £1 billion of additional lending over the next year for house...

Third consecutive month of growth in approvals

There was an 18-month high in the number of mortgage approvals for house purchase,...

Gross advances and new commitments on the rise

The overall value of the residential loan amounts outstanding was £1,272 billion in the...

New Welcome deals from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has revamped its mortgage range. It now includes new versions of...

Unexpected £3.6bn repair bill for homebuyers

E.surv research has suggested that homebuyers who failed to fully investigate the state of...

New deals from the Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks

The Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have launched new lower mortgage rates. The new deals include...

Hinckley & Rugby cuts mortgage rates

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has cut the interest rates on fixed rate mortgages...

Santander cuts high LTV rates

Santander has cut three high LTV products in its range as it seeks to continue to support...

4% fall in monthly property transactions

HMRC's provisional seasonally adjusted UK property transaction count for July 2015 was 100,720 residential...

Borrowers seeking 30+ year mortgages

Growing numbers of homebuyers are looking for mortgage terms of over 30 years to...

Saffron unveils limited edition FTB fix

Saffron For Intermediaries has launched a new two-year fixed rate mortgage for first time...

CML: uptick in remortgage activity among home-owners

First-time buyers saw a large month-on-month increase in activity in June compared to May,...

Smaller deposits succeeding in securing mortgages

New research from the Nottingham Building Society reveals thats the average homebuyer over the...

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The business case for Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been part of the daily news agenda for a couple of years now and there are tremendous opportunities for the...

Rise of AI: from virtual assistants to strategic value

Artificial Intelligence is transforming industries. It’s streamlining operations, creating new possibilities. The shift is no longer theoretical, even in the mortgage industry; it’s now...

Imposter syndrome & anxiety: how nutrition and lifestyle can help

Have you ever felt like a fraud, despite your achievements? Like you don’t truly deserve your success, and at any moment, someone will find...

Don’t knock 100% mortgages – they’re viable and necessary

I’ve read a lot of commentary over the past few weeks on the return of 100% mortgages – most of it filled with doom-laden...

Trump tariff madness

Because Trump is so unpredictable and we don’t know what the end result will be following tariff negotiations and retaliations (and perhaps counter retaliations)...

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Barclays cuts mortgage rates below 4%

Barclays is set to reduce mortgage rates by as much as 38 basis points...

Zephyr Homeloans reduces 2 & 5-yr BTL rates

Zephyr Homeloans has announced rate cuts across its two and five-year fixed rate mortgage...

FIBA launches online specialist property finance education hub

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has launched a digital ‘Knowledge Hub’, providing...

Mark Rookyard joins Birmingham Bank as BDM for London and South Regions

Birmingham Bank has appointed Mark Rookyard as its business development manager for the London...