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Record gross mortgage lending for the Skipton

The Skipton Building Society has reported that its overall gross residential mortgage lending for 2016 of...

L&G outlines LIVE club event schedule

Legal & General Mortgage Club is to hold its sixth series of Mortgage Club LIVE...

New Help to Buy deal from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has reported continued strong demand for Help to Buy Equity loan...

London FTB borrowing down 7% year-on-year

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported that in the fourth quarter of...

Buyers in the South East have most viewings

Your Move has revealed that revealed that 41% of UK homeowners viewed six or more properties...

Bank of Ireland launches 95% LTV range

Bank of Ireland UK has unveiled a new range of 95% loan to value (LTV)...

Strong end to the year for mortgage market

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported that homeowner house purchase lending totalled...

Barclays unveils stamp duty cashback proposition

Barclays Mortgages has launched the Barclays Homebuyer Cashback mortgage, designed to help first time buyers or homemovers...

Sharp rise in 95% LTV lending at the Yorkshire

The Yorkshire Building Society has reported that demand for its 95% LTV home loans was 91%...

Let’s focus on the White Paper positives

Say what you like about the contents of the Housing White Paper published earlier...

CML welcomes housing white paper

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has welcomed the publication of the housing white...

Two generations now working to help FTBs

Key Partnerships has found that parents and grandparents are increasingly working together to help first-time...

Rate cuts and hikes at TSB

TSB has revised interest rates on selected mortgages for first-time buyers, home movers and remortgage...

The Monmouthshire unveils new FTB deals

The Monmouthshire Building Society has launched two new mortgage products aimed at first-time buyers. The Society has...

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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...

How social media can bridge the protection disconnect

The latest AMI Protection Viewpoint provided a compelling snapshot of the challenges and opportunities facing the protection market. The research highlights a worrying pattern that...

Opening doors for credit-worthy but overlooked clients

It doesn’t take much these days for a borrower to feel they’ve fallen out of favour with the system. A missed payment here, a...

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HSBC to cut residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a wide range of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

Zephyr Homeloans cuts rates across core buy-to-let offering

Specialist buy-to-let mortgage provider Zephyr Homeloans has unveiled fresh rate reductions across its standard...

Roma Finance supports £3.35m Colchester industrial scheme

Roma Finance has provided £3.35 million to fund phase one of a 23-unit industrial...

L&G strengthens lender relationships with new strategic appointment

Legal & General’s Mortgage Services business has appointed Vicky Windsor as strategic relationship manager...

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