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Connells: “great December” for housing market

Connells Survey & Valuation has reported that December’s activity in the UK’s housing market was up...

Connect for Intermediaries expands packager panel

Connect for Intermediaries has added the Family Building Society to its packaging lender panel. The...

CML backs government affordable housing plans

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has welcomed today's announcement by the Communities Secretary...

YBS: no let up in 95% LTV demand

The Yorkshire Building Society Group has said that demand for mortgages up to 95%...

Questioning the government’s affordable home strategy

When it comes to the government’s view on how best to help first-time buyers,...

Virgin Money claims ‘red hot’ deals for 2017

Virgin Money has introduced what it has dubbed‘Red Hot’ mortgages across its residential and buy-to-let...

Aldermore unveils HTB mortgage guarantee replacement

Aldermore has introduced new residential mortgages as well as new first-time buyer deals following...

Halifax unveils new mortgage cashback offer

First-time buyers are being offered £500 by Halifax. The offer is also available to homemovers,...

New 95% LTV rates from the Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has today cut the interest rates on six 95%...

8% fall in homeowner loans

  The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that homeowners borrowed £10.5bn for house purchase...

CML examines how govt housing schemes fit together

The current patchwork of eight government housing schemes succeeds in reaching a broad variety...

Newcastle Intermediaries moves into Help to Buy

Newcastle Intermediaries has launched Help to Buy: Equity Loan products for the first time. This includes both...

London unaffordable for Generation Rent

Couples who are renting and wanting to start a family in London would need...

NAEA: housing market “bouncing back”

In October, 32% of total sales made were to first-time buyers – a 9% rise...

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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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Why the human relationship still defines real estate lending

AI is now a core driver of transformation in financial services and is reshaping...

OneDome named among UK’s fastest-growing tech firms

Property and fintech platform OneDome has been ranked 17th in the 2025 Deloitte UK...

Afin Bank appoints Rob Lankey as director of credit

Specialist lender Afin Bank has appointed industry veteran Rob Lankey as director of credit,...

Shawbrook backs Carmichael Homes’ canal-side development in Falkirk

A multi-million-pound funding facility from Shawbrook Bank is supporting Carmichael Homes’ latest project, The...

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