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Gen H reduces rates across all products

Gen H has announced reductions across its whole product range by up to 17bps...

MPowered Mortgages launches new 90% LTV range

MPowered Mortgages has launched a new range of 90% LTV mortgages. The lender has...

It makes sense for lenders to target high LTV business

Even towards the end of August, many ‘Out of Offices’ were still on throughout...

Skipton cuts 100% Track Record rate

Skipton is reducing rates across its fixed mortgage range for new business and existing...

Coventry for Intermediaries cuts selection of fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected fixed rate deals for new applications, with some...

Gen H reduces mortgage rates

Gen H has unveiled reductions on most of its products up to 95% LTV...

Tapping into client potential

Client expectations have always been difficult to manage; however, for many, these expectations have...

RICS sees sharp downturn in buyer demand

RICS has published its UK Residential Survey for July 2023  and the trade association...

Homely secures UST investment to launch homebuyer platform

Homely, the free-to-access digital platform which aims to create a fairer property market for...

Prospective homebuyers dealing with £11k deposit inflation

Prospective buyers planning to purchase a home in the next 24 months are aiming...

More help needed for prospective homebuyers

50% of current homeowners with a mortgage had support in getting onto the property...

Halifax predicts “gradual” decline in house prices

Halifax has reported that average house prices fell by -0.3% in July, a fourth...

Foundation Home Loans launches new Key Worker range

Foundation Home Loans has expanded its owner-occupied proposition through the launch of products with...

Leeds improves higher LTV short-term fixed rate

Leeds Building Society has improved a range of its short term fixed rate products,...

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Accountants, brokers and the clash of expectations

There’s an old accountant’s joke about financial advisers: the difference between us is that advisers want to look richer than their clients, while accountants...

Rachel Geddes: Redefining what’s possible for brokers and borrowers

When Rachel Geddes picked up the phone after a job interview to ask her mum what a mortgage was, she didn’t realise she was...

The Treasury is casting more floaters than a sewage farm

The problem with having a thoroughly inexperienced Chancellor and a properly ‘woodenheaded’ Prime Minister, is that they are learning the job ‘on the hoof’...

HMOs: market realities, future prospects, and the broker opportunity

The HMO sector remains one of the most dynamic parts of the private rented market, with recent data showing it’s both a significant asset...

Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

When we first got started with LendInvest in the UK, post the financial crisis, bridging finance was a much more nascent product than it...

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Landlord flight written in Black and White

Nearly 100,000 buy-to-let landlords are expected to exit the rental market this year, according...

PayPlan’s partnership with MorganAsh improves vulnerability support for clients

PayPlan has reported significant improvements in identifying and supporting vulnerable clients following its adoption...

Accountants, brokers and the clash of expectations

There’s an old accountant’s joke about financial advisers: the difference between us is that...

Mortgage burden reaches highest level since 2008 crisis

Monthly mortgage repayments are consuming a greater share of earnings than at any time...