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Suffolk BS criteria changes include more acceptable currencies

Suffolk Building Society has made three changes to its lending criteria to provide greater...

Gen H cuts 90% and 95% LTV rates

Gen H has introduced reductions in rates designed help customers requiring higher-LTV products. These...

LendInvest Mortgages unveils new 90% LTV two-year fixes

LendInvest Mortgages has announced changes to its residential mortgages product offering, including new products...

Property professionals want Budget boost for new build and FTBs

A webinar poll undertaken by Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has revealed that over a...

TML unveils shared ownership proposition

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has launched its shared ownership proposition within its residential range. The...

Bluestone cuts fixed and Deposit Unlock rates

Bluestone Mortgages has issued further rate cuts across its two and five-year fixed rate...

Tandem Bank launches new first charge offering

Tandem Bank has introduced a refreshed first charge mortgage range. It says its most...

Hanley Economic BS updates shared ownership offering

Hanley Economic Building Society has revised its shared ownership product range through the introduction...

Gen H appoints head of lending

Gen H has announced the appointment of Karen Appleton as its new head of...

Gen H makes higher LTV mortgage rate reductions

Gen H has made a series of mortgage rate cuts specifically targeting those with...

Virgin Money adds new 95% LTV two-year fix at 5.49%

Virgin Money is making changes to selected products. The changes will take place on 1...

Gen H improves adverse credit criteria

Gen H has unveiled changes to its credit criteria that it claims will materially...

30% rise in number of FTBs aged 50+

There has been a sharp rise in first-time buyers aged 50 and over, according...

Buckinghamshire BS unveils Deposit Lite

Buckinghamshire Building Society has announced a revamp of its Family Assist product. It has been...

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The 12 Days of Christmas: Staying front of mind when clients go quiet

December has long been a quiet month for mortgage advisers. By mid-November, many client conversations slow or pause entirely, often with the familiar refrain:...

Why UPRNs and data standards are central to the next generation NLIS

In October 2025, through the Fourth Round of the Regulators’ Pioneer Fund (RPF), Government’s Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) has awarded Land Data a grant...

AGENT VIEW: I know I’m not a mathematician but to me 6.5 x is the new 3.5 x

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be, as they say, and in an era of creeping inflation, job insecurity and the menacing spectre of...

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%...

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House prices slide as wealthy buyers brace for Budget tax raid

House prices have recorded their sharpest November fall in more than a decade as...

Scottish rent controls blamed for surge in annual rent hikes

Scotland’s rent control regime has led to a sharp rise in the proportion of...

L&G sells surveying arm to Beach Equity

Legal & General has agreed to sell its long-standing surveying division to Beach Equity,...

Santander makes third round of November rate cuts as pricing drifts lower

Santander will cut a wide swathe of its residential and buy-to-let pricing next week,...

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