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Suffolk BS returns to 90% LTV market

Suffolk Building Society has reintroduced a number of two-year fixed rate products to its...

StrideUp added to TMA panel

StrideUp has announced that it has been added to TMA’s lender panel. From today, TMA...

Portfolio landlords in no rush to exit market

Market activity is being driven by portfolio landlords, demand for holiday lets, as well...

Perenna receives banking licence approval

New bank, Perenna, has secured its unrestricted banking licence from the Prudential Regulation Authority...

Newcastle Intermediaries improves shared ownership offering

Newcastle Intermediaries has enhanced its Shared Ownership proposition with the introduction of products for...

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...

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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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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,...

Later life lending must become ‘mainstream priority’, following FCA reform speech

Will Hale, chief executive of Key Advice & Air, has urged the mortgage industry...

FRP expands with acquisition of Arc & Co

FRP has strengthened its presence in the real-estate finance market with the acquisition of...

Metro Bank cuts rates and returns to 80% buy-to-let lending

Metro Bank has made further cuts across its residential, near-prime and buy-to-let product ranges,...

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