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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...

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...

COMMENT

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

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Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost?...

MIMHC makes final call as charity lunch nears capacity

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has made a final call for industry...

Virgin Money to move eligible product transfers to Nationwide from October

Virgin Money is changing its residential product transfer process, with some customers whose deals...

Skipton cuts fixed rates and widens home mover range

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across its fixed mortgage range by an average...

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