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The Mansfield cuts specialist mortgage rates

Mansfield Building Society has lowered the rates on its Credit Repair and Versatility mortgage...

Kensington Mortgages unveils five-year ‘Step Down’ deal

Kensington Mortgages has unveiled its new ‘Step Down’ five-year fixed rate mortgage, which is...

Atom bank cuts near prime and prime rates

Atom bank has announced rate reductions across its Near Prime and Prime product ranges. ...

Pepper Money cuts rates by up to 20bps

Pepper Money has announced price reductions of 20 basis points (bps) across its complete...

Norton Home Loans unveils new Optimal deals and cuts rates

Norton Home Loans has introduced two new Optimal plans on its first and second...

Helping the increasing number of people with credit issues

People’s personal finances have taken a battering in recent years, thanks to Covid and...

Q&A: Richard Harrison, Atom bank

BestAdvice fires the questions at Richard Harrison, head of mortgages, Atom bank. BestAdvice (BA): You...

LiveMore ups max loan and allows more adverse

LiveMore has increased the maximum loan value across its core range of products from...

Credit scoring vs credit checking in a tougher market

Understanding the fundamental differences between a credit score and a credit check and how...

Atom bank improves criteria for near prime offering

Atom bank has made changes to its Near Prime criteria. Unsatisfied registered defaults are now...

Atom bank cuts rates and launches near prime deals

Atom bank is reducing the interest rates on its Near Prime range. Rates are reducing...

Buckinghamshire BS reprices range and adds new deals

Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched two new mortgage products and repriced its whole existing...

The Mortgage Lender joins Openwork’s lender panel

Openwork, one the UK’s largest financial services networks, has announced the addition of The...

Bluestone Mortgages makes sales team appointments

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the revision of its sales team with the addition of...

COMMENT

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...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

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Millions of households exposed to financial shocks despite apparent stability

Millions of UK households that appear financially secure could struggle to absorb an unexpected...

The Mortgage Hut adopts Instamo tool to speed up mortgage applications

The Mortgage Hut has introduced Instamo's FastSubmit technology to reduce the amount of manual...

FCA sets out timetable for major expansion of anti-money laundering supervision

The FCA expects to begin taking over anti-money laundering supervision of legal, accountancy and...

MAB revenue rises as refinancing drives mortgage completions

Mortgage Advice Bureau reported an 8.6% increase in first-half revenue to £161.0m as higher...

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