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The Saffron offers broker exclusive 90% deals

The Saffron Building Society has introduced a pair of limited first-time buyer products to...

New Help to Buy fixes from Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages has unveiled a new range of Help to Buy products. The range of...

NatWest returns to 90% LTV mortgage lending

NatWest has reintroduced a range of 90% loan to value (LTV) residential purchase mortgages...

Accord unveils positive changes to 90% LTV offering

Accord Mortgages is reducing product fees to £495 (from £995) and launching a cashback...

TSB cuts range of residential rates

TSB Bank has reduced a number of rates within its residential mortgage range. First-time buyer...

Stark difference in average minimum and maximum loan amounts available

The average maximum loan available to mortgage borrowers in November was £278,145, while the...

New first-time buyer five-year fix from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has launched a new mortgage for first-time buyers. The Core product is fixed...

TSB makes selected residential rate reductions

TSB Bank has announced a number of changes to its residential range of mortgages. The...

New Flexit deals from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has introduced two new fixed rate Flexit mortgages with no...

New FTB and homemover products from TSB

TSB Bank has unveiled new 85-90% LTV products in its first-time buyer and home...

Pepper Money reduces residential rates

Pepper Money has made changes to its residential products, with rate reductions, new criteria...

Platform to offer £1k cashback on higher LTVs

Platform, the intermediary mortgage brand of The Co-operative Bank, is launching products which will...

Virgin Money cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Virgin Money has made a series of rate reductions in its range of residential...

TSB offers cashback product to first-time buyers

TSB has launched a new five-year product in its first-time buyer mortgage range. It is...

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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...

Passing the affordability exam

As teachers and students of various ages have spent August nervously opening exam results following years of study that will determine their ability to...

Investors are changing their approach – and lenders should too

The buy-to-let market never stands still, but the pace of change in recent years has been remarkable. The days of the so-called ‘accidental landlord’,...

Leasehold fees, specialists and the need to shop around

Leasehold properties account for around 20% of all dwellings in the UK, and while that figure may change in the future with government legislation...

Tuning into later life lending conversations

There are certain conversations in our profession that can genuinely change the course of a client’s life. Later life lending sits firmly in that...

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Mortgage brokers bullish on rate cuts

More than half of mortgage brokers (52%) say they expect at least two cuts...

Former Nikko chief warns CGT on homes would punish owners

A leading City figure has warned that imposing capital gains tax (CGT) on primary...

The Swansea renews sponsorship of Swansea RFC for 2025/26

Swansea Building Society has renewed its sponsorship of Swansea RFC for the 2025/26 season,...

HSBC cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let offerings

HSBC UK has announced a wide set of rate reductions across its residential and...