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LiveMore opens lending to borrowers from age 40

LiveMore has lowered its minimum borrower age from 50 to 40 as it looks...

Family Building Society returns to fixed-rate lending with reduced mortgage range

The Family Building Society has returned to the mortgage market with a limited range...

Neurodiversity Celebration Week: Strength in different thinking

In an industry built on detail, judgement, resilience and relationships we often focus on...

Mortgage Charter support used by more than 300,000 borrowers since launch

More than 300,000 mortgage borrowers have reduced their monthly payments since the government’s Mortgage...

Bank of Ireland extends terms and income multiples

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries has announced a series of enhancements to its residential...

The continued evolution of the later life lending market

Later life lending has moved well beyond being an occasional enquiry about equity release...

Clydesdale Bank raises selected residential mortgage rates

Clydesdale Bank is increasing a number of residential fixed mortgage rates across its core,...

Precise widens interest-only criteria with higher LTV and no equity floor

Specialist lender Precise has expanded its residential interest-only proposition, increasing maximum loan-to-value limits and...

LendInvest eases residential criteria and cuts mortgage rates

LendInvest has announced changes to its residential lending criteria alongside rate reductions across parts...

The Family BS reduces owner-occupier rates and extends HMO criteria

Family Building Society has reduced rates across its owner-occupier mortgage range and widened its...

The Suffolk lowers holiday let fixed rates and cuts SVR by 25bps

Suffolk Building Society has reduced fixed rates across parts of its holiday let and...

Gen H cuts mortgage rates by up to 20bps across core range

Gen H has announced a series of mortgage rate cuts across the majority of...

Stonebridge data points to resilient mortgage market as rates ease

Stonebridge, one of the UK’s largest mortgage networks, has published its latest Mortgage Market...

Gen H reduces high LTV rates to bolster first-time buyer activity

Gen H has introduced a series of rate changes across its mortgage range, with...

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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