Mortgages

AmTrust sees large increase in deposits and loans required by FTBs

AmTrust has reported that there has been a significant increase in the cost of...

Majority of BTL lenders offer limited company deals

59% of all buy-to-let mortgage lenders offered products to landlords who use limited companies...

Vida Homeloans joins Master Private Finance panel

Mortgage/protection network JLM Mortgage Services’ specialist mortgage desk, Master Private Finance, has added Vida Homeloans...

Newcastle BS gross mortgage lending up 65% year-on-year

The Newcastle Building Society has reported record mortgage lending for the first half of...

The Mortgage Lender puts onsite underwriter in Complete FS office

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has once again expanded its team of onsite underwriters with...

Bluestone Mortgages aims remortgage product at debt consolidators

Bluestone Mortgages' fee-free remortgage offering is now available for borrowers consolidating debts. The updated product helps...

Fleet Mortgages extends new build offer and valuation times

Fleet Mortgages has extended its offer and valuation times for new-build purchases across both...

Gross lending remains consistent at the Yorkshire BS

The Yorkshire Building Society has published its interim results for the six months which...

Gross mortgage lending down 4% year-on-year

UK Finance has reported that gross mortgage lending across the residential market in June...

Newcastle Intermediaries appoints new national account manager

Newcastle Intermediaries has appointed a new national account manager and expanded its business development team...

FTBs in the South East most stretched in country, despite higher salaries

Homeowners in the North of England are 'the best-off in Britain', with more disposable...

LendInvest makes business development hires

LendInvest has made a number of field based and internal hires to its business development team. Nigel...

One-third of direct mortgage customers have no protection

34% of Legal & General Mortgage Club consumers who purchased their mortgage direct from...

The Nationwide cuts selected fixed rates

The Nationwide Building Society has reduced a number of two, three and five-year fixed...

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AMI Protection Viewpoint 2025: Turning challenges into opportunities

Delivering better outcomes and protecting more customers is all in a day’s work for protection advisers. But in today’s fast-paced, constantly evolving environment, navigating...

Private credit poses challenges and opportunities for UK CROs

The global financial crash of 2008 revealed the dangers of financial contagion. What began as a collapse in the United States sub-prime mortgage market...

GIS must be at the heart of place-based policymaking

The UK is under increasing pressure to deliver more homes, strengthen national infrastructure, and meet ambitious environmental goals – from the New Towns Taskforce...

The PT is dead. Long live the broker!

Did you know that every time a borrower approaches their bank directly, a mortgage broker dies? I’m teasing, of course. They don’t really die....

Landlords defy the doom – the buy-to-let bounce-back

While the Bank of England recently voted to hold the interest rate at 4%, which will have been disappointing news to landlords who had...

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Survey reveals cost of living pressures and tax fears weighing on mutual’s members

Concerns over the cost of living and the prospect of tax rises continue to...

Hope Capital gains dual recognition for workplace standards

Hope Capital Property Finance has been accredited as a Living Wage Employer and has...

Industry partnership launches 95% funded pathway to address adviser shortage

A national initiative has been launched to confront the growing shortage of qualified financial...

British Business Bank sets out five-year plan to reshape finance for smaller firms

The British Business Bank has outlined plans to deliver what it describes as a...

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