Mortgages

Kent Reliance appoints senior BDM

Kent Reliance has appointed Matthew Butt as a senior business development manager (BDM) within...

New Paragon limited edition deals for portfolio landlords

Paragon has unveiled a new range of Limited Edition buy-to-let mortgage products for portfolio...

Paradigm Mortgage Services bolsters helpdesk function

Paradigm Mortgage Services has appointed a new member of staff to support its mortgage...

Platform unveils Help to Buy mortgage range

Platform is to offer a range of Help to Buy mortgages to broker partners from Monday,...

The Buckinghamshire launches small loans

The Buckinghamshire Building Society has recently launched a new mortgage product on an interest-only...

Accord unveils cheaper fixed rates

Accord has reduced rates across its fixed rate mortgage range by up to 0.18...

Barclays Green Home Mortgage to launch next week

Barclays Mortgages has announced the launch of the Barclays Green Home Mortgage, available to...

Mortgage lending at a high for the Bath BS

The Bath Building Society has announced that profit on ordinary activities before tax was £4.2m,...

First digital mortgage signed by borrower and registered at Land Registry

The Coventry Building Society and Enact Conveyancing have lodged the first digitally signed mortgage...

Twenty7Tec sees growth in DA users

Twenty7Tec has revealed that the number of Directly Authorised (DA) mortgage brokers subscribing to...

Network calls for region specific product ranges

JLM Mortgage Services is calling upon lenders to consider sector-specific product ranges focused on...

Mortgage Skill launches on Amazon Alexa

Mortgage Brain has launched ‘Mortgage Skill’ on Amazon Echo, enabling consumers to ask Alexa,...

Together expands broker sales team

Together has appointed Toni Martin as a new business development manager (BDM) to cover...

PRA changes are driving brokers towards specialist lenders

Kent Reliance has claimed that the Prudential Conduct Authority's (PRA) new guidelines for portfolio...

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AUTUMN BUDGET: Further damage to buy-to-let investors

Yesterday’s Budget represented yet another decisive step in the dismantling of the traditional buy-to-let sector. The Government has chosen to tighten the tax screw on...

AUTUMN BUDGET: Much ado about nothing… Thank goodness

The Keystone Cops were out in force yesterday in the Commons, as exemplified by the OBR’s involuntarily (we suppose) leaking of the Budget before...

AUTUMN BUDGET: Still ducking the housing question

The Chancellor set out to fix an economy that is not working well enough for working people, talking about high bills, squeezed living standards...

AUTUMN BUDGET: Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes… NOT

After the delay of the Budget to 26 November and all the leaks, there was an expectation of significant change. However, it appears to be...

AUTUMN BUDGET: Affordability remains the key to activity

After all the speculation, this Budget offered little for the housing market. No stamp duty reform, no meaningful support for first-time buyers and a new...

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OBR forecasts stamp duty burden to almost double by early 2030s

Stamp duty receipts on homes bought in England and Northern Ireland are projected to...

VAS launches Christmas charity drive to support Teesside families

Middlesbrough-based valuation panel VAS has launched its 2025 Christmas Charity Campaign, continuing a now-established...

Misconceptions blamed for low income protection take-up among UK workers

Shepherds Friendly has warned that misconceptions about income protection may be a central reason...

GB Bank bolsters leadership as bridging push gathers pace

GB Bank has strengthened its senior ranks with a trio of internal promotions as...

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