Mortgages

Bank Rate rise possibility stifles July approvals

There was a fall in the number of mortgage approvals for house purchase last...

LSL joins up management of networks

LSL Property Services has announced that Richard Coulson’s role as business development director of...

24% rise in Nationwide’s net mortgage lending

Nationwide Building Society has published results for the second quarter of 2015. Gross mortgage lending...

TFC partners with Fleet Mortgages

TFC Homeloans has joined forces with Fleet Mortgages. The deal allows the distributor's brokers to...

Pepper Homeloans joins Complete FS panel

Complete FS has added Pepper Homeloans to its first charge buy-to-let and residential lender...

Borrowers seeking 30+ year mortgages

Growing numbers of homebuyers are looking for mortgage terms of over 30 years to...

Busiest summer for lending in years, says conveyancer

A national firm handling conveyancing has reported an very large rise in the number...

The Newcastle enters buy-to-let space

Newcastle Building Society Intermediary Services (NBSIS) has moved into the buy-to-let market with The Business Mortgage...

New professional mortgage from the Saffron

Saffron For Intermediaries has extended its range of professional mortgages to now include a...

Ex-couples still hit by debt

Failed relationships have put over two million Brits in debt by ex-partners, who are...

Anna Bennett joins Positive Lending

Specialist packager Positive Lending has announced the appointment of Anna Bennett into the newly...

Repossession rate continues to fall

Latest data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) reveal that the repossession rate...

New intermediary portal from the Saffron

Saffron For Intermediaries has launched its new Intermediary Mortgage Portal. The dedicated broker channel of Saffron...

Brokers see strong preference for fixed rates

81% of new mortgage cases handled by intermediaries during the second quarter of 2015...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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Simplybiz Mortgages sets out expanded events programme for 2026

Simplybiz Mortgages has unveiled its events programme for 2026, with more than 100 in-person...

Countrywide Surveying Services launches virtual valuation platform

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has introduced a new virtual inspection system designed to speed...

PM Law Group collapse: essential information for buyers and sellers

Following the sudden collapse of PM Law Group, the Home Buying & Selling Council...

Conveyancing sector moves into gear following PM Law Group collapse

The abrupt closure of PM Law Group has left thousands of property transactions in...

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