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Covid: areas of most vulnerable tenant workers revealed

New research suggest that up to a quarter of private renters could fall into...

Shawbrook signs up to Race at Work Charter

Shawbrook Bank has signed up to the Race at Work Charter, which designed to...

Accord to offer 90% homemover deals for three days

Accord Mortgages id to offer another limited release of 90% LTV products, this time...

Network to hold virtual national training event

The Right Mortgage and Protection Network is to hold its first Virtual National Training...

Fall in number of tenants seeing rents rise

40% of agents saw landlords increasing rent in September, compared to 48% in August,...

Annual house price growth at highest rate since Jan 2015

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth reached a five-year...

Barclays unveils residential rate cuts

Barclays is reducing rates on a selection of deals within its residential (purchase and...

Hep to Buy transition guide published

Accord Mortgages is offering a free to access guide to help brokers and their...

Affordability Hub adds the Leeds to platform

Mortgage Brain's affordability-based sourcing system, Affordability Hub, now has 32 lenders live on its...

Next generation of advisers need more help starting their career

Advisers are increasingly optimistic about the industry’s future but worried about recruiting the next...

Q3 agreed equity release plans up 41%

The Equity Release Council has revealed that the number of new equity release plans...

Coventry for Intermediaries revamps owner-occupied range

Coventry for Intermediaries has expanded its remortgage, product transfer and further advance range. Changes include...

BoE: highest number of approvals since September 2007

The Bank of England has reported that there was a further strengthening of the...

Large spike in buyers and sellers coming to market

NAEA Propertymark has revealed that the number of prospective buyers registered per estate agent branch...

COMMENT

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

AI is changing banking but trust will define who succeeds

For the past three years, the conversation around artificial intelligence in financial services has been dominated by technology. Every week seems to bring another...

No benefit to be had from ‘wait and see’

It seems to be a recurring theme as of late, but it’s been yet another week of volatile rates. Swap rates continue to move,...

What financial services can learn from the World Cup

Look, bear with us here. What does the World Cup have to do with financial services reviews? Well, more than you think actually! This summer,...

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Mortgage industry cycle challenge raises £26k for children and homelessness charities

Mortgage industry leaders have raised £26,002 for two charities after cycling 472 miles from...

MTD pressure prompts 22% of landlords to consider quitting

More than one in five UK landlords have considered leaving the rental market as...

MortgageMatch launches AI-ready broker directory

MortgageMatch.org has launched a consumer-facing platform designed to make finding and comparing mortgage brokers...

Virgin Money cuts new business rates and ups buy-to-let PT rates

Virgin Money is to reduce a range of purchase and remortgage fixed rates while...

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