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June sees “record-breaking” supply of rental stock

ARLA Propertymark latest Private Rented Sector (PRS) report, covering June, has revealed that the...

Newcastle Intermediaries relaunches JMSP product

Newcastle Intermediaries is once again offering its Joint Mortgage Sole Proprietor proposition. It enables family...

Foundation Home Loans introduces 80% LTV buy-to-let deals

Foundation Home Loans has launched two new 80% LTV products in its core buy-to-let...

OFFA joins ASTL

OFFA has become the latest provider to join the Association of Short Term Lenders...

Network signs five-year cloud deal with Twenty7Tec

Twenty7Tec has entered into a five-year agreement to provide its CloudTwenty7 platform to Primis. LSL...

CSF appoints group sales and marketing director

Jason Berry has been appointed group sales and marketing director at Crystal Specialist Finance...

MCI unveils compliance proposition and transition service

MCI Mortgage Club has introduced a new compliance proposition for new and existing mortgage...

Accord refreshes buy-to-let offering

Accord Buy To Let has cut rates, extended end dates and unveiled 14 new...

Bridging lender moves into 75% LTV space

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has launched new rates for its bridging loans, now offering...

Shariah-compliant provider joins Knowledge Bank

Gatehouse Bank's products are now available on the Knowledge Bank platform. Gatehouse provides Shariah-compliant mortgage...

Mortgage Brain: summer ESIS volumes surpass pre-Covid levels

Mortgage Brain has reported that the volume of ESIS generated through its sourcing systems...

Smartr365 appoints product engineering lead

Smartr365 has today announced the appointment of Edwin Halakooei as product engineering lead. Halakooei (pictured)...

BoE: sharp rise in mortgage approvals

The Bank of England's latest Money and Credit report, covering June, has revealed that...

Fleet cuts rates and ups maximum loan sizes

Fleet Mortgages has cut rates across its standard, limited company and HMO ranges, and introduced...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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Leeds lending falls amid technology investment

Leeds Building Society completed £2bn of gross mortgage lending during the first half of...

Foundation revives buy-to-let products and cuts holiday let rates

Foundation Home Loans has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range, bringing back several products, adding...

UK residential property transactions edge higher in June

UK residential property transactions rose modestly in June, suggesting that underlying market activity is...

Buyers turn to 1.5 million homes rejected by mainstream lenders

About 1.5 million homes across Britain may fall outside mainstream mortgage criteria, according to...

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