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Shawbrook rolls out My Shawbrook Portal to all broker partners

Shawbrook Bank has announced that its online system which has reduced product switch processing times...

The Mortgage Lender cuts fees on large buy-to-let loans

The Mortgage Lender has lowered the completion fees on buy-to-let loans above £500k to...

Pure Retirement offers 40% annual repayments ERC-free

Pure Retirement has launched a new Heritage Freedom 40 product, offering customers the ability...

PRIMIS sees 29% rise in broker queries since Covid-19 outbreak

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has reported that its product desk resolved a total of 4,641...

Bluestone Mortgages resumes lending full range

Bluestone Mortgages has recommenced new lending activity on all products in its residential and...

New Landbay BTL range offers 75% LTV

Landbay has launched a new product range with loan to values up to 75%...

Co-Op & Platform help Centrepoint with £75k fund

The Co-operative Bank and Platform have worked with its trustee partners of historic special...

Saffron: self-build completions up 144%

The Saffron Building Society has reported a 144% increase in its self-build completions compared...

Octane Capital makes sales and credit appointments

Octane Capital has made two new hires. Shrena Patel has started as senior business development...

CA provides sector-specific guidance for conveyancing firms

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has issued newly-published sector-specific guidance for conveyancing firms in order...

The Yorkshire removes property value restrictions

The Yorkshire Building Society has removed all property value restrictions and returned its maximum...

LMS: May remortgage instruction spike continues

LMS has today published its latest weekly update, tracking remortgage market performance through the...

Right Mortgage & Protection Network selects AlphaTrust e-Sign software

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has adopted iPipeline's document delivery and e-Sign solution,...

Later life report: advisers want changes to RIO rules

A new survey paints a picture of low levels of Retirement Interest-Only (RIO) mortgage...

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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First-time buyer squeeze deepens as mortgage rates climb

First-time buyers with small deposits face mounting pressure as average mortgage rates rise and...

Mortgage costs push sales 9% lower

Higher mortgage rates have contributed to a sharper-than-usual summer housing slowdown, with sales agreed...

Access FS appoints Alan Baldwin as compliance director

Access Financial Services has appointed Alan Baldwin as director of compliance as it expands...

Mortgage-backed Swansea auction sale completes in six days

A mortgage-financed property purchase in Swansea has completed six days after the draft contract...

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