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Halifax reports house price fall in April

Halifax's house price index for April has found that, on a monthly basis, house...

Bank Rate held at 0.1%

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted unanimously to maintain the Bank...

Cost of selected buy-to-let borrowing on the rise

Property Master's latest Mortgage Tracker reveals after a year of sustained falls in the...

Air Group partners with Knowledge Bank

Answers in Retirement Group (Air Group) has announced a new partnership with Knowledge Bank,...

Hodge launches new online intermediary services

Hodge has launched a new website and broker portal, designed to streamline the broker...

Pure Retirement revamps adviser portal

Pure Retirement has launched a new online portal which it says allows advisers to...

Masthaven appoints new CEO

Masthaven Bank has appointment Leigh Bartlett as its new chief executive officer (CEO). ...

ESIS volumes up for first time in six weeks

Mortgage Brain has reported that the number of ESIS produced from its mortgage sourcing...

New CFO for the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has announced the appointment of Andrew Conroy as its new...

SBG launches new ‘bounce back’ support hub

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has introduced a new 'bounce back' hub to help firms...

Tenet unveils confidential support programme for advisers

Tenet has launched a new Tenet Assistance Programme (TAP) in conjunction with Care First. Care...

Accord cuts rates and improves incentives

Accord Mortgages has cut selected rates across its 75% to 85% loan to value...

West One Loans improves second charge offering

West One Loans has made a number of changes to its second charge product range. The...

Paradigm Mortgage Services provides Gabriel reporting function

Paradigm Mortgage Services has partnered with MyGabriel Accounting Solution which provides advisory firms with...

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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Skipton loses former Connells chief’s discrimination case

Skipton Group Holdings and Connells have lost an employment tribunal case brought by former...

IMLA supports flexible mortgage rules but says housing supply remains key

Mortgage lenders have backed proposals to give first-time buyers and other underserved borrowers greater...

Mortgage borrowing jumps to £7.7bn

Net mortgage borrowing more than doubled to £7.7bn in June, up from £3.3bn in...

AMI says mortgage rule reforms must keep advice at their core

Proposals to give lenders greater flexibility must be supported by mortgage advice if they...

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