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Gatehouse Bank unveils its first five-year HPP

Gatehouse Bank has launched its first five-year fixed Home Purchase Plan (HPP) product as...

Funding 365 cuts residential and commercial bridging rates

Funding 365 has cut the starting interest rates for its residential bridging to 0.59%...

Accord sees boost in use of online product transfers

Accord Mortgages has reported a 53% increase in online product transfers since launching a...

Total equity release lending hits £1.18 billion in Q1

The property wealth of retired homeowners is increasingly being used to clear unsecured debts...

Barclays cuts rates on seven deals

Barclays is making changes across its residential, and buy-to-let and Reward ranges. The changes, which...

London house prices down 1.9% year-on-year

The Office for National Statistics has revealed that March 2019 saw average house prices...

Together hires ex-banker as adviser to board

Specialist lender Together has hired ex-banker Simon Raine as an advisor to its board. Raine...

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries provides £13m development finance

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries has partnered with Mortgage Force on behalf of the latter's...

Sesame and PMS launch campaign to improve protection conversations

Sesame Network and PMS Mortgage Club have launched its 2019 Rewire Routines campaign to...

Profits up at Paragon Banking Group

Paragon Banking Group plc has posted a year-on-year increase in profits of 8.7% to...

Bridging applications reach record level

The Association of Short-Term Lenders (ASTL) has reported that bridging loan applications totalled more...

Strong regional variations in rents

The Your Move Rental Tracker found that the average property was let for £861...

Landbay volunteers to take independent stress test

Landbay has conducted an independent stress test against the Bank of England macroeconomic scenarios...

The Yorkshire cuts longer-term fixed rates

The Yorkshire Building Society has reduced rates on its longer-term mortgages. The mutual now has...
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COMMENT

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A BBR decision rooted in caution, not complacency

The Bank of England MPC’s decision to hold Bank Base Rate (BBR) will come as a welcome outcome for many across the mortgage market,...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 10

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge yesterday and will finish on Friday this week....

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 9

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is hosting its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge from 10-15 May. There are now 72...

When the market gets messy, control matters more than ever

There is a tendency to look at the current market and focus purely on activity levels, particularly after the recent spike driven by lender...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 8

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is hosting its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge from 10-15 May. There are now 72...

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The Beverley joins Brilliant Solutions mortgage club panel

Beverley Building Society has joined the Brilliant Solutions Mortgage Club lender panel in a...
Appointments

Together hires strategy chief to support growth plans

Together has appointed Russell Anderson as chief strategy officer as the specialist lender looks...
Buy-to-let

Zephyr Homeloans launches special edition BTL range with no valuation fees

Zephyr Homeloans has launched a special edition five-year fixed rate buy-to-let range with no...
affordability

First-time buyers face pressure as high LTV mortgage choice falls

First-time buyers remain under pressure from reduced mortgage choice and stretched affordability, despite signs...

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