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Legal & General partners with Royal Voluntary Service

Legal & General Retail Retirement is supporting the Royal Voluntary Service’s ‘Step Forward’ campaign,...

Renters hit hardest by rising costs

The ONS household living costs index shows that households that own their own homes...

Planned outage for BM Solutions

BM Solutions has advised brokers that it will be undertaking "essential maintenance" on its...

Barclays adds new deal and cuts BTL rates

Barclays is making a series of changes across its buy-to-let Core and Reward ranges,...

Home improvement borrowing highest in the South East

Lending data from Shawbrook’s Personal Loans division has indicated that demand for home improvement...

The Marsden unveils Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor range

The Marsden Building Society has expanded its existing range of lending solutions for first-time...

Rental supply up 13% year-on-year

ARLA Propertymark's March Private Rented Sector (PRS) Report has revealed that the supply of...

iPipeline grows distribution team

iPipeline is expanding its distribution team to support growth within the protection market. Andy Milburn...

Ross McEwan quits as RBS CEO

Ross McEwan has resigned from his role as chief executive officer (CEO) and executive...

FIBA introduces block PI scheme

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has launched its own block PI scheme...

Landlords squeezed as CGT receipts reach record high

Capital Gains Tax receipts increased by 18% (up £1.4bn) to a record £9.2bn in...

Contrasting fortunes of buy-to-let landlords revealed

Property investment specialist BondMason has created a new index to help Britain’s private landlords and...

Costs of higher LTV deals on the rise

Mortgage Brain’s latest product data analysis shows the cost of most high LTV (80%...

Slight uptick for residential property transaction figures in March

HMRC's provisional seasonally adjusted UK property transaction count for March 2019 was 101,830 residential...
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A steadier second half of 2026 in sight?

The first half of 2026 has been a reminder that the mortgage market does not operate in isolation. While domestic economic conditions have remained...

How brokers can secure better client outcomes in a volatile market

Experience has always counted in the mortgage market. Brokers who worked through the financial crisis, the Covid pandemic, the Liz Truss mini-Budget and cost-of-living...

Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

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Second charge mortgage lending volumes dip for first time in more than a year

New business volumes in the second charge mortgage market fell by 1% in May,...
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Building Societies Association signs Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter

The Building Societies Association has become the latest organisation to sign the Mortgage Industry...
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Sprive urges first-time buyers to plan ahead as Leeds launches 2% deposit mortgage

Sprive has welcomed Leeds Building Society's new 98% loan-to-value mortgage but says borrowers should...
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Leeds launches 98% LTV mortgage aimed at widening access for first-time buyers

Leeds Building Society has introduced a new 98% loan-to-value mortgage designed to help more...

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