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Cavendish Online appoints business development manager

Online discount life insurance and protection broker Cavendish Online has appointed Luke Barber as...

Santander renews AVM partnership with Hometrack

Santander has agreed a three year extension to its valuation and risk services partnership...

BM Solutions rolls out mortgage portal to all brokers

Following a pilot, BM Solutions is providing all brokers with access to its new...

Small fall in mortgage approval numbers

E.surv has reported that February's mortgage approvals were 1.25% lower than in January 2018...

The Newcastle appoints customer director

The Newcastle Building Society has appointed Stuart Miller as its new customer director. Miller (pictured)...

Halifax unveils £750 cashback offer

Halifax is offering £750 cashback to first time buyers, home movers and those who...

OMS platform integrates with Precise Mortgages

One Mortgage System (OMS) says it is the first platform to fully integrate with...

Paymentshield highlights importance of conversation

A recent YouGov poll of 2,088 consumers for Paymentshield found that half of people prefer...

Second steppers finding it more difficult to move home

A Nationwide Building Society poll has found that people are putting their lives on...

10-year high for mortgage affordability

Halifax has reported that mortgages in the UK have reached their most affordable level...

The Buckinghamshire partners with SimplyBiz Mortgages

The Buckinghamshire Building Society has joined the lending panel of SimplyBiz Mortgages.  Its range...

Virgin Money offers buy-to-let cashback deal

Virgin Money has unveiled a new £750 cashback incentive on its intermediary exclusive buy-to-let...

Together lowers buy-to-let rates

Specialist lender Together has lowered the rates on its range of buy-to-let mortgages and...

Scotland dwarfs England & Wales house price growth

Your Move has reported that annual house price growth in Scotland is now over...

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Portfolio landlords reshape buy-to-let market

Portfolio landlords are becoming increasingly central to the buy-to-let market as investors take a more structured approach to property ownership. The market has seen a...

Supporting complex cases in a modern mortgage market

In today’s diverse mortgage landscape, brokers are working with a growing number of clients whose circumstances fall outside traditional lending models. From self-employed professionals...

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

The 4.3 million borrowers your pipeline is probably missing

There are 4.3 million self-employed workers in the UK and nearly one in five self-employed workers plans to buy a property in the next...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

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Japanese knotweed ‘knocks £21.4bn off UK housing market’

Japanese knotweed is wiping an estimated £21.4 billion from UK property values, with more...

Fleet Mortgages names new managing director

Fleet Mortgages has appointed Nicola Richardson as its new managing director. Richardson (pictured) has been...

The Monmouthshire goes live with Phoebus mortgage servicing system

Monmouthshire Building Society has gone live with Phoebus to support mortgage account servicing as...

NatWest completes first PEXA remortgage in two working days

NatWest has completed its first remortgage transaction through PEXA’s digital property completion platform within...

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