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UK narrowly avoids full year of slowing house price growth

The latest house price index from LSL Property Services and Acadata has reported that...

NMBA introduces financial education initiative for teenagers

The New Model Business Academy (NMBA) has launched a free financial education initiative to...

Virgin Money sale agreed

CYBG, the owner of Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank, has agreed to buy Virgin Money...

The Tipton & Cosley offering retirement interest-only mortgages

The Tipton & Cosley Building Society is claiming to be the first society to...

New presidents for ARLA Propertymark and NAEA Propertymark

ARLA Propertymark and NAEA Propertymark have welcomed their new presidential teams for the year...

Coventry for Intermediaries changes affordability model

Coventry for Intermediaries has altered its affordability model to help more residential clients. It says...

New five-year BTL deals from Precise

Precise Mortgages has launched a new five-year fixed rate buy-to-let range with reduced rates and...

The Vernon unveils new buy-to-let range

Vernon Intermediaries has launched a new range of buy-to-let mortgages. The lender has launched mortgages...

Saffron For Intermediaries partners with Positive Lending

The Saffron Building Society has revealed a new distribution partnership with Positive Lending. The relationship...

Kensington improves buy-to-let proposition

Kensington Mortgages has cut buy-to-let rates by up to 0.45 percentage points, with rates...

Foundation Home Loans extends BTL borrowing limits

Foundation Home Loans has increased its borrowing limits and reduced rates across its buy-to-let...

CSF and Amicus secure £9m for residential development

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) and Amicus have secured deals totalling over £9.1m to fund...

Record month for Stonebridge Group

Stonebridge Group, the mortgage and insurance network, has announced its best ever month for mortgage...

Landbay makes northern appointment

Landbay has appointed Ian Hall as regional account manager for the North. Hall (pictured) joins...

COMMENT

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...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

Latest news

Swap rates fall but funding risks remain, warns Moneyfacts

In a week that saw more than 20 lenders reduce their fixed mortgage rates,...

Growing calls for government to overhaul Stamp Duty for FTBs

Mortgage industry figures are urging the government to review stamp duty for first-time buyers...

L&G launches later life lending campaign

L&G has launched a later life lending campaign featuring short documentary-style films highlighting the...

West Brom reduces rates by up to 0.18%

West Brom Building Society has reduced rates across its two-year fixed purchase mortgage range,...

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