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Halifax sees softening in annual house price growth

Halifax has reported that house prices grew by 1.5% on a monthly basis, in...

4m homes could move out of stamp duty relief threshold by 2028

Following the announcement in the 2017 Autumn Budget that first-time buyers will pay zero stamp...

Pair of new fixes from Leek United

Leek United has announced the launch of two new fixed rate deals. A two-year 75%...

Clever Lending says forums show increasing need for specialist finance

Clever Lending has reported rising demand from brokers for ways to capitalise on lending...

Canara Bank hit for anti-money laundering systems failings

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Canara Bank £896,100 and has imposed a...

Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending backs bike firm

Arbuthnot Commercial ABL has completed its first deal since launching earlier this year. It has...

Application record for Accord last month

Accord has reported a record-breaking month, receiving its highest-ever value of mortgage applications in...

Just Group develops regular drawdown lifetime mortgage with Saga

Just Group has unveiled a lifetime mortgage product that enables Saga customers to receive...

Canopy partners with MoneySuperMarket

Canopy has announced a partnership with MoneySuperMarket will see MoneySuperMarket integrate into the Canopy app,...

Spicerhaart Part Exchange doubles staff numbers

Spicerhaart Part Exchange and Assisted Move (P/X&AM) has reported its most successful quarter to...

TML opens up buy-to-let let offering to whole market

buy-to-let mortgages for all – The Mortgage Lender has made its buy-to-let products available to...

Five-year fixed rate demand up 11 percentage points from March

Conveyancing service provider LMS has reported that demand for five-year fixed rate remortgages has...

Kensington Mortgages unveils football Fantasy Cup competition

Kensington Mortgages has announced the launch of a Fantasy Cup competition for the World...

FHL increases HMO loan size

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) has made changes to its dedicated HMO offering. The maximum...
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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...

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Swap rates fall but funding risks remain, warns Moneyfacts

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

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...
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L&G launches later life lending campaign

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