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House price growth stalling in southern cities

Sellers in southern England are having to accept greater discounts on their asking prices...

UK’s first fully digital mortgage settlement hailed

Shieldpay and My Home Move’s law firm subsidiary, Premier Property Lawyers, with the support...

Thomson departs as TML expands sales team

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has appointed three more business development managers (BDMs) and created...

Reward Finance deal return pubs to family

Three well-known pubs on the east coast have returned to family ownership, following the...

Computershare to carry on B&B administration despite sale

Computershare Loan Services is to continue to administer 45,000 Bradford & Bingley mortgages transferring...

Market swinging back toward sellers

NAEA Propertymark has reported that demand from prospective buyers grew by 9% in April. On...

Bank of Mum & Dad to lend nearly £6bn in 2018

Legal & General and Cebr has reported that the Bank of Mum and Dad...

Aldermore adds 90% deals to remortgage range

ALDERMORE EXTENDS REMORTGAGE RANGE TO INCLUDE 90% LTV PRODUCTS  Aldermore has unveiled a new range...

The Swansea partners with Twenty7Tec

The Swansea Building Society has joined up with Twenty7Tec to offer its range of...

The Vernon removes qualification need from retirement mortgage

The Vernon Building Society has changed the lending policy on its retirement mortgage, removing...

Connect adopts OMS platform

Connect has chosen One Mortgage System (OMS), which offers mortgage brokers a single processing platform...

PRIMIS partners with SmartSearch

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has teamed up with SmartSearch to help its brokers conduct anti-money...

The Monmouthshire reveals its charity of the year

The Monmouthshire Building Society has announced that Alzheimer's Society Cymru will be its Charity...

Gross mortgage lending up 13.3% year-on-year

UK Finance has said gross mortgage lending in April is estimated to have been...
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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,...
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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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