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LSL Property Services buys Personal Touch

LSL Property Services plc (LSL) has acquired Personal Touch Financial Services Limited (PTFS) and...

AMI seeks new chairman

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has accepted the resignation of its chairman Pat...

Anti-money laundering firm moves into financial services

SmartSearch, an anti-money laundering (AML) firm, is expanding through the mortgage and financial services...

Scottish rental market ended 2017 with higher yields than UK

Your Move’s latest Scotland Rental Tracker has found that the Scottish rental market continued to...

Lloyds Banking Group a ‘top transgender inclusive employer’

Lloyds Banking Group has been named in the Stonewall inaugural Top Transgender Inclusive Employers...

CA helps raise over £300k for children’s hospice

The Conveyancing Foundation, through the Free Legal Fee Competition, has helped member firm, Convey Law,...

FCA concerned for interest-only borrowers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned that many people with interest-only mortgages have...

LendInvest forms 200-strong buy-to-let broker panel

LendInvest has announced the formation of a national broker panel, comprising more than 200...

Octane Capital to move lending model into mainstream bridging

Octane Capital is taking its ‘product-less’ lending model into mainstream bridging. Until now, the lender has focused...

SortRefer sees benefits from restructuring

Online conveyancing portal SortRefer has said that its pilot test of teaming its internal...

Together teams up with Paradigm Mortgage Services

Together has joins forces with Paradigm Mortgage Services to offer its range of first...

Buyers’ market in London and southern cities

London and other southern cities such as Oxford and Cambridge are increasingly becoming buyers'...

The Teachers introduces saving account for prospective FTBs

The Teachers Building Society has launched a new home saver account designed exclusively for teachers....

Aldermore hires head of business development

Aldermore has expanded its asset finance lending team with the appointment of Nick Dudley...

COMMENT

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...

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...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Latest news

CHL cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 25bps

CHL Mortgages has reduced rates across its short-term let and limited edition buy-to-let ranges. The...

Darlington cuts rates across buy-to-let and specialist ranges

Darlington Building Society has reduced mortgage rates by up to 50bps across its buy-to-let,...

HTB backs £2.4m Mitcham scheme

Hampshire Trust Bank has provided a £2.4m development finance facility for a mixed-use scheme in...

The Mansfield reports record mortgage lending for second year running

Mansfield Building Society has reported record mortgage lending for the second successive year, after...

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