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Skipton appoints trainee IRM

The Skipton Building Society has appointed Serena Smith to its team of intermediary regional managers...

New lower follow-on rate from Santander

Santander has announced that mortgages applied for from 23 January onwards will transfer to...

Lending restrictions top challenge for commercial brokers

While commercial mortgage brokers surveyed by Shawbrook Bank cite Brexit as one of the...

Record year for Crystal Specialist Finance

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has reported a record 2017, issuing terms of £2.45bn, a...

Majority of brokers confident about business growth

68% of brokers surveyed by bridging finance lender MTF believe overall market conditions will...

Fleet Mortgages’ lending shifts towards portfolio landlords

Fleet Mortgages has reported notable quarterly growth in the amount of portfolio landlord applications it...

JLM network to offer ‘robo proposition’

JLM Mortgage Services has become the first mortgage network to launch the first stage of...

New rent reporting system unveiled

A new platform has launched today that links tenants’ rental payments with their Experian...

Average homemover deposit close to £200k in London

Lloyds Bank has reported that the number of people moving home in the UK...

Pure Retirement hires business development manager

Hattie Tales has become Pure Retirement's new business development manager for the south of...

Paradigm lender and provider award winners announced

Paradigm Mortgage Services and Paradigm Protect have announced the winners of their annual Lender and...

UK Finance: housing market activity remains buoyant

UK’s Finance has reported steady increases in mortgage lending for first-time-buyers and home movers...

New discount BTL deal from the Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has introduced a new lower-fee two-year discount buy-to-let...

The Leeds makes fixed rate cuts

The Leeds Building Society has revamped its mortgage range by reducing its fixed rate deals...

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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