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Royal London partners with Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks

Royal London has been appointed by Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks as its new partner...

New CEO for Folk2Folk

Folk2Folk, the platform for local and rural business, has announced the appointment of Giles...

Barclays Mortgages unveils 1.28% two-year fix

Barclays Mortgages is launching a two-year fixed rate and cutting rates across a number of its...

Correlation between GDP rise and invoice finance growth

The balance of 'pure' invoice finance has grown from £18.6 billion at the end...

The Leeds offers £1k Help to Buy cashback

The Leeds Building Society is to add two new mortgages with £1,000 cashback to...

iPipeline reveals TCP LifeSystems acquisition

iPipeline has announced the acquisition of TCP LifeSystems, a software solutions provider to life...

13 applied for Santander mortgage over Christmas/Boxing days

Santander has revealed that Christmas day saw 5% of the bank’s online customers log...

New landlord portal from HM Lettings

The Nottingham Building Society’s lettings arm has introduced a new landlord portal. The online...

Retire with an extra £10k p.a. by cutting back

Many people could have as much as £9,853 in additional annual income in retirement...

New SVR trackers from Accord

Accord Mortgages is launching three new discounted Standard Variable Rate (SVR) mortgages which track...

10% increase in freehold registrations

HM Land Registry received over 106,000 sales of land and property in England and...

Construction expected to drive asset finance growth in 2018

39% of intermediaries operating in the asset finance sector believe demand for asset finance...

The Chainsmokers Actually Make a Great Nickelback Cover Band

Intro text we refine our methods of responsive web design, we’ve increasingly focused on...

October lending up 9% year-on-year

UK Finance has estimated that gross mortgage lending in October was £23.1 billion, 9%...

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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...

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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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