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Cheltenham was 2017 house price winner

Cheltenham saw the highest percentage rise in house prices of any major UK town...

Accord colleagues spend 86 days on charitable causes

Accord Mortgages staff have spent almost 3,000 hours helping out at charities and good...

SMEs failing to insure key people

Just 26% of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have insurance covering key people in...

Obama Wants To Visit Ubud On Low-key Bali Vacation: Bali Official

Dropcap the popularization of the “ideal measure” has led to advice such as “Increase...

New York Newest Vegan Spot: No Shade From Us, Shady Shack Is On Point

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Watch Justin Timberlake’s ‘Cry Me a River’ Come to Life in Mesmerizing Dance

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Lady Gaga Pulled Off One of the Best Halftime Shows Ever

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Hometrack: rents to grow 2% over 2018

Richard Donnell, insight director at Hometrack, has explained his three defining themes for the...

Together unveils commercial bridging product with Tenet

 following double success Together has launched a commercial bridging pilot with the Tenet Group, after...

L&G Mortgage Club expands Shawbrook offering

Legal & General Mortgage Club has added two Shawbrook Bank products to its offering. The...

CA welcomes Law Commission’s reforms

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has welcomed the news that the Law Commission has included...

Membership growth at the Equity Release Council

The membership of the Equity Release Council has increased annually by 23%, rising to 219...

Accord refreshes residential mortgage range

Accord Mortgages has reduced rates by up to 0.23 percentage points on 15 mortgages and...

Together funds Yorkshire pub takeover

A landlord has saved his local pub after agreeing a commercial mortgage with specialist...

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...

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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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