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House prices return to monthly growth

Average house prices saw a return to growth in November after several months of...

Gig economy workers need more protection options

So-called 'gig' economy workers juggle as many as two or more ‘gig’ jobs at...

The Right PMI add CS Healthcare to its PMI panel

The Right PMI & Healthcare has partnered with CS Healthcare to offer its advisers...

TSB pushes for soft credit checks to become the norm

70% of consumers do not know the difference between a soft and hard credit...

The Yorkshire appoints chief people officer

Yorkshire Building Society Group has appointed Susana Berlevy as its chief people officer. Originally from...

CA responds to home buying and selling ‘call for evidence’

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has issued its formal response to the DCLG’s ‘Call for...

Diverse Mortgage and Protection adopts Mortgage Brain

Diverse Mortgage and Protection has selected Mortgage Brain as its preferred partner for the...

Developers failing to refinance off expensive deals

Developers in the UK are wasting £20m a year on interest they don’t need...

LendInvest passes $1bn of capital under management

LendInvest has reported its best ever year of capital raising. Since the start of...

Mid-life savings crisis for UK workers

18% of UK workers in their fifties and sixties are unable to save anything...

Octane Capital partners with RHL for bespoke £5m deal

Octane Capital has completed a £4.9m two-year developer exit to a client of RHL. The...

London drags down the UK average rent

The second National Rent Review from Landbay has found that rents across the UK...

Second charge new business up 20%

The second charge mortgage market reported growth in October, with new business up 20%...

New product manager for Foundation Home Loans

Foundation Home Loans has appointed Tom Jacob as product manager. He joins from Pepper...

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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