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Bluestone Mortgages introduces interest-only BTLs

Bluestone Mortgages has made changes to its buy-to-let mortgage range and has introduced an interest-only...

Underwriting behind OneFamily’s lifetime mortgage approval rate

OneFamily has revealed that it now approves nine out of 10 applications for lifetime...

Rate differential between 75% and 95% LTV products grows

Average mortgage interest rates have been continuing to fall this year, but the mortgage...

Octane Capital completes £1m bridge in eight days

Octane Capital has completed a £1 million bridging loan introduced by Black Book Finance. The...

Fluent Money Group launches first charge lending services business

Fluent Money Group has launched Fluent Mortgages Ltd to provide specialist first charge lending...

RICS: one year on and buyer demand continues to slip

RICS' housing survey for March has found that the momentum in the UK housing...

PMS and Sesame team up with Post Office for Intermediaries

PMS and Sesame have become the first new mortgage club and network to add...

TMW revises maximum age criteria for lower LTV BTL applications

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is removing its age limit at application for experienced landlords...

Lawyers seeing increase in demand for later life planning

Key Partnerships' research has found that lawyers are increasingly seeing a switch to demand...

The Ipswich revises self-build discount mortgage deal

The Ipswich Building Society has launched a new self-build two-year discount mortgage product, with...

Accord Mortgages unveil new discount range

Accord has introduced seven new two-year discounted standard variable rate (SVR) mortgages. The new range...

New five-year fixes from Leek United

Leek United is offering two new five-year fixed rate deals. A five-year fixed rate...

National Friendly introducers bespoke broker portal

Friendly society National Friendly has launched a web portal, designed to smooth and improve...

L&G unveils Optional Payment Lifetime Mortgage

Legal & General has launched a new product designed to help the growing number of...
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Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

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Swap rates fall but funding risks remain, warns Moneyfacts

In a week that saw more than 20 lenders reduce their fixed mortgage rates,...
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Growing calls for government to overhaul Stamp Duty for FTBs

Mortgage industry figures are urging the government to review stamp duty for first-time buyers...
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L&G launches later life lending campaign

L&G has launched a later life lending campaign featuring short documentary-style films highlighting the...
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West Brom reduces rates by up to 0.18%

West Brom Building Society has reduced rates across its two-year fixed purchase mortgage range,...

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