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Industry reviews 2017 sales and lettings performance

NAEA and ARLA Propertymark have published sales and lettings data for 2017. NAEA Propertymark found...

Positive Commercial Finance celebrates tenth birthday

Specialist commercial finance broker Positive Commercial Finance is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its...

Portfolio landlord boost for Octane Capital

Octane Capital has reported a 27% increase in enquiries from portfolio landlords during October...

Skipton appoints IRM for East Central region

The Skipton Building Society has announced the appointment of Emma Hill to the team...

ARLA Propertymark CEO joins TDS board

David Cox, CEO of ARLA Propertymark, has joined the board of Tenancy Deposit Scheme...

Record numbers for Mortgage Vision events

The 2017 series of Mortgage Vision events, organised and hosted by Mortgage Brain, saw...

Consumer Code for New Homes formally approved

The Consumer Code for New Homes (CCNH) has celebrated its formal approval by the...

RBS to shut 259 bank branches

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is to close 259 branches and shed 680 jobs. The move...

BFS launches <£1m development finance product

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has launched a bespoke product catering for loans at a...

Canopius unveils homebuyer fees insurance

Canopius has launched a homebuyer fees insurance product designed to protect homebuyers against the...

The Buy to Let Business expands management team

Paul Elliott is to join the Buy to Let Business' management team in December. He...

Criteria Hub hits initial 50-lender target

Criteria Hub, a self-styled 'deep search' criteria engine for mortgage advisers, clubs and networks,...

Two new non-exec directors for Legal & General Home Finance

Legal & General Home Finance has appointed a pair of new non-executive directors to...

Capital raising interest from portfolio landlords

Portfolio and professional landlords are increasingly looking to capital raise via remortgaging in order...

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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