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Bluestone added to Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced that Bluestone Mortgages has been added to its lender panel. Bluestone offers...

SMP reveals Level 4 exam milestone

The Society of Mortgage Professionals has reported that 1,000 advisers have now passed the...

Large premiums for homes close to top state schools

Average property prices in the postal districts of the top 30 state schools in...

More 2 Life lowers Capital Choice Plan age requirement

Equity release lender, More 2 Life, is lowering the age limit of borrowers who...

Vida Homeloans reinstates Limited Edition range

Vida Homeloans has reintroduced its Limited Edition range of residential and buy-to-let mortgages. The products...

Together backs Birmingham’s Broad Street regeneration

Together has provided a £787,500 short-term loan to support a regeneration project on...

MBE London to feature Equity Release Council seminars and debate

The Equity Release Council will be holding seminars and a panel Q&A at Mortgage...

UK buy-to-let market 25th best in Europe

The UK is now in the bottom five European buy-to-let markets for investors, according...

Accord publishes portfolio landlord approach

Accord Mortgages has published its lending criteria for portfolio landlords, which comes into effect on...

Key Retirement appoints CEO

Key Retirement has promoted Will Hale to CEO. Hale, who joined Key Retirement Group in...

Skipton cuts residential mortgage rates

The Skipton Building Society has cut a number of its residential mortgage rates and...

Women entering later life marriages aware of financial implications

According to a new study by Investec Wealth & Investment, 48% of divorced and...

TotallyMoney customers get free live credit score from Callcredit

Callcredit has partnered with TotallyMoney to launch a free live credit score service​. TotallyMoney has...

CMA fines five estate agents over cartel

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has taken enforcement action against five estate agents for...

COMMENT

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...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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SortRefer marks 17 years with record month for instructions and completions

SortRefer has marked its 17th anniversary after reporting its strongest monthly performance to date...

The Mortgage Works cuts buy-to-let rates on selected new business deals

The Mortgage Works is cutting selected buy-to-let and let-to-buy rates by up to 0.20...

Primis promotes three in push to expand recruitment and regional broker support

Primis has promoted three senior executives as it seeks to recruit more adviser firms...

Santander cuts higher LTV rates for first-time buyers and home movers

Santander is cutting selected fixed mortgage rates across its first-time buyer, home mover and...

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