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UK Finance: housing market activity remains buoyant

UK’s Finance has reported steady increases in mortgage lending for first-time-buyers and home movers...

New discount BTL deal from the Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has introduced a new lower-fee two-year discount buy-to-let...

The Leeds makes fixed rate cuts

The Leeds Building Society has revamped its mortgage range by reducing its fixed rate deals...

New short-term lender launches

Glenhawk, a short-term finance provider with the backing of Rightmove founder and former Countrywide CEO...

Landbay revises background underlying portfolio stress tests

Landbay is introducing changes to its background underlying portfolio stress tests, amended from 125%...

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy’s Latest Demo Shows A Treasure-Hunting Duo In Sync

Intro text we refine our methods of responsive web design, we’ve increasingly focused on...

New retention range from the Skipton

The Skipton Building Society has unveiled a new range of retention products for existing...

Brilliant Solutions expands lender panel

Brilliant Solutions has added the Tipton & Coseley Building Society to its lender panel.  The...

Savills’ chief executive to retire at end of year

Jeremy Helsby is to retire as group chief executive at the end of 2018. He...

CA launches landlord restriction survey

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has  launched a new survey in conjunction with HM Land...

Regulation seen as main barrier to equity release growth

More 2 Life has reported that while advisers have a positive outlook on the future...

Direct Line Life Insurance partners with Doctor Care Anywhere

Direct Line Life Insurance has launched a new partnership with digital healthcare provider Doctor...

Al Rayan Bank cuts rates on Buy to Let Purchase Plans

Al Rayan Bank has announced a one percentage point reduction in the rental rates...

£13bn of secret debt in the UK

Britons are hiding a collective £13bn worth of secret personal debt from their friends,...

COMMENT

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...

Build, baby, build? Well we will need to fund more than the usual suspects

There was a noticeable sense of optimism at UKREiiF this year. That may sound surprising given the economic headwinds of recent years, but the...

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market riding high

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market has created real value for customers – there’s no excuse to ignore it. When a UK borrower reaches 55,...

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LiveMore appoints Charles Roe as industry adviser

Specialist lender LiveMore has appointed Charles Roe as industry adviser. Roe joins LiveMore with a...

Squirrel Financial Planning grows to seven in first year

Squirrel Financial Planning has grown from a one-person mortgage and financial planning business to...

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...

Mortgage repayments set to rise for 5m households by 2028

More than five million households are projected to see their mortgage repayments increase by...

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