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SMP: GDPR could speed up mortgage process

The Society of Mortgage Professionals (SMP) believe the implementation of General Data Protection Regulation...

Foundation Home Loans improves limited company proposition

Foundation Home Loans has removed the £500 processing and administration fee for buy-to-let applications...

Keystone brings forward proc fee rise

Keystone Property Finance has expedited its planned procuration fee rise by one month.  Brokers...

Equity release competition drives down cost of borrowing

Key Retirement has reported that equity release customers are saving up to, or in...

New childcare scheme could boost affordability

The Yorkshire Building Society believes parents with preschool aged children looking to take a...

Magellan partners with Mortgage Support Network

Magellan Homeloans is to distribute its product range via the mortgage network, Mortgage Support...

Largemortgageloans.com appoints non-executive director 

Andy Pratt has joined Largemortgageloans.com as a non-executive director. Pratt was at Alexander Hall Associates Ltd...

More 2 Life appoints sales manager

More 2 Life has announced the appointment of Catherine Casey as its new sales manager. Casey...

TMA Mortgage Club offers Furness BS exclusive

TMA Mortgage Club (TMA) members and appointed representatives of the First Complete and Pink...

New campaign promotes London house building

London has seen a record number of requests to build new homes in 2017,...

Shrinking supply pushes up rents

Your Move has reported that average rents increased in most areas of England and...

Drawdown market booming post-pension freedoms

Drawdown has become the most popular option for retirees, growing from 15% of retirement...

Mortgage approvals rise 6.7% year-on-year

E.surv's latest Mortgage Monitor has concluded that the mortgage market grew again during July. A...

New 1.19% two-year fix from YBS

The Yorkshire Building Society has unveiled a new two-year fixed rate mortgage at 1.19%. It comes...
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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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The Monmouthshire gives more than £10k to flood-hit local community

Monmouthshire Building Society has donated more than £10,000 to residents, sports clubs and businesses...
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Rent growth slows as house prices edge higher, with Middle East tensions clouding outlook

Private rent inflation eased again in March while UK house prices rose modestly in...
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Gen H expands broker sales team with three BDM hires and internal promotion

Gen H has expanded its broker sales team with three new business development managers...
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Detached homes dominate new lifetime mortgage lending in early 2026

Owners of detached properties accounted for more than four in 10 new lifetime mortgages...

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