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FP Show expands lending remit

The Finance Professional Show (FP Show) will take place on 8 November at Olympia in...

Hidden costs of opening Bank of Mum and Dad

Royal London has warned parents to be aware of a wide range of unexpected...

Best ever remortgage deals on their way out?

Remortgage customers have been able to benefit from some of the lowest rates ever...

ASTL reveals annual conference details

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) is to hold its annual conference on...

Octane Capital refinances BTL portfolio despite credit issues

Octane Capital has completed a £1.1m refinance of a complex buy-to-let portfolio comprising four properties...

Paymentshield goes paperless

Paymentshield has announced that customers will now receive their home insurance policy documents online. New...

Summer slowdown for housing market

Your Move and Acadata have stated that house prices reduced by 0.2% in July,...

Landbay partners with Positive Lending

Positive Lending is to join Landbay’s panel of distribution partners. Landbay will help Positive Lending...

RM Secured Direct Lending invests in asset finance sector

RM Secured Direct Lending (RMDL) is to lend up to £10 million in loans...

TMA unveils BTL Hub in advance of PRA changes

TMA has launched a dedicated website, the ‘BTL Hub’, to support advisers, ahead of...

Together lends £3.7m in three days

Together has provided three regulated bridging loans worth more than £3.7 million in three...

‘Persuade not coerce’ for second charge acceptance

A secured loan lender and mortgage intermediary have both declared that trying to bludgeon...

BDM relocation pays off for Mint Bridging

Mint Bridging has relocated its sales and business development team to MediaCityUK, Salford.  The six strong...

Further fall in arrears and repossessions

Trade body UK Finance has revealed that the number of mortgages in arrears of...
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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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Analysis

Brokers report rising caution among borrowers as remortgaging picks up

Mortgage brokers are seeing more remortgage activity, but say geopolitical uncertainty, cost of living...
Technology

Coadjute joins FCA AI testing programme as conveyancers face tougher AML regime

Coadjute has joined the Financial Conduct Authority’s AI Live Testing programme as conveyancing firms...
Appointments

Morrow hire to lead intermediary growth strategy

Morrow has appointed Amit Gupta as financial services director as it looks to expand...
Homebuying

Russell Quirk calls out broken transaction system

UK mortgage and property professionals have been urged to rethink the homebuying process after Russell...

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