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Nationwide reduces fixed rates by up to 0.16%

Nationwide is reducing selected two-year, three-year and five-year fixed mortgage rates by as much...

Half of borrowers undecided as fixed rates end

More than half of homeowners coming to the end of a fixed-rate deal are...

Court delays stretch to 27 weeks as Section 21 exit looms

Landlords are facing the longest court delays in more than two decades despite a...

Law Society urges court funding boost before Section 21 ban

The Law Society of England and Wales has called on the Government to increase...

Manchester movers rethink upsizing as costs bite

Rising mortgage rates and stamp duty bills are prompting Manchester families to shelve plans...

Central Trust launches new range with rates from 6.69%

Central Trust has launched a new Premier product range, with second charge rates starting...

Furness expands 95% lending to complex borrowers

Furness Building Society has launched the first phase of a mortgage transformation programme, widening...

The self-employed boom and why traditional life cover won’t cut it

There’s a shift happening in how people work and how they buy homes -...

LMS deepens partnership with Gen H to support Scottish lending expansion

LMS has extended its relationship with Gen H as the lender moves into the...

Mortgage arrears and possessions fell again in Q4

Mortgage arrears and possessions both declined in the final three months of 2025, with...

PEXA joins BoE lab to test synchronised settlement in property completions

PEXA has been selected to participate in the Bank of England’s Synchronisation Lab, a...

The Right Mortgage introduces in-house packager service for complex cases

The Right Mortgage has launched The Right Packager, a new service available to advisory...

L&G Ignite links to Lloyds Banking Group in first live product API integration

L&G’s Ignite platform has completed its first product API integration, connecting directly to Lloyds...

Together unveils specialist intermediary team to handle £1m+ cases

Together has launched a new dedicated larger loans unit aimed at supporting brokers with...
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networks

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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Analysis

Lifetime ISAs linked to £67.5bn of first-time buyer property purchases

Lifetime ISAs have helped more than 417,000 people buy their first home since the...
Economy

Landbay webinar to examine outlook for rates and UK economy

Landbay is to host an economic webinar examining the outlook for interest rates, inflation...
First-time buyers

Cost of living hits homeownership plans for more than half of young Scots

More than half of younger adults in Scotland say cost-of-living pressures are the biggest...
Technology

Precise cuts residential mortgage offer times with new platform

Precise has launched a residential mortgage platform after a pilot reduced average application-to-offer times...

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