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Costs of variable rate rise revealed

Online mortgage broker Trussle has calculated that borrowers on variable rate mortgages could collectively...

AToM unveils 85% LTV BlueZest buy-to-let deal

All Types of Mortgages Ltd (AToM) has launched a new 85% LTV buy-to-let product...

Beaconsfield passes £1m market town milestone

Lloyds Bank has calculated that homebuyers looking to live in a market town will...

Fleet Mortgages cuts rates

Fleet Mortgages has made a number of price and fee cuts across its three core product...

Costs of being a pensioner revealed

Key Retirement has reported that the the average annual cost of being a pensioner...

Brokers urged to contact SVR clients

TMA Mortgage Club has urged mortgage advisers to get in touch with customers who...

Uinsure appoints new BDM

Uinsure has recruited Tim Horne as business development manager for the Central region. Horne (pictured) has...

M&S Bank set for early 2018 mortgage launch

M&S Bank is to launch its first mortgage "early in 2018", subject to regulatory...

Limitations of Bank of Mum and Dad revealed

41% of parents cannot provide any financial support towards helping their child get on...

The Ipswich relaunches expat BTL deal

The Ipswich Building Society is relaunching its five-year fixed expat buy-to-let product. It is priced...

Together offers short-term refurb finance

Together has unveiled a new short-term loan for investors with residential property refurbishment. The refurbishment...

IMLA: rise in demand for 35-year mortgages

IMLA’s latest Intermediary Lending Outlook research has seen 69% of mortgage brokers report an...

Reward Finance continues NW expansion

Alternative funding provider Reward Finance has appointed two finance professionals to its Manchester office. Clive...

Third quarter fall in bridging lending

Gross bridging lending from Bridging Trends contributors fell in the third quarter to £142.75 million,...
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Homebuying

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,...

How small and medium-sized lenders can fix the origination headache

We are constantly told that to fix the mortgage journey, we need to rip everything out and start again. That unless a lender replaces its...

A new PM brings a new opportunity to rethink housing policy

Politics, as it seems to do in recent times, has moved at remarkable speed over the last couple of weeks. In what feels like...

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