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New interest-only & residential deals from the Skipton

The Skipton Building Society has launched a new interest-only mortgage range and made cuts...

L&G reveals award winners

Legal & General has announced the winners of its annual Mortgage Club Awards. Halifax, NatWest...

Sharp slowdown in house sales in London

House prices in England and Wales rallied to a new peak in May, according...

£50,000? You’ve got to be joking!

Ed Tackas is the sales director of BestAdvice Saturday 3rd June, Epsom Derby Day. We'd hired...

Together to lend up to £2m on buy-to-let

Specialist lender Together has launched a new specialist buy-to-let product range and increased the...

Second charge market continues to grow

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported that there was £79m worth of...

Asset finance market up 5%

Latest figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that asset finance new...

Bye bye Barwell

Housing minister Gavin Barwell has lost his Croydon Central seat to Labour Party candidate Sarah...

The Leeds supports Volunteers’ Week

The Leeds Building Society has 44 employees signed up to support a variety of projects...

Housing market continues to stagnate

RICS UK Residential Market Survey for May has found enquiries, instructions and sales all declining over...

Accord introduces cashback to buy-to-let range

Accord Buy To Let has added cashback to its entire mortgage range. Landlords opting for...

Metro Bank cuts five year rates

Metro Bank has reduced rates across its five-year-fixed residential range. For residential mortgages under £2 million, the...

Newcastle Intermediaries improves buy-to-let criteria

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced the minimum income requirement for joint buy-to-let properties from £40,000...

Shawbrook directors reject takeover bid

Shawbrook Group is sending a circular to its shareholders in response to the final...

COMMENT

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...

Paragon Bank introduces limited edition 60% LTV buy-to-let products

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let range with a new tranche of 60% loan-to-value...

TwentyCi hires Nick Huntley to lead sales at TwentyEA and TwentyConvey

TwentyCi has appointed Nick Huntley as sales director for TwentyEA and TwentyConvey as the...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

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