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IFAs want more equity release innovation

The majority of IFAs think greater choice and flexibility around early repayment options would...

Trio of two-year fixes from the Yorkshire

The Yorkshire Building Society has launched new high loan to value (LTV) deals. The two-year...

Borrowers want seven-day mortgage switching

80% of consumers in the UK want to be able to switch mortgage providers...

Lenders investing heavily in digital offerings

IRESS has reported that half of lenders already offer, or are about to launch, a...

Rise in number of housing fall-throughs

The third quarter of 2017 saw just over 28% of all house sales in England...

Connect for Intermediaries to hold AR masterclass series

Connect for Intermediaries is to host a series of masterclasses for its Appointed Representatives...

L&G Mortgage Club unveils free live chat

Legal & General Mortgage Club has launched a free live chat facility within its...

Openwork selects LifeQuote for outsourced protection administration

Openwork has made available LifeQuote’s outsourced case management to its adviser firms. The new...

Together improves Top Track 250 ranking

Together has once again been listed in The Sunday Times Grant Thornton Top Track...

Mortgage Brain increases headcount

Mortgage Brain has recruited 15 new members of staff over the past year to...

Scottish Widows Protect to join UnderwriteMe

Scottish Widows Protect will be joining the UnderwriteMe Comparison Service in the financial quarter...

Guilt behind the Bank of Mum and Dad

Over half of potential first-time buyers expecting financial help from family to complete their...

Age Partnership rapped for misleading advertising

Age Partnership has had a television ad banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). A...

Brits set to miss out on £1.6bn in mortgage savings

uSwitch research has indicated that 77% of mortgage holders in the UK are set...
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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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Together cuts fixed rates and expands criteria

Specialist lender Together has reduced rates across its fixed-rate product range and announced it...
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Bank lending to smaller property investors falls 14%

The value of lending from UK-regulated banks to small and medium-sized property investment businesses...
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L&G names winners of 15th Business Quality Awards

Legal & General has announced the winners of its 15th annual Business Quality Awards. The...
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MT Finance latest firm to offer World Cup time off

As mortgage firms gear up for England’s 1am World Cup clash against Mexico on...

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