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New remortgage fixed rates from Santander

Santander has reduced rates on its fixed two and five year products across its...

‘Crippling’ annual interest payments for London mortgage prisoners

So-called 'mortgage prisoners in the capital face £9,364 in annual interest payments, 37% of...

Openwork to fund mortgage brokers to advise on wealth

Openwork has unveiled ‘Route to Wealth’, a new initiative to support firms to upskill...

New listings down 6% year-on-year

HouseSimple.com has found that the total number of new property listings across the UK...

Growing importance of asset finance to economy

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported that asset finance new business (primarily...

New remortgage offering from Accord

Accord Mortgages has launched a selection of new remortgage home loans which include additional...

Second charge market continues to grow

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported that the second charge mortgage market...

Just Mortgages admin support boosts broker business

Just Mortgages has unveiled a new level of support for its mortgage brokers which...

Brightstar joins Legal & General Mortgage Club panel

Brightstar Financial has been added to Legal & General Mortgage Club’s specialist distributor panel. Brightstar...

Advice published to aid solicitors beat property fraud

HM Land Registry and the Law Society of England and Wales has jointly developed...

Specialist market “still buoyant”

Complete FS has seen enquiries and applications for specialist lending increase over the past...

‘My house is my pension’ theory challenged

Prudential has reported that over 3.9 million over-55s plan to downsize to a cheaper...

L&G to provide business protection to advisers

Legal & General has agreed a deal to help advisers to review corporate documents...

New BDMs for Precise Mortgages

Precise Mortgages has appointed another two new business development managers (BDMs). Claire Aston and Chris...
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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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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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Broker optimism grows as sub-4% rates edge closer

A series of mortgage rate cuts from lenders this week has sparked optimism among...
Buy-to-let

Renters face higher costs amid strong demand

Two in three (63%) recent movers ended up paying more rent than planned, as...
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ModaMortgages cuts rates across limited-edition BTL range

ModaMortgages has announced a reprice of its limited-edition buy-to-let range, with rate reductions across...

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