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Equity release competition drives down cost of borrowing

Key Retirement has reported that equity release customers are saving up to, or in...

New childcare scheme could boost affordability

The Yorkshire Building Society believes parents with preschool aged children looking to take a...

Magellan partners with Mortgage Support Network

Magellan Homeloans is to distribute its product range via the mortgage network, Mortgage Support...

Largemortgageloans.com appoints non-executive director 

Andy Pratt has joined Largemortgageloans.com as a non-executive director. Pratt was at Alexander Hall Associates Ltd...

More 2 Life appoints sales manager

More 2 Life has announced the appointment of Catherine Casey as its new sales manager. Casey...

TMA Mortgage Club offers Furness BS exclusive

TMA Mortgage Club (TMA) members and appointed representatives of the First Complete and Pink...

New campaign promotes London house building

London has seen a record number of requests to build new homes in 2017,...

Shrinking supply pushes up rents

Your Move has reported that average rents increased in most areas of England and...

Drawdown market booming post-pension freedoms

Drawdown has become the most popular option for retirees, growing from 15% of retirement...

Mortgage approvals rise 6.7% year-on-year

E.surv's latest Mortgage Monitor has concluded that the mortgage market grew again during July. A...

New 1.19% two-year fix from YBS

The Yorkshire Building Society has unveiled a new two-year fixed rate mortgage at 1.19%. It comes...

Magellan Homeloans appoints regional sales manager

Magellan Homeloans has appointed Nigel Robbins as regional sales manager with responsibility for the...

Precise outlines portfolio landlord strategy

Precise Mortgages has announced its approach to portfolio landlords ahead of the implementation of...

Number of properties sold to first-time buyers fell in July

NAEA Propertymark (National Association of Estate Agents) has reported that the number of properties...
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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...
Buy-to-let

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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