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Skipton sells £220m mortgage portfolio

Skipton Building Society subsidiaries, Amber Homeloans Limited and North Yorkshire Mortgages Limited, have agreed...

New buy-to-let range from the Monmouthshire

The Monmouthshire Building Society has launched a new range of two-year buy-to-let house purchase...

Equity release “to help fill buy-to-let vacuum”

The Society of Mortgage Professionals has warned that, after doubling in volume from £20.1bn...

Solid February for asset finance

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

Slow start to 2017 for seconds

Second charge mortgage new business fell 6% by value and 12% by volume during...

Metro Bank hires commercial banking director

Metro Bank has appointed Alec Viney to the position of commercial banking director. He...

House price growth continues to slow

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to March were 0.1%...

BFS appoints corporate sales director

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Ben Smith as UK corporate sales director. First joining...

Improvement in landlord understanding of tax relief changes

Paragon Mortgages has reported an increased understanding of the implications of the government’s changes to...

Together to sponsor Sale Sharks

Together has agreed a two-year partnership with premiership rugby team Sale Sharks. Historically based in Sale, the...

New lower fee options from Accord

Accord Mortgages has introduced a range of £495 fee mortgages for borrowers with lower loan sizes...

CA outlines leasehold reform progress

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has outlined the progress made on its ‘leasehold reform’ work stream...

E.surv overhauls technology with eTech

E.surv Chartered Surveyors has revealed that over the past year it has undertaken its most ambitious...

New 90% deals from Metro Bank

Metro Bank has introduced a new 90% LTV range, available to first-time buyers, movers and remortgage...

COMMENT

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...

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

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Skipton to cut residential rates and revive three-year fixes

Skipton Building Society is cutting rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

The Leek lowers mortgage rates across residential and specialist products

Leek Building Society is cutting mortgage rates across parts of its residential, shared ownership,...

Fleet Mortgages adds two-year tracker products to buy-to-let range

Fleet Mortgages has launched three new two-year tracker mortgages at 75% loan-to-value across its...

Norton Home Loans provides remortgage on PRC home in Southampton

Norton Home Loans has completed a £218,000 remortgage for joint applicants in Southampton, allowing...

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