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Hometrack extends relationship with HSBC

HSBC has agreed a one-year contract extension with property analytics business Hometrack, securing the delivery...

Bridging lenders positive despite Brexit

Bridging lenders who are members of the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) are increasingly...

Adviser milestone passed at Openwork

Openwork has passed the 2,000 adviser mark in its core network for the first time...

Rise in number of limited company BTL products

Mortgages for Business. has said that the range and pricing of buy-to-let mortgage products...

Growing engagement in pension planning

Tomorrow (6 April) will mark two years since the introduction of the pension freedoms....

Platform reveals retention process

Platform has become the latest lender to launch a new mortgage retention process for intermediaries. Intermediaries will...

Legal & General Home Finance to relocate

Legal & General Home Finance will be relocating to a larger office in Solihull...

LendInvest unveils pre-construction product

LendInvest has launched a new pre-construction finance product, aimed at property professionals seeking to...

West One Loans cuts unregulated bridging rates

West One Loans has cut rates for unregulated residential loans by up to 0.4...

Legal app offers mortgage and stamp duty calculators

Law firm Moore Blatch has launched an app for Apple and Android devices. Covering...

Many over 50s can’t afford to fix their home

For almost half of people over 50, home repairs and how to pay for...

Drop in house sale fall-throughs

More than one in three house sales across England and Wales fell through before...

Saffron for Intermediaries improves specialist deals

Saffron For Intermediaries has cut rates and extended the term on several of its mortgages...

Positive Lending appoints director of mortgages

South coast based packager, Positive Lending, has appointed Stephanie Charman as its director of mortgages. ...

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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