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House prices fall for fourth successive quarter

Halifax has reported that house prices in between May and July were 0.2% lower...

New deals and rate cuts from Spring Finance

Spring Finance has added a three and five-year fixed rate product to its portfolio,...

Spicerhaart rebrands Part Exchange & Assisted Move

Spicerhaart Part Exchange & Assisted Move has rebranded, with a relaunch and expansion in...

Kuflink’s P2P ISA benefiting bridging funding

Kuflink, which launched a P2P ISA along with two other specific investment options to...

Accord removes free standard valuation fee cap

Accord Mortgages will now pay the full amount of the standard valuation charge for...

New Help to Buy remortgage from the Teachers

The Teachers Building Society has unveiled a new fee-free Help to Buy remortgage which...

Record results for Roma

Roma Finance has reported its most successful half year results. In the year to 30 June...

Sirius Property Finance expands team

Sirius Property Finance, a division of Brightstar, is expands its London office. The business works...

 Leeds Three Peaks challenge teams raise over £5,000

Climbers from the Leeds Building Society’s risk and finance teams successfully tackled the Yorkshire...

Retirees emotionally attached to family home

More 2 Life research gas found that the single biggest barrier to retirees downsizing is...

Firms want clearer FCA communications about Brexit

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the FCA Practitioner Panel have published the findings...

Accord cuts rates and adds new three-year deal

Accord Mortgages is cutting rates at most loan to values (LTVs) and introducing a...

MPC votes 6-2 to hold Bank Rate

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to hold the Bank Rate...

Aldermore unveils its lowest ever remortgage-only deal

Aldermore has launched a limited edition residential remortgage-only range. The lender has introduced its lowest...
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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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