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Solid rise in average Scottish rents

Your Move Scotland has reported that the typical property in Scotland let for £569...

FCA to leave payday loan price cap in place

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the outcome of its review into high-cost...

Hackney sees large house price per square metre rise

Boroughs in London continue to dominate the UK's list of the most expensive property...

Q2 fall in landlord confidence

Landlord confidence fell across all key indicators in the second quarter of 2017, according...

Together appoints commercial operations manager

Specialist lender Together has appointed Lesley Gardner as its new commercial operations manager. Gardner (pictured)...

Hometrack wins supplier award

Hometrack has been awarded ‘Supplier of the Year’ at the fourth annual Barclays Global...

General election has little impact on rent prices

The latest Your Move England & Wales Buy-to-let Index has reported that the general...

Tesco Bank offers new five-year fixed remortgage deals

Tesco Bank has introduced two new five-year fixed rate remortgage products. It has also reduced...

BoE announces senior appointments

The Bank of England has appointed Joanna Place as its new chief operating officer...

Assetz Capital partners with Bud

Assetz Capital has partnered with financial account aggregator and marketplace, Bud. The peer-to-peer finance platform...

Magellan unveils new mortgage portal

Magellan Homeloans has launched Magellan Hub, a new mortgage portal which enables mortgage intermediaries...

AOBP completes executive committee make-up

The Association of Bridging Professionals (AOBP) has appointed a fourth new member, Jordan McBriar,...

Citizens Advice: replace SVR with ‘expired rate’

Citizens Advice has claimed that mortgage customers who don’t remortgage after their fixed term...

Lloyds to pay £283m in redress over mortgage arrears fees

Lloyds Banking Group has agreed with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to set up...
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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...
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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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