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LendInvest expands academy schedule

LendInvest is launching the LendInvest Property Development Academy in four more cities around the...

Vida Homeloans cuts buy-to-let mortgage rates

Vida Homeloans has cut its two-year tracker, two-year fixed and five-year fixed rates on...

Aldermore chooses its charity for 2017

Aldermore employees have chosen the stillbirth and neonatal death charity Sands as their Charity of...

15% increase in Aegon UK life payments

Aegon UK paid out 98% of all life claims in 2016 to 663 families and...

Rise in use of ‘bank of mum and dad’

The proportion of first-time buyers relying on inherited wealth or loans from the ‘bank...

Spring self-build sale at the Saffron

Saffron For Intermediaries, the dedicated intermediary channel of Saffron Building Society, is offering a Spring...

2016 a “transition year” for second charges

Enterprise Finance’s latest Second Charge Report has found that the second charge mortgage market...

Pepper UK to service new LendInvest loans

LendInvest is partnering with Pepper UK.  Under the terms of the partnership, Pepper UK will take...

YBS unveils 1.42% three year deal at 65% LTV

The Yorkshire Building Society is now offering a three-year fixed rate mortgage for buyers and remortgage customers...

Paradigm partners with Nottingham for Intermediaries

Paradigm Mortgage Services, has added Nottingham for Intermediaries, the dedicated intermediary arm of the Nottingham...

Halifax unveils remortgage cashback offer

Halifax is offering £250 cashback for remortgaging from another mortgage provider.  Applications on qualifying mortgages must be...

Many retirees “reacting positively” to pension freedoms

Almost two years from the introduction of so-called 'pension freedoms', research by retirement specialist Age...

Leeds volunteers give parks a spring clean

Staff from the Leeds Building Society joined Wallsend Parks’ regular Wednesday volunteers to clear...

Millennials confident about their financial future

Britain's Millennials are positive about their financial future with six in 10 believing their...

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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