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London rental market cooling?

Areas around London are now seeing large rent rises instead of the city itself, according...

The West Brom revises five-year range

The West Brom Building Society has made changes to its range of five year fixed rate...

Almost half of DAs to respond to FSCS consultation

TMA Mortgage Club has claimed that 47% of Directly Authorised (DA) advisers are planning...

BBA: net mortgage borrowing up 2.5% year-on-year

February high street banking data from the British Bankers' Association (BBA) shows that household...

Slow property-selling towns and cities revealed

The slowest-moving property markets in the UK are Wolverhampton, Liverpool and Bradford, according to...

One in five say home ownership is thing of the past

48% of young Brits think it’s harder than ever to get on the property...

Many loan borrowers feel misled by advertised rates

New research suggests that personal loan borrowers are often paying double the average APR...

New buy-to-let proposition from New Street

New Street Mortgages is to make changes to its buy-to-let offering on 28 March. Its rental cover will start from...

CML reveals February lending estimates

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that gross mortgage lending totalled £18.2 billion...

TFC Homeloans links with Axis Bank

TFC Homeloans has teamed up with specialist buy-to-let lender Axis Bank UK. Brokers will now be...

Slowdown for London rent increases

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has reported that just 8% of agents...

New chair for Smaller Business Practitioner Panel

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced the appointment of a new Chair for the...

Housing affordability worsened for 98% of occupations

New research from mortgage broker Private Finance has found that rising house prices and stagnant wages...

Real estate loans up at the Cambridge & Counties Bank

The Cambridge & Counties Bank saw its property lending balances grow by £167 million...

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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