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Households increasingly relying on unsecured debt

28% of Brits have sought to borrow an amount equal to at least half...

Coventry for Intermediaries cuts five-year rates

Coventry for Intermediaries has reduced rates across its residential five-year fixed range from 50%...

Accord outlines portfolio lending criteria

Accord Mortgages has published details of its lending criteria for portfolio landlords, which come into...

CSF and Together complete fast bridge

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has completed a £600,000 bridging loan with Together in six...

Housing demand up, supply down in July

NAEA Propertymark (National Association of Estate Agents) has reported that the number of sales...

Nationwide brings back three-year deals

The Nationwide Building Society is reintroducing its three-year fixed rate range. Rates start at 1.64%...

TMW to pay retention proc fees from next week

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is to start payments to mortgage brokers of procuration fees...

Twenty7Tec optimises MortgageSource API

Twenty7Tec has made improvements to the API (Application Programming Interface) for its MortgageSource system,...

The Leeds reduced fixed BTL rates

Leeds Building Society has cut rates on its fixed rate buy-to-let deals by up...

TSB hires commercial banking director

TSB has announced the appointment, subject to regulatory approval, of Richard Davies as commercial...

Aldermore appoints invoice finance risk head

Aldermore has announced the appointment of Richard Baxter as head of risk for invoice...

FCA consults over new anti-money laundering body

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation regarding the government-proposed Office for...

Personal Touch unveils buy-to-let workshops

Personal Touch Financial Services has announced a series of buy-to-let workshops this autumn.   Eleven...

The Yorkshire Building Society makes rate cuts for FTBs

The Yorkshire Building Society has moved to support first-time buyers by reducing its 95%...
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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...
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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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