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Commercial property consultancy joins ASTL

Commercial property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has joined the Association of Short Term...

BFS restructures its global executive team

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has announced a restructuring of its global executive team, with Steve Box,...

New residential rates from Barclays

Barclays new mortgages rates launched to spring homebuyers and home movers forward Barclays has reduced rates...

TMA to distribute Magellan deals

Magellan Homeloans is to distribute its range of mortgage products via The Mortgage Alliance (TMA). Directly authorised...

Large rise in applications at the Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has reported a 23% increase in net mortgage applications for...

Conveyancing Foundation donates £50k to cancer charity

Newport-based law firm Convey Law has raised £50,000 for Children with Cancer through the Conveyancing Foundation’s...

Nationwide launches the Family Deposit Mortgage

The Nationwide Building Society has unveiled a new mortgage range to allow families to raise...

New 1.25% two-year fix from Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages has launched a new fixed rate mortgage at 65% loan to value...

Half of salary goes on private rent

Momentum UK's latest Financial Wellness Index has found that private renters go on fewer...

Homes earn £1.7k for retirees over past quarter

Retired homeowners have earned £1,700 from their houses in the past three months as...

Growth in enhanced lifetime mortgages

At the Financial Services Expo (FSE) Glasgow yesterday, Key Retirement’s Dean Mirfin outlined how the...

Govt could target limited company BTL

Robert Sinclair, chief executive of the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI), believes the government might...

Procuration fees “should be higher”

John Coffield of Paradigm Mortgage Services told an audience at Financial Services Expo (FSE) Glasgow...

Millions languishing on SVRs

L&C Mortgages has reported that 36% of homeowners (equating to four million people) are still on a...

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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