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Gross mortgage lending remains strong

UK Finance has estimated that gross mortgage lending totalled £22.1 billion in June. This...

Metro Bank cuts fixed and tracker rates

Metro Bank has reduced rates across its two, three and five-year-fixed residential range, as...

Coventry for Intermediaries introduces transitional BTL affordability policy

Coventry for Intermediaries has introduced its transitional buy-to-let affordability policy for remortgagors. The lender will...

Fluent Money Group continues recruitment drive

Second charge mortgage broker Fluent Money Group, which recently acquired specialist distributor Brytannic Extra...

Mortgage costs down in Q2

The latest data from Mortgage Brain shows that the majority of mainstream mortgages have...

Bridging lenders remain positive about prospects

The Association of Short Term Lenders' (ASTL) latest sentiment survey has found that members...

Phoebus Software appoints CTO

Phoebus Software Ltd (PSL) has appointed Neil Dyke as its new chief technical officer...

Scottish Widows unveils Centralised Retirement Proposition guide

Scottish Widows has launched a new guide offering additional support for advisers who feel...

Creditor Toolkit hailed as ‘breakthrough’

Computershare has backed the launch of the Money Advice Service’s (MAS’s) new Creditor Toolkit. MAS...

Source Insurance makes senior management changes

Source insurance has appointed two new directors to its main board. Tania Frowen joins the...

L&G Mortgage Club updates Buy to Let Matrix

 has been adapted to include lender positions on buy-to-let portfolios ahead of the PRA...

Foundation Home Loans offers new first-time landlord deals

Foundation Home Loans has revised its buy-to-let range with new first-time landlord products. New five-year...

New website for Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has revamped its website, offering a simpler and more intuitive design to...

Bridging introducer partners with Brightstar

Bridging Loan Hub will act as an introducer to Brightstar Financial for bridging, development and...
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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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