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Shift towards ‘preretirement’ continues

The move to ‘pretirement’ – where people gradually scale back on work or change...

Continued record growth for equity release plan sales

Retired homeowners cashed in £1.25 billion of property wealth in the first half of...

The Loughborough unveils FTB family deposit deal

The Loughborough Building Society has launched its First Time Buyer Family Deposit mortgage. Aimed at...

Bankhall unveils new mortgage, protection and GI compliance solution

Bankhall has launched a new compliance support solution for directly FCA authorised firms. The...

Help to Buy hitting London FTBs

An estate agent has warned the the London housing market is being badly distorted...

Retirement Advantage appoints head of sales

Les Pick is to join Retirement Advantage as head of sales for its equity...

Mint Bridging continues expansion

Mint Bridging has increased its staffing levels by 88% since July 2016. Underwriter Samantha...

Greater financial and pension wealth for those who get advice

A new report has found that those who received financial advice in the 2001-2007...

0.99% rates “not available to most borrowers”

Enness Mortgages 
has claimed that many of the historically record low mortgage rates will...

Call to tackle informal lease extensions

Leasehold Solutions has called on the government to rescue the "forgotten casualties" of the...

TMW cuts two and five year rates

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has reduced rates on selected two-year tracker products by up...

John Truswell joins Together

Specialist lender Together has appointed John Truswell as head of national accounts. Truswell (pictured), who...

Saffron For Intermediaries appoints BDM

Saffron For Intermediaries has promoted Holly Dennis to the role of business development manager. ...

Aldermore appoints chief credit officer

Aldermore has announced the appointment of John Wood to the newly created role of...
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COMMENT

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...
Buy-to-let

Renters face higher costs amid strong demand

Two in three (63%) recent movers ended up paying more rent than planned, as...
Buy-to-let

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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