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Brits have rose-tinted view about the future

Cirencester Friendly has found that British people are overwhelmingly optimistic when it comes to considering...

NAEA: prospective buyer demand up 15%

NAEA Propertymark has reported that just 3% of properties sold for more than asking...

Interest-only fears ‘driving house sales’

Equity release referral service Key Partnerships has claimed that estate agents are increasingly helping...

UTB unveils new mortgages and bridging BDM team

United Trust Bank (UTB) has revealed the line-up of business development professionals tasked with...

Record low rates driving equity release switching enquiries

Enquiries from existing equity release customers about switching plans are on the rise beacons...

Double celebration for SafeDeposits Scotland

SafeDeposits Scotland, a deposit protection company operating north of the border, is celebrating two...

VAS launches valuation panel software

Valuation Audit Services (VAS) has launched VAS Software, a new cloud based service to...

Tory-DUP deal could lead to tax relief cuts

Following the agreement between the minority Conservative government and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP),...

New self-build product from Saffron For Intermediaries

Saffron For Intermediaries has launched a new mortgage product to replace its existing deals...

Networks gain access to Together’s residential range

Together has opened up its residential mortgage range to broker networks. Itwill allow thousands...

Barclays introduces new mortgages rates

On 27 June Barclays is launching new residential and buy-to-let mortgage products, including exclusive...

Landbay to offer accounting services to landlords

Landbay is to launch an accounting, reporting and tax compliance service to help landlords...

BBA: May fall in consumer credit growth

The British Bankers' Association (BBA) has reported that consumer credit growth was 5.1% in...

Santander moves to boost buy-to-let market

Santander has made fee reductions on both its 60% loan to value (LTV) and...

COMMENT

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...

Latest news

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...

Broker optimism grows as sub-4% rates edge closer

A series of mortgage rate cuts from lenders this week has sparked optimism among...

Renters face higher costs amid strong demand

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

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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