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New 1.54% deal from the Yorkshire

The Yorkshire Building Society is launching a two-year discounted standard variable rate mortgage at...

Paragon unveils its first residential range

Paragon Mortgages has embarked upon the first phase of its residential mortgage launch. The range...

The Furness launches Trust Your Broker campaign

The Furness Building Society has launched a new campaign championing mortgage brokers. Its Trust...

Strong growth in asset finance

Asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew by 13% in November,...

Second charge lending rebounds

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has revealed that second charge mortgage new business volumes...

House prices see strong finish to 2016

LSL Property Services and Acadata have reported that house price growth of 0.4% in...

Landlords eschew BTLs for HMOs

Bridging lender Roma Finance is seeing buy-to-let landlords convert their properties into Houses in Multiple Occupation...

Mixed response to bereavement support changes

The government has announced changes to bereavement support payments. The Department for Work & Pensions...

Marie Grundy becomes bridging lender’s sales director

Marie Grundy has joined West One as sales director. She has over 20 years’ experience in...

More 2 Life unveils new Capital Choice feature

More 2 Life is adding fixed early repayment charges (ERCs) to its Capital Choice Plan...

CA: 2017 the “year for leasehold change”

The Conveyancing Association (CA) believes 2017 should be the year when meaningful change to the leasehold...

Smaller businesses worried about rising costs

22% of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK have said that rising...

New H&R BS “innovative” five-year fix

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched a new five-year fixed rate 95%...

Vida Homeloans adds Fee Saver option

Vida Homeloans has unveiled its new specialist residential mortgage range, including two-year variable rates...

COMMENT

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Latest news

The Vernon hires internal BDM to expand intermediary reach

Vernon Building Society has appointed Damien Sabbaghe as intermediary business development manager as it...

Coventry trims first-time buyer and limited company buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has cut selected mortgage rates for first-time buyers and limited company...

TRM adds to PMI team with supervision & development manager hire

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Gemma Penkethman as PMI supervision &...

Rental yields rise across England and Wales as buy-to-let market enters more volatile period

Rental yields increased annually in every region of England and Wales in the first...

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