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West Midlands has highest rate of annual house price growth

The average house price rose to £301,278 in March, up 0.5% month-on-month and 3.3%...

96% of £1m apartment sales are in London

The number of million pound apartment sales in England & Wales has grown by 196%...

Huge growth predicted for retirement lending market

New research from equity release lender More 2 Life has found that the size...

Record month for Complete FS

Complete FS has reported that March was its best month for new business since 2008 with...

Surge in self-employed workers

The number of self-employed workers in the UK has increased from 3.8 million to...

Self-employed exposed by ‘virtual’ pension planning

Research studying the retirement plans of the self-employed has found that the UK lags behind most of...

Military intermediary LifeQuote platform

Specialist armed forces intermediary, Insignia Underwriting, has launched a bespoke online protection portal for...

Generation X to use property to fund retirement

47% of 35-54 year olds (Generation X) or 8.3 million people in the UK...

Jobs saved by Together’s bridging deal

Together has helped save over 40 jobs by agreeing a loan for a manufacturer’s move...

SimplyBiz Mortgages expands Mortgage Brain partnership

SimplyBiz Mortgages has extended its partnership with Mortgage Brain. It will continue to offer the...

New BTL affordability assessment from Santander

From 19 April Santander will assess eligible buy-to-let remortgage applications, where no increase in borrowing...

Keith Street to leave Northview Group

Keith Street, vice chairman, group lending, at The Northview Group has decided to retire at...

L&G announces spring roadshow speakers

Legal & General Mortgage Club has revealed the keynote speakers and panellists for the sixth...

New second charge rates from Prestige

Prestige Finance has unveiled a new 90% LTV tier for its prime residential product...
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Commonhold and Leasehold Reform

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

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Ageas teams up with Source Insurance

Ageas UK has joined Source's Insurance panel, expanding access to its home insurance products...
Homebuying

Buyer demand falls 15% year-on-year

Political uncertainty and higher borrowing costs have led to a 15% year-on-year fall in...
Appointments

Mortgage Advice Bureau hires new group CFO

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has named Jo Stent as its next group chief financial...
Technology

OMS launches protection referral partnership with The Insurance Surgery

One Mortgage System (OMS), the CRM and loan origination platform for intermediaries and lenders,...

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