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Remortgaging bounces back from post-Brexit low

LMS has reported that the value of remortgage lending rose by 23% from £5.5...

London unaffordable for Generation Rent

Couples who are renting and wanting to start a family in London would need...

TBMC to offer Kensington deals

TBMC has appointed Kensington onto its lending panel. It will now offer all of Kensington’s...

RBS to raise capital following stress test failings

Three banks were found by the Bank of England to have capital inadequacies following...

TMA wants lender transparency over product transfers

TMA mortgage club is urging lenders to report when they approach borrowers ahead of the...

Mortgage approvals hold steady

The number of mortgage approvals was largely flat between September and October, falling by...

Accord cuts BTL rates and removes processing fee

Accord Mortgages has made buy-to-let rate reductions of up to 0.20 percentage points. In addition, landlords will...

Castle Trust acquires point of sale business

Castle Trust Capital has confirmed that it is to acquire Omni Capital Retail Finance (OCRF). The point of...

NAEA reveals national conference line-up

The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has revealed that Sally Bundock, business and financial journalist...

IMLA sees 2016 membership “surge”

Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) members have voted to retain the organisation’s chairman and...

BoE: rise in October mortgage lending

The Bank of England has reported that in October lending secured on dwellings increased by...

L&G in GI deal with the Coventry

Legal & General and Coventry Building Society have announced a five year partnership to...

LendInvest reduces minimum bridging loan size

LendInvest has cut the minimum loan size applicable across its range of bridging finance products. The lender will...

Ultimate Finance helps recruitment firm expand

Leicester-based Accept Recruitment, which supplies temporary staff for transport and industrial companies, is on...

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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