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Homes earn £1.7k for retirees over past quarter

Retired homeowners have earned £1,700 from their houses in the past three months as...

Growth in enhanced lifetime mortgages

At the Financial Services Expo (FSE) Glasgow yesterday, Key Retirement’s Dean Mirfin outlined how the...

Govt could target limited company BTL

Robert Sinclair, chief executive of the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI), believes the government might...

Procuration fees “should be higher”

John Coffield of Paradigm Mortgage Services told an audience at Financial Services Expo (FSE) Glasgow...

Millions languishing on SVRs

L&C Mortgages has reported that 36% of homeowners (equating to four million people) are still on a...

Pledge milestone for Coventry for Intermediaries

Coventry for Intermediaries is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its pledges to intermediaries, and...

Seconds should be a “bigger niche market”

The second charge mortgage market must keep pushing the education message if it wants to...

Concentrate on remortgage market, brokers told

Robert Sinclair, chief executive of the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI), has told an...

FCA appoints new non-executive director

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed the appointment of Nick Stace as a non-executive...

House prices up 6.2% year-on-year

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported an annual price increase of 6.2% in...

New fee-free deals from the Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has introduced two new fee-free 'high LTV' mortgages. The 'fix...

Key concentrates on later life options at FSE Glasgow

Key Retirement Group will focus on later life lending opportunities for mortgage broker at the Financial...

LendInvest funds Canary Wharf development deal

LendInvest has partnered with Merseyside Pension Fund to finance a loan secured against a...

Deposit Protection Service donates £19k to charities

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) has donated £19,000 to charities in Devon and East...

COMMENT

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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Mortgage approvals fall to lowest level since December 2023

Mortgage approvals for house purchases fell to 56,200 in May, down from 66,000 in...

Veron BS cuts self-build rates by 0.15%

Vernon Building Society has reduced rates across its entire self-build mortgage range by 0.15%. The...

LHV Bank appoints Harper Macleod as Scottish legal adviser

LHV Bank has appointed Scottish law firm Harper Macleod as its primary Scottish legal...

The Mortgage Works cuts switcher rates for existing landlords

The Mortgage Works has reduced rates across selected buy-to-let and limited company buy-to-let switcher...

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