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West One optimistic for 2017 bridging market

The latest West One Bridging Index has reported that gross annual bridging lending fell...

House prices rise by 0.2%

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that the annual rate of house price growth...

Record gross mortgage lending for the Skipton

The Skipton Building Society has reported that its overall gross residential mortgage lending for 2016 of...

The Leeds offers new BTL remortgage deals

The Leeds Building Society has introduced two new five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages. The deals, which as...

Kensington completes securitisation

Kensington Mortgages has completed its fifth securitisation backed by new originations on 23 February totalling £443m....

New 65% LTV deals from Accord

Accord Mortgages has unveiled a range of fixed rate mortgages at 65% loan to value (LTV). The...

Norwich intermediary expands into the capital

Norwich based mortgage intermediary NM Finance has expanded its team and opened a new office in...

Over 97,000 property sales registered in January

The January 'price paid' data from the Land Registry includes details of over 97,400 residential...

L&G outlines LIVE club event schedule

Legal & General Mortgage Club is to hold its sixth series of Mortgage Club LIVE...

Marc Graves promoted to MD of Sesame & PMS

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has announced changes to its executive management team. Managing director Stephen Gazard is...

Together revamps buy-to-let offering

Together has made changes to its buy-to-let product range, promising reduced rates, quicker online application...

12% rise in Virgin Money’s gross mortgage lending

Virgin Money has reported a 33% rise in pre-tax profits for 2016 to £213.3...

Consumer confidence rises

The latest Lloyds Bank Spending Power Report found that consumer confidence rose in early...

Committee calls to end the triple lock

The Work and Pensions Committee has published research on the trade-off between the State...

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...

Latest news

The West Brom promotes Gareth Madeley to chief customer officer

West Brom Building Society has appointed Gareth Madeley as its new chief customer officer,...

Industry leaders unite behind MIMHC Lunch

HSBC UK, Virgin Money, Nottingham Building Society, Landbay and top broker firms Mortgage Advice...

Santander raises foreign national mortgage lending to 90% LTV

Santander UK has expanded its foreign national mortgage policy by increasing the maximum loan-to-value...

Keystone passes £2bn in securitisation issuance with sixth Hops Hill deal

Keystone Property Finance has completed its sixth securitisation, taking total issuance under its Hops...

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