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Landbay unveils professional landlord products

Landbay has launched a new range of limited edition lending products with no Early...

New BTL deals from the Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has unveiled a pair of new buy-to-let mortgages. These...

Amicus applies for banking licence

Amicus Finance plc has submitted a banking licence application to the Prudential Regulation Authority...

Lifetime rates at record lows

Lifetime mortgage rates have fallen to new record lows following reductions in government bond...

Leeds intermediary team revamps local school

Volunteers from Leeds Building Society braved heavy rain to revamp the large outdoor area...

93% of London properties sold for over £200k

In 1995, 87% of properties sold in London were for less than £150,000, according...

Government’s landlord tax claims “tosh”, says NLA

Over 400,000 landlords (22%) who pay the basic rate of tax will be forced into...

SMP: 500 now qualified to Level 4

The Society of Mortgage Professionals (SMP) has revealed that 500 mortgage advisers have already...

Mint Bridging hires marketing head

Mint Bridging has announced the appointment of Amparo Burgos as its head of marketing. She has...

Barclays removes mortgage valuation fee

Barclays Mortgages has introduced free valuations for residential purchase cases. The free valuation is available for...

Tesco Bank cuts number of fixed rates

Tesco Bank has reduced rates on a selection of its two, three and five-year fixed...

Saffron For Intermediaries unveils fixed rate trio

Saffron For Intermediaries has launched three fixed rate deals for homeowners and first time buyers. There...

The Mansfield becomes TMA panel lender

The Mansfield Building Society has launched as a panel lender with The Mortgage Alliance (TMA).  It will...

Clever Lending teams up with Paradigm Mortgage Services 

Clever Lending has joined the Paradigm Mortgage Services panel as a specialist lending partner. For second charge mortgages,...

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...

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First-time buyers face greatest risk as mortgage turmoil grips market

First-time buyers are the most exposed group in the housing market as mortgage withdrawals...

One month before rental reforms, landlords and tenants face a new legal landscape

Landlords and tenants in England are being urged to prepare for the first phase...

ONP Solicitors moves Cardiff office as headcount doubles

ONP Solicitors has moved its Cardiff office to larger premises in the city centre...

The Exeter reports rise in HealthWise app use as remote GP demand leads growth

The Exeter said usage of its HealthWise app increased across all core services in...

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