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3% rise in bridging lending

Gross annual bridging lending increased to £3.6bn in February, rising from £3.5bn at the end of...

Metro Bank reduces rates on five-year deals

Metro Bank has cut rates on its five-year fixed rate residential and buy-to-let mortgages.  For residential mortgages under...

TFC Homeloans hires HR business partner

TFC Homeloans has recruited Liz Payne as HR business partner to support the next...

Pound falls to 31-year low

Sterling has fallen further in the Far East amid fears for the economy following...

Sharp rise in post-referendum equity release enquiries

There has been a 44% rise in the number of enquiries about equity release...

New intermediary brand for Fluent Money

Second charge distributor Fluent Money is launching separate brand for the broker market, Fluent for...

Brits underinsuring valuable jewellery

17% of Britons surveyed believe they own jewellery that could be considered vintage or...

Large rise in proportion of limited company BTLs

There was an increase in lending to buy-to-let investors borrowing via limited companies in...

The Leeds puts longer end dates on new build deals

The Leeds Building Society has launched two new fees assisted mortgages with longer end...

BoE moves to boost lending following Brexit vote

The Bank of England has released £150 billion to banks and households following the...

SimplyBiz Mortgages offers PMI referral service

SimplyBiz Mortgages has launched a PMI referral service for its members, in conjunction with...

Shawbrook makes property finance staff changes

Shawbrook Bank has announced a series of personnel changes following the recent combination of...

Skipton Intermediaries unveils three-year fixes

Skipton Intermediaries has launched a new range of intermediary only products for purchase and remortgage. Key...

Keystone cuts five-year fixed rates

Keystone Property Finance has cut all five year fixed rates in its Classic Range by...
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COMMENT

Comment

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...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

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Chancellor presses lenders to expand support for borrowers ahead of rate resets

The government has secured fresh commitments from major lenders to step up engagement with...
Building Societies

Suffolk BS tops £800m in mortgage assets after strong 2025 growth

Suffolk Building Society has passed £800m of mortgage assets for the first time after...
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UTB eases mortgage and second charge processes with criteria changes

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced a series of service and criteria changes across...
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Foundation returns with revised buy-to-let and residential mortgage range

Foundation has returned to the market with a revised product range across both buy-to-let...

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