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Updated lender/intermediary collaborative guide published

An updated version of the industry guide for lenders and intermediaries on mortgage sales...

Seven-year gap in FTB ages

The average age of a UK first time buyer is now 30, but there...

Bridging back in business after referendum

Gross annual bridging lending increased to £4.4bn in July following the Brexit vote, with...

Highest August lending since 2007

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that gross mortgage lending totalled £22.5 billion...

Promise integrates technology with Shawbrook

Promise Specialist Lending has completed XML integration with Shawbrook. This represents its seventh second charge...

LendInvest goes live with LOT11

The partnership between online mortgage lender LendInvest and LOT11 has now gone live. The arrangement sees LendInvest pre-qualify...

Countrywide sells remaining holding in Zoopla

Countrywide plc has sold 9,234,473 ordinary shares in Zoopla Property Group plc at an average...

The Dudley unveils expat mortgages

The Dudley Building Society has launched expat mortgages for purchase, remortgage and buy-to-let with whole...

Large growth in mortgage product numbers and availability

The number of mortgage products available to UK mortgage advisers has risen by 86% over...

21 councils “obstructing” self-build

According to an Ipsos Mori survey commissioned by the National Custom and Self Build...

The Yorkshire calls for major stamp duty reform

The Yorkshire Building Society is urging the government to consider reforming stamp duty land tax...

Coutts cuts mortgage rates

Coutts has reduced its residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates. Reductions across all residential mortgage rates...

Santander pulls out of Williams & Glyn deal

Santander's deal to buy hundreds of branches from the Royal Bank of Scotland has fallen through. The bank had...

Aldermore unveils limited edition two-year deals

Aldermore has introduced three new limited edition two-year fixed mortgage products for residential purchase...
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ABS 2026 review: Economic factors stemming growth

As the Global ABS conference ended there was no doubt that it was a huge success, with official numbers being confirmed at 5,500 attendees,...

Government support is fundamental to market growth

We’ve seen another week of mainstream lenders reduce their rates with more reductions predicted this coming week. This shows more comfort and confidence around...

Bridging is a natural fit for a Shariah-compliant bridging provider

The UK bridging market is, in many ways, a natural fit for Shariah-compliant finance because both are fundamentally built around real assets, partnership structures...

Why relationships are becoming the mortgage industry’s most valuable asset

Information has never been more accessible, yet confidence in financial services remains relatively low. As technology continues to reshape the market, the value of...

Before brokers invest in AI, they need to ask the right questions

AI has moved quickly from industry talking point to commercial priority. For mortgage brokers, the question is no longer whether AI matters. It is...

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Atom bank cuts Prime mortgage rates by 15bps across full range

Atom bank has reduced rates across its Prime mortgage range by 15bps, with changes...
Building Societies

The Dudley cuts rates across residential, buy-to-let and expat ranges

Dudley Building Society has reduced rates across its residential, buy-to-let and expat mortgage products,...
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Stamp Duty burden soars as tax threshold remains frozen at 2006 level

The Stamp Duty threshold at which homebuyers begin paying tax has remained unchanged since...
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Gatehouse launches limited-edition HPPs and cuts selected BTL rates

Gatehouse Bank has introduced a range of limited-edition Home Purchase Plan and buy-to-let products...

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