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Step One Finance expands lending team

Step One Finance has announced that Steve Khan has joined the business as head...

Aldermore to stop bridging lending

Aldermore has announced that it is withdrawing from the bridging loan market. In a message...

Signature Private Finance hires lending manager

Signature Private Finance has appointed Trevor Melly to the role of lending manager. Melly was...

Housing cost of an ‘Outstanding’ education revealed

Living in the catchment area of a state secondary school with an ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted...

New board assembled at Fluent Money

Second charge distributorFluent Money has completed the makeup of its new board and says...

Scottish house prices up 4% annually

Scottish house prices saw a month on month decline in June, for the first...

Claims firm rapped over misleading tweet

A claims management firm has been warned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over...

July rise in inflation

There was a rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) measure if inflation in July to...

New seven-year deals from Coventry for Intermediaries

Coventry for Intermediaries has unveiled a new range of seven-year fixed residential mortgages. It has also cut...

Investec appoints head of SME funding subsidiary

Investec Asset Finance Group has announce the appointment of Paul Cunningham as head of Quantum Funding. He joins...

Average first-time buyer age is now 37

21% of prospective buyers aged 18-34 say that, following this month’s interest rate cut,...

SortRefer appoints relationship manager

Online conveyancing portal SortRefer has hired Jessica Szczelkun as relationship manager. A fully qualified solicitor, Szczelkun will...

New senior hires at OneFamily

OneFamily has announced new senior executive and non-executive board member appointments. Teddy Nyahasha has been...

London completed house sales down 50% year-on-year

The Land Registry's June data has revealed an annual house price increase of 8.7%. This takes...

COMMENT

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...

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,...

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...

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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