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InterBay cuts BTL and HMO rates

InterBay Commercial has made reduction to rates on its entire range of buy-to-let and HMO products....

Together: We’ll support brokers through Brexit 

Following the uncertainty stemming from the referendum decision last week to leave the European...

House prices up 0.2% in June

The Nationwide Building Society has reported a slight increase in house price growth in June. Prices...

AMI slams FCA over fees implementation

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has criticised the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) over...

Best May for remortgaging in eight years

Monthly gross remortgage lending totalled £5bn in May 2016, according to LMS, up by...

FTBs paying record amounts for first home

While the wider mortgage market has been fluctuating because of the EU referendum, First-time...

Openwork reports profit for fourth consecutive year

Openwork has posted a profit for the fourth consecutive year, with an increase in...

SimplyBiz Mortgages expands secured loan panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced the addition of Prestige Finance, part of the One Savings...

Hitachi Capital in NACFB membership promotion

Hitachi Capital Business Finance brokers have been give the opportunity to receive £250 off...

Nearly 76,000 sales lodged for registration in May

Land Registry has published the latest 'Price Paid Data', which includes details of more than 75,900 land...

New 50% LTV deals from Coventry for Intermediaries

Coventry for Intermediaries has introduced 50% LTV products across its residential and offset ranges. New...

Bristol house price growth outstripping London

Bristol has become the first city outside of the South East to see house...

Skipton Intermediaries offering ‘day one’ valuations

Skipton Intermediaries has launched 'day one' mortgage valuations on all of its mortgage applications. This...

TFC partners with TenetLime

TFC Homeloans has joined forces with TenetLime to offer Tenet’s appointed representatives increased access...

COMMENT

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty. The logic feels intuitive -...

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

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Price cuts signal more competitive market for brokers

House sellers have made the biggest June price reduction in 14 years as higher...

Royal London pays record £821m in protection claims 

Royal London paid a record £821m in protection claims during 2025, supporting more than...

TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

Specialist lender TAB has appointed Jack Bonner as chief risk officer as it continues...

Skipton BS lowers residential rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

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