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Virgin Money unveils HTB London deals

Virgin Money has launched a new range of Help to Buy Equity Loan products...

AIR Sourcing goes live

AIR Sourcing, a new sourcing system for equity release and retirement lending products, has gone live with...

Together funds private school venture

Together has partnered with SPF Short Term Finance (SPF) to provide funding that secured...

Two-year high for FTBs

First-time buyer activity has reached a two-year high, according to the latest First-Time Buyer Tracker...

Large majority of brokers to deal with second charges

84% of brokers surveyed by Legal & General Mortgage Club plan to include second...

NACFB outlines conference topics

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has finalised the conference timetable for...

First Complete concerned by seven-day switch proposals

First Complete has outlined its concerns over the Government’s proposed consultation on plans to allow...

TenetLime expands mortgage panel

TenetLime has expanded its whole of market mortgage panel with the addition of four...

New YBS deal “lowest” fixed rate available

The Yorkshire Building Society has launched a 1.14% two-year fixed rate mortgage, which it...

BBA: April lending still up year-on-year despite slump

The British Bankers' Association (BBA) has found that gross mortgage borrowing of £12 billion...

Sentiment about specialist lending remains positive

Lenders are still largely positive about the specialist property investment market, according to a...

AToM launches CRM & sourcing system

All Types of Mortgages Ltd (AToM) has unveiled a CRM system with a built-in specialist sourcing...

OSB sells stake in securitisation

OneSavings Bank (OSB) is selling its entire economic interest in the Rochester Financing No.1...

Estate agents unsurprised by fall in demand

Estate agents have reported a significant fall in demand for housing in April, with the number...
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Stamp Duty

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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Home Purchase Plans

Gatehouse Bank cuts selected HPP and buy-to-let rental rates

Gatehouse Bank has reduced rental rates on selected Home Purchase Plan and buy-to-let products...
Building Societies

Coventry BS cuts selection of residential and buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates for new and...
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Cost-of-living squeeze deepens income protection affordability gap

Rising household costs are making income protection more important for customers, but harder for...
Stamp Duty

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for...

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