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Brokers back Brexit

A new poll, carried out in April by specialist lender United Trust Bank, has found...

Paradigm expands lender panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added both National Counties and Family Building Societies to its...

OneFamily Lifetime Mortgages joins the Equity Release Council

The Equity Release Council has welcomed OneFamily Lifetime Mortgages to its membership. This follows the...

L&G acquires annuity portfolio for £3bn

Legal & General has acquired a £3bn annuity portfolio from Aegon. The transaction has been...

Introducers invited to play at Southampton FC

Complete FS is offering its introducers the opportunity to play football at Premier League...

Fall in Relevant Life Plan awareness

Awareness of Relevant Life Plans (RLPs) has reduced by 24% in the last two...

TSB cuts homemover rates

TSB has cut rates across a range of mortgages for homemovers with a high...

New build fraudsters sentenced to jail

Two businessmen, who set up construction companies solely to fraudulently claim over £500,000 tax...

Sharp rise in gross bridging lending

Annual gross bridging lending increased by 56% during the first three months of 2016, according to...

Network reveals new commission payment schedule

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network will be paying commissions on a weekly basis,...

Shawbrook “thrilled” by E-AIP success

Shawbrook has said that, following the launch of its new online application process for...

New non-exec director for Together

Together has appointed Colin Kersley to its retail board. As an independent non-executive director, Kersley...

LendInvest Capital boosts team

LendInvest Capital, the fund management and advisory division of LendInvest, has appointed Jesse Mosebye...

Slight shift in reasons for remortgaging

There was a fall of four percentage points in the number of people opting...

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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Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

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

LendInvest bolsters residential and BTL broker support with Glasgow team expansion

LendInvest has expanded its commercial support team with a particular focus on helping brokers...

Hackathons test property data sharing in homebuying push

Proptech firms have tested how property data can be shared across the home-moving process...

Foundation refreshes buy-to-let range with new products and rate cuts

Foundation has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range with new products and rate reductions across...

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