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Don’t sweat the stress tests

David Whittaker, Managing Director of Mortgages for Business, told the audience at the Financial Services...

Brokers expect economic hit from Brexit

Brokers surveyed at the Financial Services Expo (FSE) Manchester on Wednesday revealed that a large majority think a...

Skipton lowers fixed rates

The Skipton Building Society has launched a new range of two and five-year fixed...

Planning ‘down the agenda’ following Queen’s Speech

The government has been accused of deprioritising planning in the Queen's Speech earlier today,...

Call for easy mortgage to equity release transition

Lenders need to focus plans for equity release innovation on schemes enabling customers to...

MetLife launches MultiProtect cover

MetLife is expanding the protection market with the launch of its MultiProtect accident and...

New lettings and property management app unveiled

Rentr, a lettings management solution for private landlords and tenants, is now available to download...

Ingard Financial adopts MortgageBrain Anywhere

Ingard Financial has is now offering of MortgageBrain Anywhere, in addition to MortgageBrain Classic, as...

Expats not put off UK buy-to-let market

A survey by Skipton International has found 85% of British expats would not be put off...

Renters at risk from long-term illness

Nearly five million renters in the UK have no plans in place to cover...

Transactions yet to reach 2007 peak

Research commissioned by My Home Move has found that the number of property transactions...

More people choosing to phase their retirement

LV= has revealed that 87% of people working aged 65 and over are happy...

HLPartnership improves home insurance offering

HLPartnership has integrated Uinsure into its cloud-based home insurance fact find, complementing its built...

LBG hires four national account managers

Lloyds Banking Group has added to its strategic partnerships team with the appointment of four new national...

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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