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New mortgage deals from Barclays

Barclays is cutting mortgage rates across its two and five-year fixed, low loan to...

AMI concerned by FCA’s competition stance

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has revealed its its disappointment by the FCA's...

CML pleased by FCA’s competition statement

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has responded to the Financial Conduct Authority's competition...

New residential property head for Select & Protect

Select & Protect's parent company Hood Group has appointed Sarah Smith to the newly...

BTL rush stretching first-time buyer affordability

Rightmove has reported a small rise of 0.4% (+£1,118) in price of property coming...

Dutch top EU buy-to-let investment poll

The Netherlands is the best location in the EU for buy-to-let investments as it...

Tesco Bank expands broker distribution

Tesco Bank is extending ing the number of intermediaries offering its mortgages. Customers can now access Tesco’s...

P2P launch sees Alpha Bridging rebrand

Alpha Bridging is rebranding as Kuflink Bridging as it launches a new peer to peer...

Equifinance to launch in Scotland

Specialist second charge lender Equifinance is planning to move into the Scottish market. Equifinance says it sees...

FCA to hold mortgage market competition study

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to undertake a targeted market study focused on...

TenetSelect offers PII renewal advice

TenetSelect is warning adviser firms not to leave their Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) preparation...

Limited company BTL gaining in popularity

Foundation Home Loans has claimed that landlords are likely to favour limited company buy-to-let in...

16% rise in value of second charge new business

Latest figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show growth of 11% in consumer...

New hires at Bluestone Mortgages

Specialist lender Bluestone Mortgages has announced the recruitment of four new staff members across its business...
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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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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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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...
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Hackathons test property data sharing in homebuying push

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