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National Counties joins MCI’s panel

The National Counties Building Society has become the latest lender to join MCI Mortgage Club’s...

Computershare to service UKAR mortgages

Computershare has been appointed to undertake mortgage servicing activities for UK Asset Resolution Limited...

Bibby increases Liverpool business funding

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has grown its funding to Liverpool businesses by 193% compared to...

New BTL exclusive from 3mc

3mc is offering an exclusive buy-to-let deal which has the same 3.49% two-year fixed rate for...

Barclays widens Family Springboard Mortgage offering

Barclays Mortgages has made changes to its Family Springboard Mortgage, removing the need for borrowers to put...

Hamptons Estates’ ad misleading, rules watchdog

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has told Hampton Estates that an online advert outlining...

FSE Manchester reveals seminar schedule

Financial Services Expo (FSE) Manchester has published details of its seminar programmes for the event...

New 95% LTV discount deal from the Mansfield

The Mansfield Building Society has introduced a new two-year discounted rate mortgage up to 95%...

L&G cuts lifetime mortgage rates

Legal & General has made cuts in interest rates for its lifetime mortgage products. There is...

Call for awareness raising of Right to Build

19% of people in the UK think there would be increased public support for the...

Scottish Widows highlights seriousness of strokes

Scottish Widows has warned that just 39% of Brits feel that protecting their families in the event...

Promise Solutions added to network panel

Promise Solutions has been accredited to the panel of network Personal Touch Financial Services...

LMS and the Buckinghamshire extend partnership

LMS has extended its partnership with Buckinghamshire Building Society, following a two-year collaboration.  The Buckinghamshire...

Vantage Finance secures private equity investment

Vantage Finance has secured inward investment from Chiltern Capital. The private equity firm has taken a...

COMMENT

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...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

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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...

MorganAsh urges financial services firms to improve support for unpaid carers

MorganAsh has backed a new Carers UK blueprint aimed at building more carer-friendly communities,...

Family BS strengthens intermediary team with BDM appointment

Family Building Society has appointed Sam Byrne as business development manager for the northern...

Buckinghamshire cuts rates across credit repair ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has reduced selected rates across its Credit Revive and Credit Restore...

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