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Possible Brexit affecting broker positivity

The latest sentiment survey of ASTL members has found that just 38% of bridging...

Negative equity still widespread around country

Hundreds of thousands of UK homeowners who bought property in 2007 are likely to...

Londoners more likely to sell up

14% of UK homeowners have decided to move while 21% are planning on improving...

Research highlights UK’s financial resilience gap

44% of the UK population say that their savings would last just a couple...

Lorenzo Satchell rejoins Together

Specialist lender Together has appointed Lorenzo Satchell has its new commercial relationship manager for...

Shawbrook promotes HMO valuation framework

New research from Shawbrook Bank suggests that 53% of property investors are looking to enter or expand in the...

New underwriter for the Teachers

Martyn Balsom has been appointed as a new mortgage underwriter at the Teachers Building...

Skipton pilots mortgage retention proc fee

Skipton Intermediaries is launching a six-month mortgage retention pilot with two of its key...

Metro Bank launches intergenerational mortgages

Metro Bank has announced a new mortgage offering for clients of St. James’s Place...

Halifax unveils 1% cashback offer

The Halifax has launched a 1% cashback offer for first time buyers and home...

The Leeds hires quality and competency head

The Leeds Building Society has appointed Dave Conway as its head of quality and...

Magellan to hold trade show one-to-ones

Magellan Homeloans is offering brokers the opportunity to book a one-to-one consultation session at...

Clever Lending joins HLP panel 

Clever Lending has joined the HomeLoan Partnership (HLP) network as a provider of second...

Growing numbers look to improve not move

Increasing numbers of homeowners are choosing to improve not move, as the costs of...

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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