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Rate cuts from the Ipswich

The Ipswich Building Society is making rate reductions for three of its mortgage products. Changes to...

Engaged CRM completes Twenty7Tec sourcing integration

Engaged CRM, which provides CRM solutions to the finance, mortgage, secured loan and bridging intermediary...

FHL hits 95% completion rate before SDLT deadline

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) has reported that over 94% of packaged cases received by...

Tesco Mortgage Intermediaries launches

Tesco Bank has launched its new intermediary service – Tesco Mortgage Intermediaries – with London...

VitalityLife moves to finger-prick testing

VitalityLife is by introducing finger-prick testing to the UK life insurance market. This means that...

Together celebrates best ever month for lending

Together has revealed that it completed £105 million new lending in March 2016, with...

Chaseblue Loans recruits ex-Nemo pair

Two ex-Nemo Personal Finance members of staff have joined Chaseblue Loans. Alun Hopkins...

London deposit situation “unsustainable”

Research by My Home Move has found that the average deposit paid for a...

Mortgages for Business celebrates office move

Over 100 guests attended an office warming party hosted by Mortgages for Business last...

Today is ‘Mortgage Freedom Day’

Halifax has claimed that today - 19 April - is this year’s UK Mortgage...

3mc appointed to network panel

Mortgage distributor 3mc is to provide a specialist mortgage desk and packaging support service...

The Mortgage Lender reveals product offering

The Mortgage Lender (TML), which is due to launch next month, has outlined aspects...

House prices boosted by BTL rush

Rightmove has revealed that the average price of property coming to market up in...

Little knowledge in UK of Help to Buy ISA

Latest research suggests that many in UK are still unaware of the assistance available...

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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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Buyer demand stabilises but mortgage market remains cautious

The UK housing market may be showing early signs of stabilisation but mortgage brokers...

Cooling rents could ease affordability pressures for first-time buyers

Slower rental growth and improving affordability across much of the UK could provide some...

ABS 2026 review: Global and UK issues cool the market

It’s that time of the year again when the world of wholesale funding descends...

HomeOwners Alliance appoints Sarah Tucker as lead mortgage commentator

HomeOwners Alliance has partnered with property and mortgage expert Sarah Tucker, who will become...

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