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L&G extends its Build to Rent pipeline

Legal & General Capital (LGC) and Dutch pension fund manager, PGGM, are to build...

No surprises from the MPC

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted unanimously to maintain the...

The Mortgage Lender available to five clubs

The Mortgage Lender has revealed that its products will be available to members of...

New five-year fixes from Coventry for Intermediaries

Coventry for intermediaries has launched a new range of five-year fixed residential mortgages from...

E.surv: first-time buyers finding their feet again

Home lending in 2016 saw its best opening quarter for nine years, according to...

New deals from Mortgage Trust

Mortgage Trust has launched a new range of products which includes two five year...

Accord cuts buy-to-let product fee

Accord Buy To Let has reduced the product fee on selected mortgages by £650. All...

Growing pessimism in housing market

Confidence in the UK housing market is at its lowest level in over a...

Over 1,000 attendees at ARLA conference

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents (ARLA) held its annual ARLA Conference 2016 on...

Conveyancing Association partners with DUAL

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has announced a new partnership with DUAL Asset Underwriting, launching an...

Seconds distributor on CeMAP track

Second charge distributor Fluent Money says it is set to have all 85 of its client-facing...

Q1 rise in HMO purchases

The latest Complex buy-to-let Index from Mortgages for Business has found that the introduction...

Tracey McDermott to leave the FCA

Tracey McDermott, acting chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to leave...

Major rises in purchase and remortgage activity

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that during February, home-owners borrowed £8.7bn...

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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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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