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TSB unveils new deals to support ‘affordable’ housing

TSB is expanding its Affordable Housing offering available through brokers. Broadening its Help to...

Trio of promotions at Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has announced three internal staff promotions with the creation of new roles. Mark Whitear...

FHL: longer-term BTL rates should appease FPC

Foundation Home Loans’ commercial director, Simon Bayley, believes that much of the issue surrounding...

Virgin Money cuts residential and BTL rates

Virgin Money has made rate cuts on certain products across its core residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

First-time buyer numbers remain resilient

There has been an annual 6.6% rise in the number of households purchasing their...

Mortgage rates fall to record lows

February saw record lows in average rates for two and three-year fixed mortgage deals,...

Asset finance firm makes £60m SME pledge

Ultimate Finance’s new offices in Glasgow and Leeds have committed £30m each, over the next 12...

FCA reveals fall in complaints

The Financial Conduct Authority has stated that there was a decrease of 1.4% in...

IMLA fears PRA action will dumb down buy-to-let market

The intermediary Mortgage Lenders' Association (IMLA) has responded to the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) consultation...

Land Registry data shows London roaring ahead

House price data for February 2016 from the Land Registry shows a monthly fall...

PPI claims firm rapped by ad watchdog

MCL Manchester Claims has had two issues investigated by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA),...

New group chief executive for loan broker

Freedom Finance has announced the appointment of Brian Brodie as its new group chief...

Lloyds Bank launches online remortgage service

A new online service to provide increased ease for those looking to switch their...

SimplyBiz unveils “UK’s first” workplace academy

SimplyBiz Group has revealed that the UK’s first workplace academy, designed to support advisers...
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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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The Cambridge relaunches interest-only fixed rate mortgages

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Vernon BS adds free legals to selected remortgage deals

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Paragon launches tailored buy-to-let service for complex cases

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Castle Trust Bank adds AVMs to buy-to-let applications

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