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The Mortgage Lender reduces buy-to-let rates and launches £500 cashback offer

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has cut rates across its buy-to-let range and introduced a...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network welcomes back Robin Pearson as head of risk

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has announced the return of Robin Pearson to...

HTB hires new head of portfolio management

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Mathura Paramjorthy as head of portfolio management within...

Rightmove renews call for stamp duty reform as thresholds fail to keep pace with house prices

Fewer than one in 20 homes currently for sale in England are exempt from...

Buying a first home cheaper than renting in most UK cities, Lloyds finds

First-time buyers could save thousands of pounds a year by purchasing rather than renting,...

Black & White Bridging strengthens operations team with trio of appointments

Black & White Bridging has made three appointments to bolster its back-office operations as...

Cohort Capital completes £20m Hyde Park hotel acquisition loan

Cohort Capital has provided a £20 million facility to fund the acquisition of The...

The Cambridge launches limited company buy-to-let range

The Cambridge Building Society has entered the limited company buy-to-let market, expanding its specialist...

Economic pressures driving emotional strain around financial decisions, AMI research reveals

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has found that the UK’s economic climate is...

IMLA warns Chancellor: ‘Hands off the housing market’

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has warned Chancellor Rachel Reeves against targeting the...

Rosemount adds April Mortgages to lender panel

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has added April Mortgages to its lender panel, giving network...

Guardian widens access to life and critical illness cover

Guardian has relaxed its eligibility criteria for life and critical illness policies in a...

Aspen completes 10-day £700k bridge using new dual representation service

Aspen Bridging has completed its first transactions under a new dual representation legal service...

Rising sick leave issues as long-term absence costs top £20k per worker

The majority of UK businesses are increasingly anxious about the impact of sickness absence...

COMMENT

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

Latest news

The West Brom promotes Gareth Madeley to chief customer officer

West Brom Building Society has appointed Gareth Madeley as its new chief customer officer,...

Industry leaders unite behind MIMHC Lunch

HSBC UK, Virgin Money, Nottingham Building Society, Landbay and top broker firms Mortgage Advice...

Santander raises foreign national mortgage lending to 90% LTV

Santander UK has expanded its foreign national mortgage policy by increasing the maximum loan-to-value...

Keystone passes £2bn in securitisation issuance with sixth Hops Hill deal

Keystone Property Finance has completed its sixth securitisation, taking total issuance under its Hops...

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