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Smallest annual house price growth for 10 months

In January 2015, the average price paid for a home in England & Wales...

Deflation could mean windfall for tracker borrowers

The announcement yesterday by the director general of the Bank of England Mark Carney...

The Leeds raises over £500 for BHF

The Leeds Building Society raised £550 in the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) ‘Wear It...

Whiplash fraud hitting NHS hard

New research conducted for LV= Car Insurance shows the NHS is being put under...

ThinCats in underwriting deal with ESO Capital Group

Peer to peer secured business lending platform ThinCats has announced a partnership with ESO...

UK heading for negative inflation

The governor of the Bank of England has warned that inflation could turn negative...

FLA: second charge repossessions down 36% year-on-year

The number of second charge mortgage repossessions was 447 in 2014, the lowest level...

Repossessions at lowest level since 2006

The number of repossessions fell to 21,000 in 2014 - 26% fewer than the...

Shawbrook hires new BDM in Scotland

Shawbrook Bank has appointed Peter McDermid as the new business development manager (BDM) for...

HML predicts repossession rate of 0.20% this year

HML has forecast that there will be 20,606 residential property repossessions in 2015. The forecast comes as the...

The Mansfield revamps affordability criteria

The Mansfield Building Society has updated its affordability criteria. Following analysis of data from the...

RICS: cooling market in England & Wales continues

Scotland and Northern Ireland’s housing market outperformed the rest of the UK in January,...

Fastest monthly increase in house purchase lending in six years

There were 65,778 house purchase approvals in January, chartered surveyor e.surv has reported. This...

Target Group makes senior hire

Financial services outsourcing and software provider Target Group has announced the appointment of Mark...
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MIMHC

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 18

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday last week as...

Mental health and the evolving role of mortgage advisers

Money worries rarely stay just about money. They affect sleep, confidence, relationships, and mental wellbeing - and for many people across the UK, mortgage...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 16

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday last week as...

Why complex-income borrowers need more adviser support

The UK mortgage market has become more complex for borrowers, lenders and advisers alike. Higher rates, tighter affordability pressures and more varied working patterns...

Economic abuse: The warning signs every adviser should recognise

Taking out a joint mortgage is one of the most common ways for people to get onto the property ladder. For many, combining earning...

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Buy-to-let

Tenant support for Renters’ Rights Act grows

Awareness and support for the Renters’ Rights Act has risen sharply among tenants since...
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Mortgage and protection professionals urged to complete industry ED&I survey before deadline

Industry leaders are calling on mortgage and protection professionals across the UK to complete...
Buy-to-let

Paragon cuts further advance rates and lowers minimum loan to £2,000

Paragon Bank has reduced rates and simplified the application process for buy-to-let further advances,...
Building Societies

The Cambridge adds 80% LTV limited company holiday let deal

The Cambridge Building Society has launched a limited company buy-to-let holiday let mortgage at...

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