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Significant improvement in intermediary confidence

Paragon Mortgages' latest quarterly tracking survey has found that mortgage intermediary confidence is returning...

BBA: housing market is mixed

The British Bankers' Association (BBA) has reported lending figures for April 2014. New mortgages of...

FCA: conflicts of interest not being dealt with

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has called on insurance intermediaries to better manage conflicts...

New Product Ambassador for Later Life Academy

The Later Life Academy (LLA) has announced The National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD)...

Lloyds announces part flotation of TSB

Lloyds Banking Group plc has announced its intention to proceed with an initial public...

Masthaven Bridging promotes nationwide approach

Masthaven Bridging says it will support the UK intermediary market through its growing nationwide...

Millions planning home improvements

Over 14 million people (44%) have undertaken major work on their current property, or...

Remortgaging volumes battle back

Latest figures from LMS figures show that monthly gross remortgage lending saw a monthly...

Paradigm to travel the country with roundtables

Paradigm Mortgage Services will be taking its mortgage and protection roundtable events across England,...

New 70% deals from SFI

Santander for Intermediaries’ (SFI) has launched two and five-year fixed rate mortgage products at...

Magellan appointed as L&C credit repair lender

Magellan Homeloans has been appointed by London and Country to provide mortgages for clients...

Stamp Duty behind HMRC’s increased tax take

HMRC receipts up by £21 billion due to more people in jobs and exceptional...

Average HTB purchase is £151k

Buyers are sidestepping four years of house price inflation by using the Help to...

Rise in short-term loans for refurb

Property refurbishment projects have seen funding more than double in the last year, according...
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COMMENT

Comment

The continued evolution of the later life lending market

Later life lending has moved well beyond being an occasional enquiry about equity release or a maturing interest-only case. It is now a consistent and...

What does the year hold for specialist first charge residential mortgages?

A few months into 2026, it is already clear that many borrowers continue to fall outside the criteria set by high street and mainstream...

A turning point for British Islamic home finance

A quick question for brokers: what would you do if 80% of a fast-growing community told you the market was not serving them properly? That...

Mutual sector ambition needs tech-driven scale

The Government’s commitment to doubling the size of the mutual sector has been welcomed across financial services. Building societies continue to play a critical...

Conveyancing fees will rise and you can blame the Government

Tax is complicated and making sure you pay the right amount can be challenging - just ask MP Angela Raynor or indeed former Chancellor...

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Fraud

Majority of homebuyers still emailing ID documents

More than six in 10 homebuyers are still sending copies of their identity documents...
Buy-to-let

Brighton rent surge sharpens buy-to-let focus

A 15% surge in Brighton rents during 2025 is likely to sharpen broker focus...
banks

NatWest extends debt advice funding with £8m pledge to StepChange and PayPlan

NatWest Group has pledged £8m in additional funding to consumer debt advice organisations StepChange...
Buy-to-let

The Mortgage Works cuts limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20bps

The Mortgage Works is reducing rates by up to 20 basis points (bps) on...

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