News

RICS predicts further house price rises in 2014

Chartered surveyors have predicted that house prices in the UK will see an increase...

Monthly fall in secured lending

Loans Warehouse' secured loans index has reported that secured lending in November is 43%...

CML reveals new chairman

Stephen Noakes, mortgages director at Lloyds Banking Group, will become the new chairman of...

New homeowner ASU product from Berkeley Alexander

Berkeley Alexander has expanded its range of Accident, Sickness and Unemployment (ASU) protection products...

SFI raises maximum loan allowances

Santander for Intermediaries (SFI) has today increased its maximum loan allowance on its standard...

Quarterly rise in Welsh house prices

The average price paid for a house in Wales in October was £154,696, LSL...

New deals from the Nottingham

The Nottingham Building Society has launched eight new mortgage products.  The deals are six new buy-to-let...

Six new associates for the CML

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has recruited half a dozen new associates. The body...

Fall in house prices north of the border

The average house price in Scotland fell by £206, or 0.1%, in October on...

Small fall in consumer price inflation

The UK's CPI inflation rate fell to 2.1% in November from 2.2% in October,...

12% year-on-year house prices rises in the capital

In the 12 months to October 2013 UK house prices increased by 5.5%, up...

Lenders reveal aggregate mortgage data by postcode

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has for the first time published details of...

Brits hit by unexpected expenses

Three quarters of Brits have been hit with an unexpected expense in the past...

Some CCL holders to receive rebates

The government has decided that as a result of the closure of the Office...

COMMENT

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...

The conveyancing power of sales-ready packs

Conveyancing is stressful – and I'm not just talking about the poor customer experience. From a turnaround time of around eight weeks back in...

Cloud is not about where you host technology, it’s about how

When lenders talk about cloud, the discussion often begins – quite reasonably – with control. Where will the data sit? How will resilience be...

AI, mortgages and the human need we can’t ignore

There is lots of talk about technology with cloud-native and artificial intelligence just some of the buzzwords of today’s dinner parties and conferences. There is...

Latest news

Market Harborough gains B Corp certification in boost to specialist lending credentials

Market Harborough Building Society has secured B Corp certification, marking a significant endorsement of...

FCA register saw 3,331 new firms in H2 as overall numbers edge lower

More than 9,000 individuals joined the FCA Register in the second half of 2025,...

Stamp Duty receipts climb to £899m in subdued January market

Homebuyers handed over £899m in Stamp Duty Land Tax in January, despite the traditionally...

The Right Loan records best year as introducer payments rise 22%

Advisory firm The Right Loan, part of The Right Mortgage & Protection Network, said...

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