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First Complete expands GI panel

First Complete has appointed Smith Greenfield, a specialist provider of general insurance for high...

Landlords under HMRC’s microscope

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is targeting landlords who rent out residential property and...

The Skipton reduces certain fixed rates

Skipton Building Society has cut rates on a selection of its two and three-year...

CML: Mortgage lending held firm in August

Gross mortgage lending was an estimated £16.6 billion in August, according to the Council...

SimplyBiz Mortgages and the Leeds launch exclusive

SimplyBiz Mortgages is offering a 95% LTV fixed rate ‘Welcome’ exclusive until 30 November...

MCIFA completes eight-figure Omni loan in 72 hours

MCIFA Property Finance has completed an £11 million "complex and substantial" short-term funding deal...

Dudley unveils intermediary partnerships

Dudley Building Society has announced the key partnerships through which the broker market will...

Many don’t understand the implications of joint borrowing

Research by Debt Advisory Centre suggests that many people are signing up for joint...

New products from Coventry Intermediaries

Coventry Intermediaries has extended its range of two and five-year fixed rates and cut...

Pink outstrips CML lending figures

Pink’s gross lending figures have increased 18% more than figures released by the Council...

Mortgage Vision 2013 details revealed

Mortgage Brain, along with Nationwide and Virgin Money, have joined forces to host the...

Shawbrook Bank unveils short-term loan desk

Shawbrook Bank has established a team dedicated to processing short term loans. It...

NLA celebrates EU directive exemption

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has welcomed the decision from the European Union (EU)...

PMS/Sesame exclusive ‘enhanced’

The current PMS and Sesame exclusive three-year discount product from Melton Mowbray Building...

COMMENT

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...

PMI – an advice gap not to be ignored

The latest figures from the ABI show insurers processed a record £4 billion in individual and workplace private medical insurance (PMI) claims in 2024,...

The self-employed boom and why traditional life cover won’t cut it

There’s a shift happening in how people work and how they buy homes - especially for the self-employed and gig economy worker. Flexibility, autonomy and...

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Financial firms warned over gaps in tackling domestic and economic abuse

Financial services firms are failing to ask the right questions about domestic and economic...

Family boosts buy-to-let borrowing by up to 35%

Family Building Society has enhanced its buy-to-let affordability assessment, increasing potential borrowing by up...

Average mortgage payments down £119 year-on-year

The average monthly mortgage payment for a new homebuyer has fallen by £119 over...

Wealthy investors increase exposure to buy-to-let as tax allowances are exhausted

Affluent UK investors are allocating more capital to buy-to-let property once ISA and pension...

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