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Brightstar partners with Paradigm

Brightstar Financial has agreed a new relationship with Paradigm Mortgage Services, to provide an...

Buy-to-let lending at five-year high

Lenders advanced 40,000 mortgages, worth £5.1 billion, to buy-to-let investors in the second quarter...

Small fall in repossessions

The number of properties taken into possession by mortgage lenders declined in the second...

Strong year-on-year growth in valuations

July saw the total number of residential valuations increase over 24% over the...

No base rate hike until unemployment falls to 7%

The Bank of England will keep the Bank Rate at 0.5% until unemployment falls...

FCA appoints four new supervision directors

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed four directors to lead key areas of...

The Leeds moves into Help to Buy

Leeds Building Society has introduced its first set of Help to Buy products. The...

GEMHL adds new range and bolsters sales team

On Friday 16 August GE Money Home Lending is launching a new mortgage product...

Aldermore cuts three-year commercial fixed rates

Aldermore has cut its rates across several of its three-year fixed rate commercial mortgage...

Equity Release Council appoints COO

The Equity Release Council has appointed Donna Bathgate as its new chief operating officer...

Minority expect to be homeowners when they have first child

Nearly 4.6 million Britons expect to start a family in the future but don’t...

Details revealed for new ‘expo’ event

Visitor registrations are now open for the Financial Services Expo 2013 (FSE). It is to...

The Chelsea cuts 85% LTV rates

Chelsea Building Society has cut rates on its 85% loan to value (LTV) mortgages. Rates...

OFT investigates quick house sale firms

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has begun formal investigations into three quick house...
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COMMENT

Comment

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...

First-time buyers and buy-to-let are not rivals

As we move further into 2026, a familiar narrative is starting to reappear. It suggests that a stronger first-time buyer market will be delivered...

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

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Regulation

FCA moves to simplify UK securitisation regime in joint reform with PRA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Consultation Paper CP26/6, setting out proposed changes...
Appointments

Chetwood Bank hires Simon Parish as south east business development manager

Chetwood Bank has appointed Simon Parish as business development manager for the South East,...
Appointments

Finova strengthens leadership team with chief delivery officer appointment

Finova has appointed Anja Schneider as chief delivery officer as the cloud-based mortgage and...
Appointments

Quantum Mortgages addresses southern coverage with new hire

Quantum Mortgages has appointed Hayley Jones as business development manager for the South as...

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