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Atom bank widens near-prime range with new fee tier

Atom bank has expanded its near-prime mortgage offering with the introduction of a new...

Funding 365 reduces AVM bridge rates to 0.64%

Funding 365 has cut rates on its automated valuation model (AVM) bridging loans to...

Foundation trims BTL rates and adds new discount options

Foundation Home Loans has introduced a series of rate cuts and new discount products...

Paragon unveils streamlined multi-property buy-to-let application

Paragon Bank has introduced a new multi-property buy-to-let mortgage process that allows landlords to...

Construction output inches higher as housing weakness drags on

The construction sector recorded modest growth in the third quarter of 2025, driven by...

OSB Group begins search for new CEO as Andy Golding prepares to retire

OSB Group has begun the search for a new chief executive after Andy Golding...

Q3 bridging lending hits to £209m as Budget looms

Bridging finance activity increased in the third quarter of 2025, with total gross lending...

Black & White Bridging announces new appointment and internal promotions

Black & White Bridging has expanded its relationship team with the appointment of a...

Housing market stalls as Budget fears weigh on buyers and sellers

Britain’s housing market slowed sharply in October as jitters ahead of the Autumn Budget...

Just Mortgages creates new management layer to bolster support for self-employed advisers

Just Mortgages has created a new regional performance management team to strengthen its support...

SMEs urge tax and cost cuts ahead of Autumn Budget as confidence wavers

New research from Paragon Bank suggests that while small and medium-sized enterprises still broadly...

Time Finance strengthens South East presence with senior hire

Time Finance has expanded its reach across London and the South East with the...

Newcastle for Intermediaries cuts mortgage rates

Newcastle for Intermediaries has cut rates across its residential mortgage range, reducing pricing by...

Peace of mind matters more than price in home insurance, research finds

A new study by general insurance provider Paymentshield has found that nearly half of...

COMMENT

One mortgage journey no longer fits every borrower

In the mortgage market, we have lots of different ways of describing customers depending on where they are in their lives. We talk about...

Closing the protection gap starts with informed clients

Millions of people have no protection insurance coverage and could be left vulnerable in the event of a death in the family, serious illness...

The fall in BTL company formations isn’t the whole story

It is often the case with housing and mortgage market data that the headline figure attracts most of the attention, while some of the...

Buy-to-let has matured as a market

Buy-to-let turned 30 last week, and it's a good moment for some much-needed positivity around this market. Whatever the narrative around buy-to-let has been at...

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

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Property transactions edge lower as mortgage costs weigh on market

UK residential property transactions fell in August, with HM Revenue & Customs recording 95,220...

First-time buyer homes could cost almost £24k more by 2030

The average price paid by a first-time buyer in England could rise by almost...

Precise joins LMS Panel Link for specialist residential cases

Precise has joined LMS's Panel Link service as the specialist lender looks to reduce...

LSL warns first-time buyers could pause plans ahead of new deposit scheme

LSL Financial Services has welcomed the government's proposed 2.5% deposit scheme for new-build homes,...

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