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Virgin Money to buy Northern Rock

Virgin Money is to buy Northern Rock for an initial outlay of £747 million. The...

New low for consumer confidence

Consumer confidence continued to fall in October, the Nationwide Building Society has reported. According to...

Lancashire Mortgage Corporation becomes NACFB patron

Lancashire Mortgage Corporation has become a patron of the National Association of Commercial Finance...

Accord unveils &’039low fee&’039 85% LTV deals

Accord Mortgages has launched a new range of low-fee 85% LTV products for borrowers...

Saffron BS provides funding line for Masthaven

Masthaven Bridging Finance has entered into a facility agreement with Saffron Building Society. The mutual...

CML wants extension of FTB stamp duty concession

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) is urging the government to announce a reprieve...

Apps down by almost 10%: MAB

Mortgage applications were down by 9.4% in October, according to the latest National Mortgage...

FTBs increasingly resourceful in deposit-raising

Santander Mortgages research has highlighted the lengths aspiring first time buyers are going to...

Precise Mortgages to launch north of the border

Precise Mortgages is making its complete product range available in Scotland on Friday 18...

The Newcastle targets FTBs with deposit saving account

The Newcastle Building Society (NBS) has launched a new savings account to help prospective...

Rock video emphasises mortgage payment worries

Northern Rock's latest consumer-facing video has highlighted the fears that borrowers have over paying...

Tiuta unveiling new app at Expo

Tiuta will be using the Mortgage Business Expo to showcase its new app and...

Paymentshield produces new intermediary site

Paymentshield has unveiled a new intermediary website. The new website at www.paymentshield-advisers.co.uk combines Paymentshield's Inertia...

LenderQuote now available via licence

The software behind Promise Solutions is now being made available to lenders and brokers...

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The nightmare of UK homebuying needs reform

House sellers will be forced to disclose problems with their homes before sale under plans by the Government to cut costs for buyers and...

Goldilocks and the three bear markets

Are you familiar with C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) or you might know it by its nickname 3I/ATLAS? Whatever you want to call it,  it is currently...

Mark Bogard on policy, politics and the future of advice

When Mark Bogard, Chief Executive of Family Building Society, talks about Britain’s housing policy, he is unsparing in his assessment: short-termism, revolving-door ministers and...

Finding efficiency will keep branches as the beating heart of mutual sector

Whether you speak to customers or building societies, they will tell you just how important branches are – even as financial services and wider...

Mortgages, mutuality, members and making a difference

Anyone working in the mortgage market knows that a key area of our measurement is sales. How many cases we complete, the value of...

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The Mortgage Works expands limited company buy-to-let range

The Mortgage Works has today introduced a series of new products designed to strengthen...

OneDome’s Growth Partners initiative draws mortgage adviser quartet

OneDome’s recently launched Growth Partners community has attracted experienced mortgage professionals to its ranks. The...

The Vernon appoints intermediary sales team leader

Vernon Building Society has announced the promotion of Dale Sidhu to intermediary sales team...

Aldermore and Prosperity IFA named Platinum Sponsors for 2026 UK Mortgage Convention

The UK Mortgage Convention has confirmed Aldermore and Prosperity IFA as Platinum Sponsors for...