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Intermediaries increasingly important within buy-to-let

The total number of buy-to-let mortgage products in the market has grown by 104%...

Mortgage market continues to stagger on

The whole mortgage market grew annually by 0.6% in September, with annual growth of...

Directorial resignation at Paragon

Christopher Newell is to resign from the board of the Paragon Group of Companies...

Online banking boosting personal finance nous

58% of people are more aware of their personal finances as a result of...

Strongest house price performance? Scotland

Scotland and the North of England command the top 10 positions in a new...

New buy-to-let deal from the Teachers

Teachers Building Society has launched a new two-year 3.99% discounted variable rate buy-to-let mortgage. The...

Expats can plans to return to Blighty

An estimated 825,000 expats have cancelled plans to return to Britain in the last...

First ever chair for Land Registry

The Land Registry has announced that Mark Boyle will become its chairman. Boyle will become...

New website for Hometrack

Hometrack has unveiled its "contemporary"" new website.

GE Money to lend to self-employed

GE Money Home Lending is to return to lending to the self-employed on 1...

Standing out from the crowd

There's a lot to be said for being different, argues David Hesketh, group M&A...

JET Convey offers online demo

Following the launch of the JET conveyancing system in July and subsequent support received...

Omni Capital funds multimillion pound Brightstar bridge

Brightstar Financial has successfully placed a £5 million bridging deal with Omni Capital. WIth a...

Increase in number of &’trapped renters’

The gap between rental demand, as measured by search activity, and supply, measured by...

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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...

Stability is not a slowdown; it’s exactly what the bridging market needs

So, according to the recent Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) figures, bridging completions fell in Q2. Cue the usual hand-wringing. The headlines landed, the...

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Phoebus strengthens client assurance with SOC 2 Type II attestation

Phoebus Software has completed its Service Organisation Control (SOC) 2 Type II attestation, an...

Most landlords unaware who the housing minister is

The majority of landlords remain in the dark about who currently serves as housing...

Lakeshield unveils seven-day residential bridging loan

Specialist short-term lender Lakeshield has launched a new residential bridging product promising completion in...

Time Finance provides £450k facility for waste management expansion

SoilEx, an environmental construction waste management specialist based in Harpenden, has secured a £450,000...