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Million pound property sales back to boom levels

Lloyds TSB has established that the number of property sales worth at least a...

TMW makes changes to residential range

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is to make a number of changes to its residential...

Drop in second charge lending

There was a slight increase in consumer credit lending in August, but the Finance...

Stockton and Turner in marathon appeal

Countrywide's Nigel Stockton and Grenville Turner are to run the New York marathon for...

Brokers need to help with due diligence

Mortgage introducers must help to satisfy lenders' growing appetite for due diligence across the...

Regional house price gap is widening, says AMI

According to the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries' (AMI) latest Quarterly Economic Bulletin, the regional...

FTBs still struggling for finance despite LTV improvements: IMLA

73% of intermediaries were unable to secure a mortgage for at least one of...

Confidence weakens further in September

Consumer confidence continued its downward trajectory in September, with the main index recording its...

AIFA calls more more thought over Financial Services Bill

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has warned that the Financial Services Bill...

Yorkshire doubts 25-year mortgage interest

The Yorkshire Building Society has expressed doubt over possible popularity for longer-term fixed rates. The...

The Saffron cuts rate on Brightstar BTL deal

Saffron Building Society has reduced the fee on its buy-to-let product, exclusive to Brightstar...

Ratings upgrade for Crown Mortgage Management

Crown Mortgage Management has had its servicer rating upgraded by Fitch Ratings to 3+...

Gross mortgage lending down slightly

Gross mortgage lending totalled an estimated £12.9 billion in September, according to the latest...

Target to service the Yorkshire&’039s BTL move

Target Group has agreed a mortgage originations and servicing contract with Yorkshire Building Society. The...

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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...