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Mortgage Bureau and Mortgage Talk see fruits of relationship

The Talk Group's new homes division says new homes sales stand at their highest...

NatWest to offer new FTB cash back deal

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is tomorrow launching a new first-time buyer mortgage into its corporate...

Negative equity much rarer than in the 1990s

New research from the CML shows the aggregate loan-to-value ratio on mortgaged property in...

Move with Us to handle probate sales

Move with Us has teamed up with Title Research to manage and sell property...

Paragon improves pricing for professional landlords

Paragon Mortgages has cut its rates on two-year fixed products for professional landlords by...

New chairman for the CML

Martijn Van der Heijden, head of lending at HSBC, has become the new chairman...

Taking a risk on technology

Conservatism towards IT investment isn't a wise strategy, warns Paul Hunt, managing director of...

Pink claims doubling in protection sales

Mortgage and insurance network Pink says life assurance and protection sales in at the...

New hires for Keychoice Underwriting

Keychoice Underwriting has announced a number of appointments to its underwriting and business development...

Halifax cuts fixed rates again

Halifax has made cuts of up to 0.35% across its range of two, three...

Cambridge exclusives for L&G club members

Legal & General Mortgage CLub has launched exclusives with the Cambridge Building Society. Martyn Smith,...

Coventry buoyed by results

Coventry Building Society has posted results for the first half of the year and...

CHL continues its investment in people

Nine members of CHL Mortgages' staff have completed the Leadership and Management Programme, offered...

Steady housing market conditions expected to continue

House prices in the three months from May to July were 0.5% higher than...

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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...

The rise of the silver pound

UK house prices may have cooled from their peak, but affordability pressures remain acute. Even with recent adjustments to interest rates, rising property values have...

Staggering stamp duty will make it easier for people to move

A proposal to spread stamp duty land tax payments across several years, in an effort to drive growth and boost the housing market, is...

Making Digital Sales Ready properties the norm, not the exception

Digital Sales Ready listings and upfront information have the potential to transform the home buying and selling journey, creating faster, more transparent transactions with...

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Remortgaging surge disguises weakness among first-time buyers

The mortgage market picked up momentum in September, but new figures from Twenty7tec show...

Mortgage leaders warn sector risks losing ‘pulling power’ with next generation

The UK mortgage industry must work harder to attract new talent if it is...

S&P Global upgrades Mount Street’s mortgage servicing unit to “Strong”

Mount Street Group has received a significant boost after S&P Global Ratings upgraded its...

Assetz Capital backs Thames-side luxury home with £1m development loan

Assetz Capital has completed a £1.07m development finance facility to fund the demolition of...