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Mortgage Brain pleased with product availability numbers

The number of mortgage schemes increased during April to represent an overall product increase...

Trackers more popular than fixed rates: Paragon

The proportion of mortgage borrowers opting for a tracker mortgage has overtaken fixed-rate deals...

TMA brokers can become online property agents

TMA has formed a strategic partnership with Home Searcher to offer DA brokers an...

LeadPoint unveils new lead generation platform

LeadPoint has unveiled a new interface designed to help lead buyers maximise their return...

Free equity release advice service launched by debt charity

Debt charity Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) has launched a new, directly authorised subsidiary,...

Lowry Capital joins AMPD panel

AMPD, the only remaining packager association, has appointed Lowry Capital to its lender panel. Lowry...

Current account holders targeted for mortgages

Research from Defaqto shows that while the number of mortgage products available has increased...

TMW ups buy-to-let LTVs to 80%

The Mortgage Works has increased the loan to value of its core buy-to-let mortgages...

TCC and Intellego partner for RDR solutions

The Consulting Consortium (TCC) has formed a partnership with learning firm Intellego to provide...

COMMENT: intermediary market continues to rebuild

We're all moving in the right direction, claims Guy Garrard, head of business development...

HLP in tie-up with Conti

HomeLoan Partnership (HLP) has unveiled Conti as its preferred partner for overseas finance. It means...

Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks offer discounts on mortgage fees and insurance

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have launched two new discounts: 50% off mortgage rates fees...

Y3S promises to beat that quote

Y3S Loans says it will beat any like for like secured loan quotation an...

CIFAS appoints independent directors

CIFAS, the UK's Fraud Prevention Service, has appointed the former director of the Assets...

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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...

Supercharging affordability: a broker’s tool for unlocking complex cases

If you could choose a superpower, what would it be? The ability to see the future? To slow down time? To get every case...

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Generation X faces retirement squeeze with smaller pensions than parents

Generation X risks becoming the first cohort to retire with less financial security than...

Leasehold reforms stall as sector warns of ‘real-world consequences’

The government is under mounting pressure to accelerate leasehold reform as the body representing...

Zoopla warns cost pressures mean housing targets are at risk

The government’s flagship target to deliver 1.5m new homes over the next five years...

UTB cuts bridging loan minimum and lowers regulated rates

United Trust Bank has unveiled a package of bridging loan changes aimed at making...