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Cabinet Minister refuses to rule out wealth tax ahead of Autumn Budget

A senior cabinet minister has declined to rule out the introduction of a wealth...

Catalyst Property Finance acquired by Foundation’s sister company

Specialist lender Catalyst Property Finance has been acquired by The FHL Group, the sister...

Housing crisis deepens as supply falls and affordability worsens

The UK housing crisis is worsening, with affordability pressures mounting and housing supply stalling,...

Clydesdale Bank eases criteria for self-employed mortgage applicants

Clydesdale Bank is set to introduce a series of changes to its mortgage criteria...

Newcastle trims large loan mortgage rates

Newcastle for Intermediaries has announced rate reductions of up to 0.30% across its large...

Mortgage advisers must evolve to meet rising demand for later life lending, warns Key

Mortgage advisers must adapt their business models to address the growing needs of older...

The Coventry cuts rates on limited company buy-to-let range

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced pricing across its limited company buy-to-let mortgage range, with...

London Credit provides £4m development loan for South West London scheme 

London Credit has completed a tailored development finance facility to support the transformation of...

Kuflink adds to sales team as it strengthens broker focus

Kuflink has appointed two new members to its sales team to deepen its commitment...

LiveMore completes £215m social bond securitisation

LiveMore has completed its second social bond securitisation, with a £215 million transaction that...

FCA shuts 1,600 websites as crackdown on financial crime intensifies

The Financial Conduct Authority removed or blocked more than 1,600 websites in 2024 as...

Lenders urged to act on ageing population’s impact on homeownership

The UK housing market is approaching a tipping point, with a rapidly ageing population...

Labour to relaunch mortgage guarantee scheme as permanent ‘Freedom to Buy’ initiative

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will confirm next week that the government is to make permanent...

Masthaven marks 20 years of broker-led lending

Masthaven is celebrating its 20th anniversary this week, marking two decades since it first...

COMMENT

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

Build, baby, build? Well we will need to fund more than the usual suspects

There was a noticeable sense of optimism at UKREiiF this year. That may sound surprising given the economic headwinds of recent years, but the...

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market riding high

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market has created real value for customers – there’s no excuse to ignore it. When a UK borrower reaches 55,...

How small and medium-sized lenders can fix the origination headache

We are constantly told that to fix the mortgage journey, we need to rip everything out and start again. That unless a lender replaces its...

A new PM brings a new opportunity to rethink housing policy

Politics, as it seems to do in recent times, has moved at remarkable speed over the last couple of weeks. In what feels like...

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MT Finance latest firm to offer World Cup time off

As mortgage firms gear up for England’s 1am World Cup clash against Mexico on...

Broker optimism grows as sub-4% rates edge closer

A series of mortgage rate cuts from lenders this week has sparked optimism among...

Renters face higher costs amid strong demand

Two in three (63%) recent movers ended up paying more rent than planned, as...

ModaMortgages cuts rates across limited-edition BTL range

ModaMortgages has announced a reprice of its limited-edition buy-to-let range, with rate reductions across...

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