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Skipton cuts fixed rates across 114 mortgage products

Skipton Building Society has announced sweeping cuts to its residential mortgage range, reducing rates...

Finova appointee to spearhead new customer success division

Finova has announced the appointment of Ray Barry as customer success director. Barry’s appointment comes...

HTB expands specialist mortgage reach into Scotland

Hampshire Trust Bank has extended the reach of its specialist mortgage and bridging finance...

Market Harborough expands reach through new Brilliant Solutions partnership

Market Harborough Building Society has partnered with mortgage club and packager Brilliant Solutions in...

First-time buyer mortgage activity outpaces home mover market

First-time buyer mortgage applications have outpaced the wider housing market in the second quarter...

HSBC revises mortgage ranges and fixed rate terms

HSBC is making extensive updates to its residential and international mortgage product ranges, with...

Santander cuts remortgage rates

Santander UK has reduced interest rates on all of its 60–75% loan-to-value (LTV) remortgage...

Cavendish unveils new brand to mark 40th anniversary

One of the UK’s longest-standing conveyancing firms has marked its 40th year in business...

The Leeds and L&C streamline applications with open banking pilot

Leeds Building Society and L&C Mortgages have introduced a new automated process that enables...

SBI UK trims buy-to-let mortgage rates

The State Bank of India (UK) Limited has announced a major round of interest...

Paragon Bank bolsters SME lending division with focus on green energy

Paragon Bank has strengthened its SME lending division with two senior appointments, as it...

House prices hold firm as market activity rebounds

UK house prices remained broadly unchanged in June signalling renewed stability in the property...

Pepper Money broadens mortgage access for UK visa holders

Specialist lender Pepper Money has updated its residential mortgage criteria to allow UK visa...

The Darlington ups BTL LTV to 80% and unveils new fixed rates

Darlington Building Society has announced a significant enhancement to its buy-to-let offering, with the...
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Homebuying

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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