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Lenders expect dip in mortgage demand despite easing credit conditions

Demand for mortgages for house purchases is expected to fall over the summer months,...

Stonebridge strengthens compliance team with new senior appointment

Mortgage and protection network Stonebridge has named Joanna Purdy as its new national compliance...

Aldermore provides recruitment finance provider with £8m funding for expansion

Aldermore has extended an £8 million working capital facility to Flo Group, the recruitment...

Foundation cuts rates and adds new options across complex BTL range

Foundation Home Loans has announced a broad overhaul of its complex buy-to-let range, unveiling...

Paragon Bank unveils “market-leading” two-year BTL fixes

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let offering with the introduction of a limited edition...

HomeOwners Alliance deploys MQube’s AI chatbot to assist homebuyers

The HomeOwners Alliance has launched a new AI-powered chatbot on its website, designed to...

Buyers expect house prices to rise but remain confident in quick deals

A growing number of UK homebuyers and sellers are expecting house prices to rise...

Pepper Money launches new near prime fixed rate product

Specialist lender Pepper Money has unveiled a limited-edition summer product as part of its...

Protection sales on the rise as advisers report renewed consumer focus

Protection sales are on a firm upward trajectory, with new figures from Primis revealing...

Precise trims residential fixed rates to support affordability

Specialist lender Precise Mortgages has reduced pricing across its 2 and 3-year fixed rate...

JammJar unveils “adviser-first” AI platform amid mounting FCA pressures

New AI-driven platforms are set to reshape the UK mortgage sector as brokers face...

First-time buyers leaning harder on high LTV loans

First-time buyers are relying increasingly on high loan to value mortgages to purchase homes,...

Clydesdale Bank to offer free valuations on all new purchase applications

Clydesdale Bank is set to remove valuation fees across its entire range of purchase...

Redwood reports near doubling of new lending in 2024

Specialist business bank Redwood has reported a sharp increase in new lending for 2024,...
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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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ModaMortgages cuts rates across limited-edition BTL range

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