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Retirement affordability fears grow as pension confusion deepens

A growing number of working adults believe they will never be able to afford...

Broker frustrations with transaction delays deepening

Mortgage brokers remain exasperated by protracted transaction times and a lack of transparency in...

Young Brits turn to saving, side jobs and family to fund landlord dreams

A growing number of aspiring landlords are relying on strict saving regimes, extra work...

Enfield landlord secures £3.2m Redwood refinancing loan

A landlord expanding their portfolio in Enfield has refinanced two semi-commercial properties with the...

Industry leaders warn first-time buyers and tenants will suffer if Government continues hardline approach to landlords

Both aspiring first-time buyers and tenants risk being collateral damage if the Government continues...

Alternative Bridging provides £1.15m revolving facility for York development

Alternative Bridging Corporation has completed a £1.15 million Alternative Overdraft facility to support the...

Finova appoints chief customer officer

Finova has promoted Richard Marsh to the role of chief customer officer. The move is...

Mortgage Advice Bureau invests in The Mortgage Mum

Mortgage Advice Bureau has made a strategic investment in The Mortgage Mum, a brokerage...

Habito selects first firm in new broker accelerator

Habito has named When The Bank Says No as the first participant in its...

TMG signals strategic shift with relaunch of broker-facing club

TMG Mortgage Network has announced the relaunch of its TMG Club proposition as part...

Fleet trims five-year rates and launches cashback for low-LTV landlords

Fleet Mortgages has announced a series of rate reductions across its five-year fixed buy-to-let...

Shepherds Friendly names first chief change officer

Shepherds Friendly has appointed Michael Williams as its first chief change officer. This strategic addition...

McCormack to lead Barclays UK’s intermediary strategy

Barclays UK has announced the appointment of Roland McCormack as its new head of...

Landlords criticise unfair media portrayal of buy-to-let market

Landlords have accused the media of misrepresenting the buy-to-let sector, with new research from...
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COMMENT

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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MT Finance latest firm to offer World Cup time off

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Broker optimism grows as sub-4% rates edge closer

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ModaMortgages cuts rates across limited-edition BTL range

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