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MT Finance appoints Darren Clarke to lead new commercial division

MT Finance has announced the appointment of Darren Clarke to lead its newly formed...

Most UK landlords operate solo as tax complexity and modest yields persist

A new HMRC-commissioned study has revealed that the vast majority of UK landlords remain...

Homeownership now trumps marriage as financial priority for UK couples

Homeownership has overtaken marriage as the leading financial ambition for couples in the UK,...

AI revolution at risk in financial services as skills shortage threatens £26bn opportunity

A chronic shortage of key skills in the financial services sector – including mortgage...

Proptech app Survey Shack reaches 1000 downloads

A proptech startup aiming to modernise the UK’s home surveying process has reached its...

SME survey launched to gauge policy impact on mortgage market and housing delivery

A new ‘State of Play’ survey will assess how Labour’s first year in power...

ONP Solicitors hires new senior operations manager

ONP Solicitors has appointed Amy Colton as senior operations manager to lead the firm’s...

L&G expands critical illness cover with new conditions and clearer terms

Legal & General has announced a package of upgrades to its group critical illness...

Cost of making a house a home rises over 30% in a decade

The cost of setting up a home has climbed by almost a third over...

Bluecroft Finance joins growing ranks of BDLA lender members

Bluecroft Finance has become the latest lender to join the Bridging & Development Lenders...

Nomo partners with OMS to streamline digital property finance platform

Sharia-compliant digital bank Nomo has announced a new partnership with One Mortgage System (OMS)...

SME housebuilders asked to give verdict on Labour’s first year in power

A new industry survey has been launched to assess the impact of the Labour...

Just Mortgages secures high street role for April Mortgages’ 100% LTV product

Just Mortgages has been announced as the first national high street estate agency linked...

UK house prices rise 6.4%, reports ONS

UK house prices rose by 6.4% in the year to March 2025, marking the...

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Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

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...

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Nationwide cuts mortgage rates across fixed and tracker range

Nationwide has cut mortgage rates across its fixed-rate range and reduced selected tracker products. The...

Top proptech providers join forces

Four of the UK’s leading Proptech providers – LMS, Landmark Information Group, InfoTrack and...

Landbay launches new remortgage AVM products

Buy-to-let lender, Landbay, has launched new premier remortgage AVM two-year fixed-rate products and reduced...

Second charge boost as industry veterans launch Flamingo Money

Two experienced specialist finance professionals have launched a new secured loans and second charge...

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