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The Leeds reports £104m profit amid robust lending and savings growth

Leeds Building Society has reported a profit before tax of £104.4 million for the...

Annual house price growth picks up as affordability improves

The UK housing market showed renewed resilience in July, with house prices rising by...

BDLA partners with Synectics Solutions to launch early fraud warning system

The Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) has launched a bespoke early warning system...

Job cuts to inflation shock: preparing for a mortgage arrears crisis

The latest data on jobs paints a picture of a rapidly weakening labour market. The...

Afin Bank added to Brilliant Solutions panel

Afin Bank has joined the lender panel of Brilliant Solutions Mortgage Club and Packaging...

The Mortgage Works cuts 2 & 5-year rates

The Mortgage Works has cut rates across selected two and five-year fixed products, with...

Firms urged to digitise customer vulnerability to meet FCA targeted support rules

Firms must act swiftly to digitise their approach to customer vulnerability if they are...

UK property transactions rebound sharply in June as market regains momentum

UK property transactions surged in June pointing to renewed confidence in the housing and...

NatWest Group enters buy-to-let through Landbay partnership

NatWest Group has announced a strategic move into the buy-to-let mortgage market through a...

One in five landlords now use limited companies for buy-to-let mortgages

The proportion of landlords turning to limited company structures to manage their buy-to-let holdings...

Acre expands partnership with Iress to include protection sourcing

Acre has strengthened its ties with fintech provider Iress by selecting the firm to...

Developer returns to Aspen after swift 10-day £750k bridge

Aspen Bridging has secured repeat business from a UK developer following the swift delivery...

Octopus Capital supports £13m Hampshire care home development

Octopus Capital has agreed a £13.4 million development loan to support the delivery of...

Accord Mortgages joins Pride in Finance Alliance to bolster LGBTQ+ inclusion

Accord Mortgages has joined the Pride in Finance Alliance, a decision the lender says...

COMMENT

The industry needs to prepare now for Your First Home

The government’s announcement of the Your First Home scheme is genuinely positive news, and anything that boosts confidence among first-time buyers and people trying...

Why advisers can be part of the conveyancing team

There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with recommending a firm and then largely ends once the client...

Why the AI revolution could be a golden age for financial advice

Every major technological shift creates the same debate: will it empower professionals to do more, or eventually replace them? Artificial intelligence is simply the latest...

Should mortgage advisers consider the emerging secondary market for life policies?

Mortgage advisers regularly help clients navigate major life changes. While much of the focus is naturally on borrowing, refinancing and insurance, there is another...

One mortgage journey no longer fits every borrower

In the mortgage market, we have lots of different ways of describing customers depending on where they are in their lives. We talk about...

Latest news

Net zero rules targeted in housebuilding shake-up

The Conservatives have pledged to strip as much as £50,000 from the cost of...

Tories put stamp duty abolition at heart of housing shake-up

The Conservatives have pledged again to scrap stamp duty as part of a housing...

Target Group adds Carla Stent to board

Target Group has appointed Carla Stent as a non-executive director, adding further financial services,...

Later life lending summit to focus on changing advice needs

Mortgage advisers will be encouraged to consider how longer borrowing lives and increasingly complex...

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