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Suffolk BS drops rates on buy-to-let and holiday let mortgages

Suffolk Building Society has announced a series of rate reductions across its buy-to-let and...

StreamBank backs Birmingham commercial property sale with £720k bridging loan

StreamBank has provided a £720,000 commercial bridging loan to support the sale of a...

Landbay takes 25bps off non-portfolio rates

Landbay has announced a 25 basis point reduction in rates across its non-portfolio buy-to-let...

Sort Group earns Investors in People Gold for leadership and culture

Sort Group, the Derby-based property, legal and financial services specialist, has secured the coveted...

Zephyr cuts rates on all two-year buy-to-let mortgages

Zephyr Homeloans has reduced pricing across its entire range of two-year fixed buy-to-let mortgage...

Santander bolsters mortgage range with over 50 new products

Santander UK is significantly expanding its mortgage portfolio with the launch of more than...

Accord bolsters leadership team

Accord Mortgages has announced a significant reshaping of its leadership structure as part of...

Marsden doubles overpayment allowance on expat residential mortgages

Marsden Building Society has announced a significant enhancement to its Expat Residential mortgage range,...

Finova rebrands as one in five UK mortgages now run on its technology

Finova, a provider of mortgage and savings technology, has launched a new brand identity...

West One overhauls second charge range with market-leading rates and expanded eligibility

West One has announced a major refresh of its second charge mortgage offering, introducing...

United Trust Bank appoints Alex Tyrwhitt to lead new structured property solutions division

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Alex Tyrwhitt to the newly created position of...

OSB Group launches specialist property solutions team for complex cases over £5m

Specialist lender OSB Group has appointed a new specialist team, dedicated to supporting brokers...

RAW Capital Partners launches new fixed-rate terms with discounts for large loans and UK expats

RAW Capital Partners has introduced a new range of short- and medium-term fixed-rate mortgage...

LendInvest lowers buy-to-let rates across product range

LendInvest Mortgages has lowered interest rates across its buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage product range. All 2-year...

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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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Mortgage repayments set to rise for 5m households by 2028

More than five million households are projected to see their mortgage repayments increase by...

Buying costs outpace house prices threefold since 2019

The cost of buying a home has risen more than three times faster than...

Nationwide appoints Kim Dickinson as intermediary product manager

Nationwide has appointed Kim Dickinson as lead product manager for intermediaries. Dickinson brings a wealth...

Metro Bank launches 100% LTV JBSP mortgage

Metro Bank has launched a 100% LTV Joint Borrower, Sole Proprietor (JBSP) mortgage. The mortgage...

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