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Paragon Bank unveils cheapest buy-to-let five-year fix since 2022

Paragon Bank has launched its most competitively priced five-year fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgage in almost...

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries launches free valuations and cuts rates

Specialist buy-to-let lender CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has unveiled a series of enhancements to...

Brokers report rising demand for business borrowing despite economic issues

More than half of commercial mortgage brokers are reporting increased demand for business borrowing,...

Castle Trust Bank introduces 48-hour refinance completion service

Castle Trust Bank has launched a new fast-track refinance service, offering to complete loans...

Bibby Financial Services appoints Mark Holloway as technology chief

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Mark Holloway as chief information and technology officer,...

Mortgage marathon mania sweeps the Capital

The 2025 London Marathon made history yesterday - setting a new world record for...

Five-year frenzy: Brokers urged to act as fixed-rate terms end

Mortgage brokers are being urged to step up their client engagement strategies as a...

The Mortgage Soup view: Challenges and opportunities for brokers

One of the biggest focal points for brokers this year is the sheer volume...

Dividend growth could be boost for mortgage sector

Despite a 4.6% fall in UK company dividends during the first quarter of 2025...

Advisers warned of regulatory risks over neglecting wills and LPAs in later life lending

Financial advisers could be falling short of regulatory expectations and endangering customer outcomes by...

Rosemount Financial Solutions announces senior promotions

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has announced a series of senior promotions as the growing...

L&G adds Harpenden Building Society to surveying services panel

Legal & General (L&G) has expanded its Mortgage Services business with the addition of...

HTB appoints Alexia Evans as lending director to strengthen development finance team

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Alexia Evans as lending director within its development...

Nationwide lowers remortgage and switcher rates in further push for market share

Nationwide has announced cuts of up to 0.29 percentage points across its remortgage and...
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Politics

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

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,...

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Later Life

LiveMore appoints Charles Roe as industry adviser

Specialist lender LiveMore has appointed Charles Roe as industry adviser. Roe joins LiveMore with a...
Brokers

Squirrel Financial Planning grows to seven in first year

Squirrel Financial Planning has grown from a one-person mortgage and financial planning business to...
Politics

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards...
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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...

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