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The Right Mortgage adds Loughborough BS to its lender panel

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has expanded its lending panel with the addition...

Mortgage Brain completes API integration with Aldermore

Mortgage Brain has completed a significant API integration with specialist bank Aldermore to enhance...

HTB backs Bristol student scheme with £14m development loan

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has provided £14 million in development finance to support the...

Aspen provides £855k multi-use refurb loan for overseas developer

Aspen Bridging has delivered an £855,000 multi-use refurbishment facility to a foreign developer completing...

LHV Bank marks strong debut year as bank with growth in deposits and lending

LHV Bank has reported robust growth for 2024, its first full year operating under...

Northern regions dominate buy-to-let market as landlords chase yields

Landlords are doubling down on high-yielding rental investments in the North of England, defying...

Remortgage activity surges while two-year fixes fall out of favour

The UK mortgage market showed signs of shifting sentiment in March, according to the...

Phoebus renews focus on community engagement and social responsibility

Phoebus Software has underscored its commitment to social responsibility with a renewed programme of...

Vernon BS targets high-value borrowers with new flexible mortgage product

Vernon Building Society has introduced a new three-year variable rate mortgage aimed at high-net-worth...

LendInvest cuts 5 and 7-year buy-to-let rates following portal upgrade

LendInvest Mortgages has announced a 20 basis point reduction across its 5 and 7-year...

Landlords invest in ‘doer-uppers’ as annual improvement spend hits £8,500

Landlords are increasingly seeking out properties in need of improvement, with an average annual...

MPowered Mortgages reduces fixed rates in response to global tariff crisis

MPowered Mortgages has announced rate cuts across its full range of fixed-rate products, following...

UK house prices dip in March despite strong regional growth

UK house prices recorded a sharper-than-expected monthly fall in March, declining by 0.5% -...

Precise expands bridging team to meet growing short-term finance demand

Specialist lender Precise, part of the OSB Group, has bolstered its dedicated bridging division...
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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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Barclays latest lender to cut rates

Barclays is the latest lender to lower its mortgage rates, reducing selected residential products...
Buy-to-let

Landbay launches product transfer products

Buy-to-let lender, Landbay, has launched five new Product Transfer (PT) tracker products within its...
First-time buyers

Brokers hesitant to recommend interest-only for FTBs, says Gen H

Nearly half of the UK’s top 100 first-time buyer brokerages wrote no interest-only business...
Buy-to-let

Coventry and Accord both cut BTL rates 

Coventry for Intermediaries and Accord Mortgages have both reduced rates across their buy-to-let ranges. Coventry’s...

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