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HSBC Life UK joins Protection Distributors Group claims charter

HSBC Life UK has been confirmed as a signatory of the Protection Distributors Group’s...

Premier Property Lawyers moves to new hybrid hub in Manchester city centre

Premier Property Lawyers, part of the Simplify group, has relocated to a new hybrid...

Investors turn to refurbishment finance as funding becomes cheaper

Property investors are increasingly turning to refurbishment finance to accelerate renovation projects and mitigate...

Vida enhances affordability criteria and launches new BTL range

Vida Homeloans has introduced a significant overhaul to its residential affordability assessments. The change is...

Barclays reduces residential purchase and remortgage rates

Barclays is introducing further reductions across its residential mortgage range, with revised rates taking...

Mortgage market begins to stir as approvals rise in May

Mortgage lending staged a modest recovery in May, according to new data from the...

Leasehold reform one year on: ‘confusion, delay and unintended consequences’

One year after the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 received Royal Assent, property...

Market Harborough BS to cut SVR and specialist rates

Market Harborough Building Society is set to implement a fresh round of mortgage rate...

Countrywide Surveying Services delivers 25 newly qualified surveyors into residential sector

Countrywide Surveying Services has reaffirmed its long-term investment in the future of residential valuation...

The Dudley’s gross mortgage lending grows 19% over two years

Dudley Building Society has reported continued growth in both lending and customer assets, with...

Buyers gain leverage as surge in listings softens UK house price growth

The UK housing market is entering a more price-sensitive phase as a growing supply...

FCA announces “once-in-a-generation” advice reforms to tackle UK’s financial guidance gap

Millions more consumers could benefit from help with their pensions and investments under sweeping...

HSBC UK streamlines product switch process for brokers

HSBC UK has announced a series of enhancements to its Product Switch application process...

Santander supports new build buyers with revised lending criteria

Santander UK has updated its affordability calculations for new build homes which should allow...

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...

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Ireland boosts Help to Buy as UK prepares new first-time buyer scheme

Ireland has increased the maximum support available to first-time buyers under its Help to...

Reeves ranked least successful of five recent chancellors in poll

Rachel Reeves has been rated the least successful of the past five chancellors in...

Teachers for Intermediaries raises new-build LTV limit to 95%

Teachers for Intermediaries has increased its maximum LTV on new-build houses and flats to...

Cambridge BS opens applications for deposit-building Rent to Home scheme

The Cambridge Building Society has opened applications for its Rent to Home property in...

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